Real homes: Living in a tea shop

Take a look inside one couple'shome and tea shop in St Leonard's

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Time for tea

retro inspired,by the sea,Coast,reader homes Reader\'s tea shop Lesley and Pea brought their idiosyncratic style from London to St Leonards-on-Sea, creating a home full of personality and a tea room packed with art, cakes and crockery. The seafront tea room is in a former post office.

Vintage finds

retro inspired,by the sea,Coast,reader homes Reader\'s living room The Ikea sofa is one of only a few new purchases in the house. Both lamps are from charity shops, as are the two tables (the one on the left is Ercol), and the paintings are by Lesley.

Crafty furniture

retro inspired,by the sea,Coast,reader homes Reader\'s decoupaged table The two armchairs were found in a skip and locally re-upholstered. Lesley and Pea découpaged their charity shop table with cuttings from a children\'s science book.

Musical house

retro inspired,by the sea,Coast,reader homes Charity shops finds in a reader\'s home The couple are self-confessed junk shop addicts and have filled their Ladderax shelves with finds including books, records and Homemaker and Royal Albert crockery.

Teacup candles

retro inspired,by the sea,Coast,reader homes Teacup candles On the bamboo worktops, vintage teacup candles, for sale in the shop, are left to set. The fruit paintings are by Lesley.

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