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By Molly Malsom\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 11 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Known for her vibrant paintings of interiors filled with art and antiques, it is no surprise that Lottie Cole\u2019s Sussex home reflects this aesthetic. From the sitting room, with its rich ochre walls and mix of striped and floral soft furnishings, to the guest bedrooms with their block-printed wallpapers<\/a> and charming quilts<\/a>, every room is filled with decorative details that draw the eye.<\/p>\n

The walls are hung with works by numerous artists from the 1950s to the 1990s, including Humphrey Spender, Peter Haigh, John Plumb and Adrian Berg, along with a changing selection of Lottie\u2019s own paintings, many of which reference the works of mid-century British and continental artists.<\/p>\n

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Lottie Cole\u2019s painting of Arts & Crafts Emery Walker\u2019s House in Hammersmith rests on a sideboard. Mid-century wicker chairs were found online from a dealer in Belgium.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Lottie and her husband Graham Haworth, who is an architect, bought the Edwardian farmhouse some five years ago. \u2018My mother lives nearby, in the village where I grew up, and when we began looking for a home in the country we concentrated our search on the surrounding area.\u2019<\/p>\n

The house, which dates from the turn of the last century, came with around 20 acres of grazing and some useful outbuildings. \u2018Having acquired a second-hand tractor, my husband has adapted well to life in the country and now, courtesy of Zoom, he rarely needs to go to London,\u2019 says Lottie, who, pandemic permitting, spends several days each week in London where she teaches drawing and painting at Minerva Workshop<\/a> in Kentish Town.<\/p>\n

She established Minerva two years ago and, apart from her classes, she also organizes craft workshops. Along with lampshade-making, there is block-printing with Louisa Loakes and Molly Mahon, wallpaper design with Hugh Dunford Wood, specialist paint decoration with Alice Clark, paper-cutting and collage with Tracey English and natural dyeing with Zo\u00eb Burt. \u2018It\u2019s been a lot of fun and I\u2019ve learnt so much myself,\u2019 says Lottie, showing off a length of fabric she dyed and block-printed herself.<\/p>\n

Whilst the house enjoys the most picturesque setting in the middle of Ashdown Forest, the interior, not having been touched for decades, needed attention. A newly built, barn-like structure designed by Lottie\u2019s husband now provides a spacious kitchen, dining and living area, with sliding glass doors on both sides opening onto the garden.<\/p>\n

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Against the neutral backdrop of the polished cement floor and walls painted in Farrow & Ball\u2019s All White, accessories add pattern and colour to the angular mid-century sofa and armchair. At the opposite end is the kitchen with a fitted pantry on one side and boot room and entrance lobby on the other. The vintage, glazed-front cupboard from Retrouvius is used for china and glass.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

\u2018One of the reasons for buying a home in the country was to have room for a studio, and the original kitchen is now where I paint,\u2019 explains Lottie. \u2018There\u2019s enough room for me to have several pieces on the go at once and there\u2019s storage for canvases and materials in what was the adjacent scullery. I\u2019ve always been fascinated by interiors,\u2019 she continues.<\/p>\n

\u2018When my father was alive, he would enjoy buying something or other in one of the local antiques shops and surreptitiously installing it in the house, just to see how long it would take my mother to notice. She\u2019s very observant so it didn\u2019t take long! I can spend hours flicking through books and magazines, obsessing about wallpapers and fabrics and the art and objects on display in people\u2019s homes. It\u2019s harmless!\u2019\u00a0 <\/span>she maintains.<\/p>\n

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