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FAVOURITE PLACES
• Choosing Keeping ‘It’s like a sweetie shop for artists with the most exquisite art materials ever. I have to limit my visits as I can spend a fortune. I use their paints and pretty embossed labels for posting work to clients every day.’ choosingkeeping.com
• Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. ‘I visit the hospital there regularly and always pop in even if I only have half an hour. Luckily for me I now know the wonderful staff there, so usually get whisked to the best bits and things hidden away in drawers. I love the way things are catalogued by material and I always find new treasure with fascinating stories.’ prm.ox.ac.uk
• Shell Grotto, Margate. ‘Sunken under a housing estate, this underground network of tunnels adorned with shells is a must-go-to for creative inspiration and a visit. The story behind how this place was found is wonderful.’ shellgrotto.co.uk
•‘ Around the corner from the Shell Grotto is RG Scott’s, a restorer’s heaven and “every bygone that the mind could imagine”. scottsmargate.co.uk and adjoining Junk Deluxe junkdeluxe.co.uk
• Leighton House ‘Former home of Victorian artist Frederic, Lord Leighton, the Arab Hall will whisk you away with its Islamic tiles, intricate mosaics and golden dome.’ rbkc.gov.uk
• ‘In my mind I travel through the book Inside Tangier by Nicolo Castellini Baldissera.’ @nicolocastellinibaldissera
• ‘I love the affordable trinkets and finds at Officine Haven.’ @officinehaven
• Telescopestyle.com ‘This site is great for travel-inspired homewares and one-of-a-kind objets.’
• Sukie ‘This is another favourite for vintage stationery.’ sukie.co.uk