Wealden Times | WT265 | June 2024 | Education Supplement inside

This page, from top: The panelled dining room is a great space for more formal meals,
and features a striking piece commissioned from artist Dan Hillier. Another Hillier
piece hangs on a wall in the cosy sitting room, to the right of the dining room
bedroom, bathroom and dressing room
to be interconnected, another brain-child
of Angela’s and a clever solution to a
practical issue – who gets to sleep on the
side of the bed nearest the bathroom!
The inspiration for the wallpaper in
her daughter’s bedroom came from the
beautiful surroundings of the house.
Angela says, “The pattern is tawny
owls and pine and oak trees and that is
exactly the wildlife that we have on the
common, so it’s perfect.” Celebrating
the natural habitat in which the house
sits is a recurring theme, “The other
wallpapers that I’ve chosen for the other
bedrooms – the swallows and ferns – we
have surrounding us. I wanted patterns
and images that suit where we are.”
In her son’s room, a window was added
to the wall under the pitched roof, adding
a flood of light and incorporating the
beautiful views of the garden and forest
beyond. “Now that the window is there, I
can’t imagine the room without it. From
the outside it used to be a big blank
wall, now it makes sense both inside
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