My home is full of second-hand textiles
Using her artistic eye and extraordinary needlework skills, textile artist Corinne Young has turned an ordinary house into an unusual home
Feature Heather Dixon
Corinne’s studio, created from a series of small rooms, features an old TV cabinet, cupboards and tables, most of them painted in Annie Sloan’s duck egg blue chalk paint
Welcome to my home
A bit about me
I’m Corinne Young, a textile artist, and I live here with my family. We have two cats, Luna and Yanto.
Where I live
My home is a semidetached former farmworker’s cottage in East Yorkshire.
What I wanted to change
It needed a new kitchen and I wanted to turn a series of tiny store rooms into a light, spacious studio for my artwork.
How I made it my own
I upcycle, transform and re-invent almost everything I buy to create an individual look which is full of colour and character.
My favourite part
I absolutely love the patchwork walls in the living room. I created them from squares of old wallpaper, stuck directly onto the wall, and glazed them to create an aged look.
My cottage
‘I knew I could create a really individual look on a very small budget’