Dreamy and calming interiors right here in the present day, Oldtown and new city, moody and light-weight, peek inside two lovely properties that double up as vacation lodging in Hastings and St Leonards. Nicola Helgesen and German-born Photographer Andreas Bleckmann are the creators of Oldtownhaus – an internet retailer and visitor lodging housed in a late Georgian constructing in Hastings Previous City and now a newly renovated house with wonderful views throughout to the ocean in St Leonards.
Each properties have been restored and designed with nice care in Nicola’s calming however rustic type, utilizing conventional supplies in pure tones. The properties are tranquil backdrops that make for a peaceable time working or resting. Every residing area is stuffed with an inspirational assortment of rigorously thought of homeware, artwork, images and books. I had the nice pleasure of getting the previous city property as a backdrop for a photograph shoot with Angela Maynard earlier this yr for her new ebook out now. So was eager to satisfy up with Nicola and Andreas once more to seize a number of extra photos of their lovely areas to share with you right here.
The primary property is a captivating townhouse, organized over three flooring and positioned within the coronary heart of historic Hastings previous city. Near the seaside and fishing harbour with its iconic black web huts, winding streets of fantastic impartial outlets, galleries, cafes and a few wonderful pubs. The rooms are embellished with a base palette of cloudy plastered partitions or paint in heat greys, with layers of tactile textiles, pure linen, vintage furnishings, and picked up botanical treasures. Vegetation take pleasure in sunny spots and dried stems adorn cabinets and corners. You would possibly glimpse a candy little cat while you go to and the views throughout the Previous City rooftops are simply magical.
The second area is an house with wonderful views throughout Warrior Sq. Gardens and out to sea in direction of the pier and past. Painted all through in Atelier Ellis Triple Heat White (my favorite paint model), this ethereal and simply renovated two-bedroom house has elegant bones and can be in one other nice location. Only a few steps in a single course and you’re on the seaside with waves crashing – then pop across the nook to search out your self within the coronary heart of St Leonards. Such a fantastic seaside base for exploring, coming out for meals, grabbing a espresso or one thing stronger, (so many nice bars close by). Enterprise out within the day and also you’ll uncover extra streets filled with nice espresso outlets, galleries, an incredible natural micro-bakery and a lot extra. Within the night, keep dwelling and take in a few of the calm created by Nicola and Andreas’s peacefully designed inside, you positively received’t wish to go away.
 
