ASK MR MERRIDEW
Q I’m just back from Bali and the house we stayed in was covered in tadelakt. Will its texture translate to my Georgian home in a market town?
Melanie, Berkshire
AS a young under butler I backpacked around Bali, and at the airport coming home I saw tourists carrying ornate teak sculptures (and even the odd CD rack) in their hand luggage. They, I thought, would not look quite the same on a rainy British afternoon. Happily,
