{"id":110563,"date":"2019-09-07T22:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/joining-the-dots-the-tiny-rye-cottage-with-spot-on-paintwork\/"},"modified":"2019-09-07T22:08:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T15:08:41","slug":"joining-the-dots-the-tiny-rye-cottage-with-spot-on-paintwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/joining-the-dots-the-tiny-rye-cottage-with-spot-on-paintwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Joining the dots: the tiny Rye cottage with spot-on paintwork"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHand-painted fabrics and bold furnishings give this colourful home a cheerful appeal\u2018In the darkness, you move towards the light,\u201d says Catherine Reynolds. We\u2019re eating pastries in her front room and talking about how she came to paint imperfect stripes and dots on vintage furniture and fabric. \u201cWhen things shine brighter you instinctively move towards them,\u201d she continues. \u201cAnd because you\u2019re in such a dark place, you don\u2019t really think about what the light is. You just go towards it. That\u2019s how I ended up in Rye and that\u2019s how Polka started: it was a light and I just loved doing it.\u201dA couple of years ago, Reynolds was not in a good place. Recently divorced, she wound down her successful PR company and moved from a large London flat to a tiny, historic cottage in Rye. She is originally from Merseyside and her accent remains strong. Her friend, Marcus Crane \u2013 co-founder of the local art and interior store, McCully & Crane \u2013 found her this cottage. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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