Property News · May 7, 2016

Life’s a beach hut with a vintage twist


Artist Jo Oakley has filled her Whitstable beach hut with antiques and old family favourites, proving you don’t need a big budget to make a small space beautifulJo Oakley bought her beach hut in Whitstable for £220 more than 20 years ago, when her daughters Hannah and Daisy were young. “As soon as they were home from school on a Friday, we’d jump in the car and head out of London to the seaside,” she says. “When it was warm, we’d all bed down on the deck and star-watch until we fell asleep.”Oakley, an artist, has seen Whitstable evolve from a backwater fishing port on the Thames estuary into a thriving coastal town. Her hut would cost about £25,000 today. “Old-timers might complain that it’s changed but I think most of those changes – being able to get a great cup of coffee, say – have been for the better. I’ve been coming here for so long that I get treated like a local. When I’m buying fish in the harbour, they’ll often pop an extra one in the bag for nothing.” Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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