If you're interested to discover more about Katy's instinctive approach to design for fashion accessories and home interiors, you can read the full article in the February edition of Homes & Antiques.
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In search of a change of pace and a more meaningful lifestyle John and Katy Maskell Bell left London in favour of a characterful Victorian house in rural East Sussex – a beautifully crafted home curated with antique and vintage finds. Deciding to leave the capital and head back to their roots on the East Sussex/Kent borders, creatives John and Katy Maskell Bell moved both home and business, Lost Property of London (LPOL), to an 1883-built house with Gothic Revival details on the edge of the Eridge Park Estate near Royal Tunbridge Wells. Casting a wide net over the area and viewing several ‘done-up’ houses, they eventually decided to focus their attention on finding a place they could slowly...
A Home with a History: in the second-hand spirit of things in East Sussex An escape to the country symbolised something of a homecoming for Katy and John Maskell Bell and their young family, who found a welcome echo of familiarity in a farmhouse with a Gothic twist. Katy and John Maskell Bell are trying to count the pieces they bought new for their Victorian farmhouse and they’re still on a single hand. We’ve landed on the French bed (a moving-in present from John’s parents), three ruffled lamp shades from Beauvamp and four of Hans Wegner’s ‘Wishbone’ chairs. These are arranged around a refectory table that spent the last few decades in Katy’s family home. There are still two fingers...
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Update your handbag with a jolly squiggle clip on strap made from vegetable tanned leather and hand cut in England. The reversible design can also be personalised with a debossed monogram.
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