Elizabeth Slinn, who made the idyllic cottage that features on our front cover, has some words of wisdom as she starts on other mini projects: “I’m making a conscious effort to try and make it more about having fun and just being creative.”
As I write this, ironically, Sue is in the next room swearing, head in the ground floor of her shop as three recently-fitted hanging lights give a stop-start performance. Is there anything more frustrating than lights that work intermittently? Yes, cutting out a template on your last piece of wallpaper the wrong way round. But we’ve moved on from that disaster.