{"id":5687,"date":"2022-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/homesantiques\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=5687"},"modified":"2022-05-06T15:12:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T13:12:12","slug":"setting-the-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/homesantiques\/2022\/03\/29\/setting-the-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting the scene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Setting the scene<\/span><\/h2>\n\n

Floral designer Tamsin Scott\u2019s seaside bungalow is a happy mix of family treasures and photoshoot props, with a backdrop of vibrant colour and, of course, beautiful blooms<\/em><\/p>\n\n

FEATURE SERENA FOKSCHANER <\/p>\n\n

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The large swan is a prop made years ago for a shoot, while the white horse on the right is from a vintage merry-go-round. The dining chairs are a mix of local finds and family heirlooms from Tamsin\u2019s mother and grandmother. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

P<\/span>eering through the gate that opens onto Tamsin Scott\u2019s cottage in the seaside town of <\/span>Rye in Sussex, I imagine the star of a period drama, trailing skirts swishing as she makes her way up the garden path. Barely contained planting cascades across flagstones: a froth of snapdragons, lupins and lavender. The effect, says Tamsin, is the quintessence of English gardening; \u2018rambling, luxuriant, a little eccentric\u2019.<\/p>\n\n

Tamsin knows about these things. As the floral designer behind Amazon\u2019s genre-fluid The <\/em>Great, <\/em>and director Autumn de Wilde\u2019s macaroon-hued film version of Emma, <\/em>her job is to ensure that the flora is narrative appropriate. A hothouse lily for Jane Austen\u2019s \u2018aspirational\u2019 Emma, and \u2018over-the-top cascades of wild roses\u2019 for Elle Fanning as Catherine the Great. \u2018Flowers,\u2019 she says, \u2018can tell their own quiet story.\u2019<\/p>\n\n

Flowers also bring a sense of poetry to the home she shares with her husband, Oliver, and their two children. The 1820s listed property \u2013 one of the earliest bungalows in Britain \u2013 was built for the gardener who tended the nearby estate. In summer, the garden is perfumed with honeysuckle and roses; the venerable fig tree throws a green shade. From the treehouse, made from salvaged wooden panelling, you can glimpse the sea through the porthole window.<\/p>\n\n

\u2018We used to live in the house with two front doors in the middle of Rye, but I\u2019d been eyeing up this place for a while,\u2019 she says. Visiting for the first time, she clutched the estate agent\u2019s hand. It was a thesp-ish moment for drama school graduate Tamsin. \u2018I wept\u2026 because I knew that I didn\u2019t need to go inside.\u2019<\/p>\n\n