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Tuesday 14 Jan 2014 12:07 AM

Written byALICE RYAN

Eve Waldron (Pictures by Oliver Perrott and Zoe Klinck)

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They may be inanimate bricks and mortar to the rest of us but buildings speak to designer Eve Waldron. They tell the stories of the people who built them, the people whove worked on them, and the people who live in them now, she explains.

The interior of a home should reveal the personality and history of the inhabitant; the most warm and interesting rooms are those which contain not just beautiful objects, but objects that have meaning. . . Something from a memorable trip, something inherited, something given by a friend.

Good interior design is the glue that sticks all those things together, creating a scheme that looks great but also works on a practical level.

Thats central to Eves design ethos; rooms should, she explains, be far more than a pretty face. Whats the point in creating a room that looks fabulous but doesnt work? I work on a lot of period buildings many of them listed and you have to be very sensitive to the fabric. But equally were not creating a museum: whether its public, commercial or domestic, the space has to fulfil its function too.

Eve has worked on a vast and incredibly diverse range of properties, from hallowed Cambridge colleges to cutting-edge new builds. But her approach is always the same: to stand back and look at the big picture, while also paying plentiful attention to little details.

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Theyre versatile. Theyre inexpensive. And theyre often handmade, by local artisans to boot. The tea towel is more than a dish rag or an eco-friendly substitute for disposable Bounty or Viva these days. Its a bit of graphic art, available in a plethora of patterns and illustrated amusements. We scoured stores and websites for a range of the designs, then asked designers for these 23 ways to use a tea towel.

1. Line a bread basket.

2. Cushion the bottom of the fruit bowl.

3. Wrap up a handmade design as a hostess gift.

4. They also make cute reusable gift wrapping, using them like we do in Japan as a furoshiki, or wrapping cloth, Lookout & Wonderland designer Niki Livingston said.

5. Use stiffer materials such as linen in place of vinyl shelf liner. When the shelves get dusty, just toss the towels into the laundry.

6. Especially during the holidays I love packing up fresh citrus in a tea towel and tying it off with yarn and bakers twine, Culver City, Calif., textile artist Heather Taylor said. This makes for a great hostess gift.

7. A variation on that theme: Use a tea towel to wrap scented handmade soap and leave it out for house guests, suggested Kara Smith, president of SFA Design in L.A.

8. Use large ones as place mats.

9. I love using tea towels as napkins or bibs for those get-your-fingers-dirty meals like crabs and ribs, Studio City, Calif., textile designer Paula Smail said. They look great on the table, and if they are illustrated, they become conversation starters.

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Just months after Kirstie Allsopp disclosed that her sister Sofie had undergone a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, their mother has succumbed to the disease.

Lady Hindlip, an interior decorator, died at their family home on Epiphany, at the age of 66. Fiona had suffered from breast cancer for 25 years.

Last year, Sofie, a 33-year-old television presenter, said she underwent the radical surgery because of fears that she would develop the disease which has afflicted her mother, grandmother and female relations going back generations.

I have spent my life watching my mother struggle with breast cancer, worried that I might lose her, she said at the time. So, for me, it was a very simple, logical decision to remove a part of my body which could potentially kill me.

Fiona married Lord Hindlip, 73, the Old Etonian former chairman of Christies, in 1968 and they have two other children: Henry, 40, an art dealer, and Natasha, 27.

Lady Hindlip was the granddaughter of Harry McGowan, the explosives tycoon given a hereditary peerage by Stanley Baldwin.

When her son Henry married Naomi Gummer in 2012, his godmother, the Duchess of Cornwall, attended the wedding, as well as David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt.

Lady Hindlip underwent treatment for cancer in 1987, which kept the disease in remission for seven years. She was treated again when the cancer returned, and nine years later was diagnosed with a secondary cancer.

Mum was always very discreet, stoic and amazingly brave, but we were aware of the impact it had on her, and it was hard for us to see her suffer. Kirstie said.

The funeral has already been held.

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Just months after Kirstie Allsopp disclosed that her sister Sofie had undergone a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, their mother has succumbed to the disease.

Lady Hindlip, an interior decorator, died at their family home on Epiphany, at the age of 66. Fiona had suffered from breast cancer for 25 years.

Last year, Sofie, a 33-year-old television presenter, said she underwent the radical surgery because of fears that she would develop the disease which has afflicted her mother, grandmother and female relations going back generations.

I have spent my life watching my mother struggle with breast cancer, worried that I might lose her, she said at the time. So, for me, it was a very simple, logical decision to remove a part of my body which could potentially kill me.

Fiona married Lord Hindlip, 73, the Old Etonian former chairman of Christies, in 1968 and they have two other children: Henry, 40, an art dealer, and Natasha, 27.

Lady Hindlip was the granddaughter of Harry McGowan, the explosives tycoon given a hereditary peerage by Stanley Baldwin.

When her son Henry married Naomi Gummer in 2012, his godmother, the Duchess of Cornwall, attended the wedding, as well as David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt.

Lady Hindlip underwent treatment for cancer in 1987, which kept the disease in remission for seven years. She was treated again when the cancer returned, and nine years later was diagnosed with a secondary cancer.

Mum was always very discreet, stoic and amazingly brave, but we were aware of the impact it had on her, and it was hard for us to see her suffer. Kirstie said.

The funeral has already been held.

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After college, Kathy and her husband lived in the Midwest, where they raised 3 children. Kathy and her husband have lived in South Jersey for over 10 years. Having worked in the corporate world and non-profit sector for several years, Kathy recognizes that your surroundings reflect who you are and who you will become. She has the ability to discover the unseen potential in a space and then create a positive and fresh look for it.

Kathy is certified in interior redesign and real estate staging with The DSA (The Decorating and Staging Academy) and ODDAA (One Day Decorating Alumni Association). She is also a member of RESA, (Real Estate Staging Assocation) and The Interior Design Society and The Interior Redesign Directory.

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