{"id":277,"date":"2022-01-20T12:51:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T11:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homesandantiques.com\/?p=25574"},"modified":"2022-01-20T13:23:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T12:23:15","slug":"annie-sloans-colourful-victorian-house","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/homesantiques\/rss_feed\/annie-sloans-colourful-victorian-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Annie Sloan\u2019s colourful Victorian house"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Janet Gleeson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 20 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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When Annie Sloan moved from a country village to east Oxford 20 years ago, she was ready to embrace city living, and yearned for somewhere that echoed her passion for cultural fusion. \u2018It\u2019s a funky, cosmopolitan part of town, with all sorts of interesting shops and every sort of restaurant. I love the buzz of lots of different cultures. But there are also lots of parks and common land for walks.\u2019<\/p>\n

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As soon as she and her husband stepped inside the terraced mid Victorian house they felt at home, although work was needed to turn it into the comfortable space it is today. \u2018We knocked through the two ground floor rooms to make one big sitting room, so you have a window to the back garden and the front. And we made the kitchen on the lower ground floor with a new breakfast room extending into the garden.\u2019<\/p>\n

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The living room walls are painted in Annie Sloan French Linen, with Old White cornicing. An antique screen, given to Annie as a gift, is one of her most treasured possessions and its colours serendipitously echo the walls and the Aubusson Blue-painted table. The palm fronded chandelier is probably French and dates from the 60s.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The paintings and objects that now adorn walls, shelves and surfaces in every room reflect Annie\u2019s multi-cultural heritage. \u2018I feel I\u2019m a creature of the world and I love things from everywhere. I was born in Australia, my mother came from Fiji, my father from Scotland. They were very well travelled and lived in Africa, too.\u2019<\/p>\n

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A sofa with its original embroidered fabric was among a job lot Annie bought for stock. Cushions are made from textiles from India and Oregon and one painted by Annie. Above hang assorted paintings, including an Eric Ravilious print<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

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Her fondness for cultural eclecticism also stems from her art school training. \u2018When you study art, you see that it comes from all sorts of places, so Picasso was influenced by African art, and C\u00e9zanne was influenced by Japanese art. All these things enrich me and enrich my perception of what life is and what people are. So I love having a picture of an English landscape next to something which is completely other.\u2019<\/p>\n

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