My passion for collecting vintage furniture and accessories saved me a fortune when decorating my first home,’ says Sian. ‘I started collecting retro homeware at car-boot sales about 15 years ago when I was a student.
At the time I was living in a rented flat in Brighton and money was tight, so shopping secondhand was one of the ways I could afford to decorate my home. I brought many of these pieces with me when we moved into this cottage, and over time I’ve added more collectibles from the 1960s and 1970s.
House hunting
When my husband Eddy and I started looking to buy our first house, we had to go further afield than Brighton to be able to afford a place with a garden. I spent a year on Rightmove looking at properties until I found this place, and when this cottage came up for sale, I was really excited by it. After a year of
