ARTIST'S RETREAT

WHY LIMIT YOUR CREATIVITY TO CANVAS? THIS CREATIVE COUPLE SHOW THAT WALLS, FLOORS, CURTAINS AND RUGS CAN ALL BECOME YOUR ARTWORK, TOO

Words: KAREN DUNN

In the middle of the Northumberland countryside sits a grand-looking hall. From the outside it gives little indication of the explosion of colour and pattern that adorns almost every surface inside – though the painted gazebo in the garden provides a clue. Less Downton Abbey, more Alice in Wonderland, it’s home to Helen Morris and her husband Chip, who have created a place to live that doubles as a canvas. The couple, who run The Stencil Library, have been making stencils and teaching people how to use them since 1998, but it was finding this home that set them on this path. They discovered the house, available for rent, in 1996 and fell in love with its quirky charms. “It’s a bit of a TARDIS; it looks quite small from the…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2024

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