{"id":10844,"date":"2022-05-13T10:45:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T08:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homesandantiques.com\/?p=12711"},"modified":"2022-05-13T11:07:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T09:07:12","slug":"angie-lewin-on-her-victorian-home-and-career-highlights","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/homesantiques\/rss_feed\/angie-lewin-on-her-victorian-home-and-career-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Angie Lewin on her Victorian home and career highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Rachel Nott\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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I live in a Victorian house<\/a> in Edinburgh. It was built in 1897, at the end of a terrace in pale sandstone with a small walled garden at the back. Beyond our garden walls is an area of woodland inhabited by woodpeckers, owls and foxes. From the top floor I can see the Pentland Hills beyond. It\u2019s the perfect mix of urban and rural living.<\/p>\n

While I love the clarity and restraint of a minimalist interior, I\u2019m definitely a maximalist<\/a> \u2013 there\u2019s no fighting it. I collect a lot of prints, paintings and old ceramics. I\u2019m always on the lookout for natural finds on my walks; they pile up on shelves and window sills, many of which will work their way into my prints and paintings.<\/p>\n

The colour palette at home is very similar to the shades I seem to use in my work. Generally, there is a muted quality to the wall and\u00a0floor colours, echoing the dried seedheads found in pots and glass jars throughout the house. They create a scheme of chalky fawn, rusty\u00a0red and brown.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll often use a French grey for the walls, which works well with the framed prints and paintings and lets their stronger colours glow. In a first-floor room, the grey walls are paired with a yellow-painted fire surround and a bright red Marianna Kennedy mirror.<\/p>\n

The downstairs sitting room has the original unpainted wooden shutters and floorboards, and we\u2019ve painted the walls a soft greyish blue-green, which brings out the warmth in the wood.<\/p>\n