WHAT HOUSE PIECES DID YOU CHOOSE FOR YOUR HOME?
"It was very hard to choose! But the Peekaboo Cushions are a favourite. I chose Norfolk Sands and Hot Celery Peekaboo Cushions, some Gardener Stripe Mish Mash Cushions and Hay Bale Blues Pillowcases."
TELL US ABOUT THE TEXTILES IN YOUR HOUSE.
"Obviously I absolutely love textiles and try to use them wherever possible. They add such warmth and personality. A few special mentions are an antique log-cabin quilt hanging in the hallway and the kantha quilts I have sewn together to make curtains in our bedroom. I love nothing more than handmade things, usually with some wear and tear about them."
PICK A FAVOURITE THING FROM YOUR HOUSE AND TELL US ITS STORY.
"There’s so many things like that in the house. But maybe the South African mermaid that we had asked to come with the house price. The previous owner had an antique shop in town and I saw it in there and loved it, so my partner organised as a surprise for her to be part of the house sale. I learned years later from the previous owner that the mermaid had been from a charity auction and sold by Nelson Mandela and Naomi Campbell. He told me very casually one day when I went into his shop."
HOW HAS THE HOUSE EVOLVED AROUND YOUR LIFE & ROUTINE?
"The house has been an ongoing project for over 7 years. We’ve renovated it room by room and as we have taken so long, you do start to realise what can be left alone, what the room needs and how we use the house.
We have only just finished the kitchen and what we planned 7 years ago and what we just did, was quite different. I think we have been more inventive with using reclaimed materials, reusing existing furniture etc and tried to do as little as possible to both save money and effort."
