ABOUT US

WE ARE A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM AND OUR LOVE OF DECORATIVE ANTIQUES AND FINE ART HAS BEEN A SHARED INTEREST FOR MUCH OF OUR LIVES.  OUR BACKGROUNDS ARE IN FASHION, MARK WAS A BUYER FOR MATCHES AND HARVEY NICHOLS AND KATIE WORKED AT BRITISH VOGUE FOR OVER A DECADE AND IS CURRENTLY FASHION DIRECTOR OF TWO INDEPENDENT FASHION TITLES. 

A MOVE FROM EAST LONDON TO THE ISOLATED LIZARD PENINSULA ON THE RUGGED SOUTH CORNISH COAST WAS THE CATALYST THAT GALVANISED OUR PASSION.  WE SPENT THREE YEARS STRIPPING AWAY AND RENOVATING AN OLD CHAPEL, BUT BY FAR THE BIGGEST JOY WAS SOURCING THE ART AND DECORATIVE PIECES THAT CAN TRANSFORM A HOME. 

WE ARE NOW SETTLED IN NORTH NORFOLK AND OPENED THE DOORS TO OUR STAND ALONE STORE IN MARCH 2020 AND SOURCE ACROSS THE UK AND EUROPE.  WE HAVE A SHARED LOVE OF PARED-BACK PIECES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN SENSE OF INTEGRITY AND HISTORY, EVEN A TALE OR TWO TO TELL.  THIS CAN BE A NAIVELY HONED IRISH FAMINE CHAIR BORNE OUT OF NECESSITY, YET BEAUTIFUL AND MODERN IN IT'S LINES OR A SUPERB LINEA ART DECO MILLINERS CABINET.  FINE ART HAS BECOME A SUCCESSFUL GENRE FOR US.  WE DON'T SPECIALISE IN ONE PERIOD OR STYLE, WE WORK ON THE PRICIPLE THAT, IRRESPECTIVE OF ERA, STYLE OR NOTORIETY OF THE ARTIST, IF IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND WELL RENDERED THEN IT PIQUES OUR INTEREST.

WE ARE LOCATED IN THE PRETTY GEORGIAN TOWN OF HOLT, THREE MILES FROM NORTH NORFOLKS GLORIOUS HERITAGE COAST.  TUCKED AWAY IN CHAPEL YARD, WE ARE PART OF A STRONG COMMUNITY OF UNIQUE STORES IN THE TOWN WHICH HAS STRIVED AND EARNT IT'S REPUTATION AS A HOME OF INDEPENDENT, STRONG RETAILERS.