< Previous20 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYHOMESThe kitchen is one area of the home you can really make your own. Afterall, we spend so much time in there. Whether it’s chatting over a cup ofcoffee or preparing culinary creations, you want it to reflect yourpersonality and to look great. Here are some ideas that have wafted in onthe sea breeze - after all the nautical theme can be fresh and inviting as wellas warm and homely. Haul anchor and set sail with us into the kitchen…All at sea137642589020-021:Layout 1 15/4/13 09:06 Page 1LINCOLNSHIRETODAY21HOMES1 - Beach Hut Sugar Bowl – Full of colour, this simple but sweet design is a great accessoryfor any kitchen, traditional or modern. Part of a collection by artist Laura Lee, it would brightenup any sideboard. £25 – www.lauraleedesigns.co.uk2 – Surf coffee table –What’s more sea-like than surfing? This quirky item would do well in alarger kitchen or kitchen/diner. Delivered in a stylish grain, it’s a conversation-starter for sure!£580 – www.obifurniture.co.uk3 – Octopus plate – This cute plate is not only perfect for little ones, but would make a greatdecoration too, coming in a set of three it’s a great way to add subtle style to a kitchen cabinetor sideboard. £26 – www.lovemae.co.uk4 – Cardita shell cushion – Perfect for a feature chair or bench, this sea shell design would sitpretty in your kitchen and be a real focal point. £54 – www.edwinacooperdesigns.co.uk5 – Ceramic anemone sculpture – This stunning sealife sculpture comes in a dappled greyglaze and looks fantastic. It’s a taste of the deep on your kitchen counter and would look greatelsewhere in the home too. £15- www.artsanti.com6 – Sailing linocut- Not enough people have linocuts these days, this is a beautiful scenedisplayed in an oceanic blue and shows yachts sailing peacefully. Each piece comes signedby artist Fiona Carver, so it’s a real investment too. £25 – www.fionacarver.com7 – Shoreline doorstop – This beach house door stop is a weighty yet appealing item for anykitchen. Just right for creating a nautical look to a room, you can almost smell the salty sea air.£17.99 – www.tch.net8 – Beside the seaside tea towel – Inspired by everyone’s favourite seaside song, this quirkytea towel will cheer you up on even the dullest day. Screen-printed in blue on a natural organiccotton, it seems a shame to actually use on dishes! £10 – www.hunkydoryhome.co.uk9 – Chateroux shabby chic kitchen island – A timeless design with some great features, thisgives a rough and lived-in feel to a kitchen, bringing to mind fisherman’s cottages on thecoast. Available in a host of colours, we prefer this duck egg blue for a sense of the sea.£575 – www.littletreefurniture.co.uk10 – Driftwood radiator cover - A Grantham company, Couture Cases Ltd specialise inbespoke covers, but we love this driftwood style pictured. This would beperfect in any room with a nautical theme but would add style to akitchen too. www.couturecases.co.uk10Right Surveyors LincolnshireA local practice of Chartered Building Surveyors, carrying out: Pre-purchase and Building SurveysStructural Surveys / CalculationsDamp & Defect AnalysisIndependent Valuations Plans for Extensions0800 880 6263lincolnshire@rightsurveyors.co.ukwww.lincolnsurveyors.co.uk3/4 (4ft) beds available.Unusual sizes catered for, stockists of memory foam.email: briggbeds@hotmail.co.ukTel: 01652 651828Princes Street, Brigg DN20 8HGwww.briggbedslincolnshire.co ukwww.lunaceramics.co.ukUnits 5 & 6 Bishops Road(off outer circle road)Lincoln. LN2 4JZ 01522 521112www.lunaceramics.co.ukUnits 5 & 6 Bishops Road(off outer circle road)Lincoln. LN2 4JZ 01522 521112020-021:Layout 1 15/4/13 09:06 Page 222 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYARTISTIC LINCOLNSHIREHaving worked within the health service for many years, Sheilahad an about-turn in her outlook on life a while back and now artis her passion. Holding down a part time job as a parish clerk in thevillage, she has more than enough time to explore her unique andcaptivating artistic creations.Working with glass imported from America, Sheila’s art isobviously nautical and oceanic in form. Glass fish and seahorseshang alongside more abstract, coral-inspired pieces in her homestudio and although not sea-inspired or coastal in nature, herunique and unusual ‘drop-form’ vases are an eye-catching display.These are made by first producing a flat square of layered glass inher kiln, then placing it once set in the kiln again on a circulardonut-like mould, allowing the molten glass, heated to over 700°Cto ‘drop’ through the hole, forming a naturally-formed curved‘bell’. Edges are smoothed and sometimes a matt finish applied,meaning these ornamental creations are truly one-offs.“Part of the charm is never quite knowing how they are going tocome out,” says Sheila.Having completed a degree in Fine and Applied Art at GrimsbyInstitute in 2005, Sheila has operated under the name Zesti Glass -Zest meaning ‘warm’ in Greek, which ties in with her kiln work,DivingintoglassNorth Somercotes artist Sheila Pearce worksexclusively in glass. Her creations are inspiredby the coastal area in which she lives and herinterest in diving and coral reef exploration.022-023:Layout 1 15/4/13 08:36 Page 1LINCOLNSHIRETODAY23ARTISTIC LINCOLNSHIREwhich is often referred to as ‘warm’ glasswork, rather than the ‘hot’ glass manywill know from glassblowing and forgework. As part of her degree, Sheilaactually won the first prize for hertriptych entitled ‘Radiolaria’, which wasthree abstract pieces inspired by one ofher diving trips which involved the rootsof giant Mangroves and the soundsheard underwater, the strands of glassalso resembling ballet dancers whichbrings forth the musical idea again.Sheila is also an accomplishedphotographer, taking underwater shots ofall sorts of deep sea creatures which feedsher imagination for her artwork. Acommission she is working on for a fellowdiver during our visit is a black and whitesea snake, the skin texture created bypreviously-fired glass shards that settle insharp, clear shapes, creating thesnakeskin effect perfectly. Locally, Sheila is inspired by her coastalsurroundings citing the night sky inparticular as particularly engaging: “I takea rug outside sometimes and just look atthe stars at night, the other night forinstance I heard a sound I didn’trecognise and when it eventually camecloser, it was actually a group of swansflying from behind the clouds. It’s all partof that feeling of wonder you get outhere on the coast.”Find out moreabout Sheila’s art on www.zestiglass.co.ukor why not even visit the studio on one of theArt on the Map 2013 Open Studio eventson 4th to 12th May?“Part of the charm is never quite knowing how theyare going to come out.”022-023:Layout 1 15/4/13 08:36 Page 224 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYGARDENSLaying on a road just before the beach atTheddlethorpe, Curlew Cottage has anamount of space many people would beenvious of. With several acres and a lot ofenthusiasm, Peter Wood, along with hisstepson Patrick, have turned the openpaddock into a garden that straddles bothinspiration for artists and a haven for wildlife.“I’m not a gardener in the traditionalsense,” says Peter, “I tend to approachgardening from an artist’s perspective, I’mflown to some extent by the seat of myartist’s pants. I don’t actually know the namesof the majority of the plants and flowers Igrow but I know what looks good and what’sgood for the local insects, birds and wildlifeand every part of the garden is planned.”When you see the garden in full bloom, theresult of such planning is wonderful to see.Colours are everywhere and sections ofwildflowers and vegetables grow inabundance and the garden has much morebesides. Peter shows me the original plansand the ideas are split between sectionsclearly for aesthetics and others for wildlife.Having dug out koi ponds close to the houseand a large trout pond on the far side of thespace, it is a clear safe area for wildlife, butThis award-winning community and artists’ garden in Theddlethorpe isgearing up for another summer, we pay a visit to find out what makesthe garden so special.WILDin the country024-026:Layout 1 15/4/13 09:46 Page 1LINCOLNSHIRETODAY25GARDENSthe plans are set to develop over time into a realparadise for painters, sculptors and artists to takein a real slice of nature. The flowers in particularoffer amazing vistas too.As an artist, his plans are to create a compositepainting or paintings as a record of any angle. “Intime, the hazelnut saplings I have planted will formarchways, the silver birch I’ve planted by the waterwill reflect the shimmer and there will be a screenof trees all across the back, creating more shelterfor the trout pond.”Influences comes from time spent at BurtonAyres Hall, East Yorkshire, where Peter spent manysummers teaching painting, but also learned aboutflowers and plants from Susan Cunliffe-Lister, whocreated the walled garden at the hall in 1990.Peter’s approach has seen the garden flourish interms of nature, with badgers, newts, frogs, toadsand an impressive amount of birdlife visiting overthe course of the year. “We have had grouse,snipe, pheasants and even goldfinches andgreenfinches visit over the summer, as well asbutterflies,” says Peter. Peter has separated areas for vegetables andflowers, but also allows them to be mixed in someinstances, this experimental approach sometimescreates exciting dioramas, not least in the largegreenhouse. Grapes and melons merge withorchids and a whole variety of flora in tropical heatto create intriguing juxtaposition which providesinspiration as well as a unique look. The smallpond within the greenhouse also harbours frogs,who spawn there from early in the year thanks to26 024-026:Layout 1 15/4/13 09:46 Page 226 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYGARDENSthe warm, moist atmosphere created.“We’ve grown all sorts in there,” says Peter, “peaches,melons and even lilies which have grown to nine feet high.“What I love about the garden and was a very consciousdecision was ease of use, with my mobility problems I can usethe garden easily and it’s been great for Patrick, who hasspecial needs. He has learned so much and really gets a lot outof it.”Peter and Patrick are not the only ones to benefit from thegarden, their open-door policyto the garden allows artists, orsimply those who areinterested, visit to take inwhat has been created. Thishas led to an award fromEast Midlands in Bloom,having won the Judges’Award for services to thecommunity. As well as this, theirefforts in terms of growingproduce have paid off too, in 2011they entered cucumber, beetroot, onions,carrots and broad beans in the Theddlethorpe Show and camehome with a variety of prizes.Being a keen shooter too, Peter has in the past been ashooting coach for various organisations, he has also factored inopen space to train pointing dogs. His latest dog, Holly is agolden retriever and we witnessed her in full flow, reachingspecified dummies on command and even fetching dummiesfrom the trout pond. It seems the garden has endlesspossibilities and we urge you to pay Curlew Cottage a visit, youmay even go home with an impromptu box of eggs from thegarden’s many hens and ducks too!In 2011Peter enteredcucumber, beetroot,onions, carrots andbroad beans in theTheddlethorpe Showand came home witha variety ofprizes024-026:Layout 1 15/4/13 09:46 Page 31stissues only £1Great reasonsto subscribe...Each issue is brimming with a diverse topic range...• Heritage • Fashion • Hair & Beauty • Leisure • Homes & Gardens • County Motoring • Dining Out • What’s On • Free Reader Giveaways and much much more…First 3 issues only £1!FREE delivery to your doorReceive your copy before it hits the shopsORDER FORMYes, I would like to subscribe to Lincolnshire Today magazinefor the next 12 months, with the first 3 issues only being £1.Personal Details:First name:Last Name:Address:Town:County: Post Code:Tel: Mobile:Email:Payment by DEBIT/CREDIT cardName as it appears on card:Type of card: Mastercard / Visa / Visa Debit / OtherCard Number:Card Verification number (3 digits on signature strip):Expiry Date:Amount Authorised:Cheque enclosed YES / NO Please post this form back to: Subscriptions,Lincolnshire Today Magazine, Armstrong House, Armstrong Street, Grimsby. 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Inrecent times, Grimsby and Cleethorpeshas established itself as one of the leadingshopping areas in the county. If you wantthe familiar High Street staples you’ll findthem in Grimsby, and indeed it seems tohave been hit far less than the recessionthan many similar-sized towns. The towncentre remains vibrant and bustling andthe proportion of empty shops certainlyseems far less prominent than many otherareas. While times are obviously toughand some familiar names havedisappeared, it’s certainly proving prettyresilient.But it’s the independent retailers thatWWW.SHUTTERSTOCK.COM/STEPHENmake Grimsby and Cleethorpes sopopular among those looking for thatspecial something. Abbeygate in Grimsbyremains one of the town’s best-keptsecrets – just a short walk from therailway station, this pretty terrace makesfor a delightful and relaxing shoppingexperience, playing host to a number ofindependent shops that are just the placeif you’re looking for something out of theordinary, and hair and beauty specialiststhat can provide the perfect pamper.Cleethorpes is also a must-visitdestination for the discerning shopper. SeaView Street must be one of the prettieststreets in the whole of Lincolnshire andthe higgledy-piggledy buildings, are nowhome to enthusiastic experts in their fieldwho search far and wide for unique andstylish clothing and homeware items. It’sno wonder the street is as popular in therun-up to Christmas as it is in the heightof summer.As well as its shopping, Grimsby andCleethorpes are also renowned for theirfine dining. At the height of its successimporting and processing fish in the past,the area was indeed dubbed “Europe’sfood town”, and while it’s no longer quiteas vibrant, Grimsby fish remains on themenu at hundreds of top restaurants inLincolnshire and further afield.There’s a real café culture to be had inCleethorpes, too. We haven’t perhapsenjoyed many opportunities to indulge init in the last year or so but when the sunis shining there’s nothing better thansitting outside one of the numerous cafesand restaurants and enjoying the greatview and great food. New dining venuesare opening all the time and it’s perhapsfair to say that there isn’t a greaterconcentration of high quality and variedestablishments in the whole of the county.Indeed the region’s culinary reputationis such that, later this summer, it will hosta fantastic food festival. The last suchevent was held in 2010 and was a huge31 028-033:Layout 1 15/4/13 09:49 Page 2Next >