{"id":125900,"date":"2022-04-24T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/on-the-right-track-a-rail-carriage-becomes-a-delightful-coastal-cottage\/"},"modified":"2022-04-24T13:19:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T06:19:23","slug":"on-the-right-track-a-rail-carriage-becomes-a-delightful-coastal-cottage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/on-the-right-track-a-rail-carriage-becomes-a-delightful-coastal-cottage\/","title":{"rendered":"On the right track: a rail carriage becomes a delightful coastal cottage"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA converted 1920s guard\u2019s cabin on the shingle at Dungeness is the perfect stop for this design duoDesigners Keith Stephenson and Mark Hampshire have a longstanding love of the English coast. It has always been an important point of inspiration for the wallpaper and textile patterns within their collections for Mini Moderns, which the partners founded 16 years ago. Their enduring relationship with the shoreline was revitalised when Stephenson and Hampshire eventually decided to buy and update a railway carriage cabin, perched on the shingle peninsula of Dungeness.\u201cI used to work as an art director in fashion and we would do shoots down here on the beach during the 90s,\u201d says Stephenson. \u201cThat was my first introduction to Dungeness. After Mark and I met we used to come down from London quite regularly on a Sunday just to see the sea and kick off the working week. It was just a way of getting away from everything \u2013 and it still is.\u201d Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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