LUXURY TOUCHES
The bath was a lavish addition, and the house also features a cinema room
attraction, it wasn’t without its challenges. “We are very limited as to what we can and can’t use, because of the damage caused by the sea salt and wind. For example, all our handles and fittings have to be marine grade stainless steel, so we used a local company called The Coastal Group in St Austell, who supplied us with a range called ‘Blu’ specially designed for such harsh locations.”
RECLAIMED INTERIORS
Inside there are contemporary, geometric touches in the light fittings and furniture and reminders of the original building. The bathroom is very ‘zen’, enhanced by original features:
“The old stone wall has been retained, as has its little inset archway that was once the outside boundary wall of the house before it was extended.” In one of the bedrooms, the original wooden window seat was retained and restored, “as it’s such a special part of the original building.”
Joey adds: “We wanted the house to have a coastal style, but were careful not to fill it with typical touristy nautical things – it needed to be classy and chic. And while the house has a clear aesthetic, it is mostly a home.”
Inside, his favourite feature is his fish tank. Another of Joey’s own designs, it sits between the thick cob wall separating the office and cinema room, where a door once was. Even the fish match the sofa colours!
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For the interior scheme, the couple sought inspiration from Cornwall’s classiest hotels and restaurants: the perfect excuse to visit favourites in St Mawes and Carbis Bay. As a result a lot of the interiors are teal, yellow, and grey, supporting the soft coastal theme running throughout the rooms.
Reclaiming ornaments has become a passion. As well as staring out to sea and enjoying the waves lapping on the shore or the sunset, Joey and Charlotte are often on the look-out for beach debris that they can make use of. “Over the past couple of years, we have seen huge phone masts, and other large chunks of driftwood wash up on the beach, so we are often down there like crazy people dragging up what we can! We have used some of the driftwood in the garden and patio as feature pieces.
“I wanted to cover the fireplace in pebbles off
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They wanted to retain the character of the building, while adding a contemporary twist
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