After a fire, the designer has revamped his Gloucestershire cottage, partly inspired by his love of the debauched side of the ancient worldWe are in the kitchen of Luke Edward Hall’s rural fantasy in Gloucestershire, talking about a near catastrophe that led to him and his husband Duncan Campbell to redecorate the cottage they rent, when there’s a knock on the door.“Oh, it’s my tea cosy,” says Hall. After a 10-minute negotiation over post-Brexit customs charges, the tea cosy is delivered. “It’s by Svenskt Tenn,” he says. “It’s hard to get a good tea cosy. We have a favourite, but it’s knitted to look like a Christmas pudding, so we wanted something less seasonal.” Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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