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Helen & Pete…………………………

August 31, 2015 by thecurioinmargate

Who are you: Helen & Pete. We are both architects, each with our own practices: Leask Architecture & Studio Gray. (http://www.leaskarchitecture.com / http://studiogray.co.uk) Location: Hawley Square, Margate. Years lived in house: We completed on the purchase of the house on Burns night in January 2013 (we had a dram!): so over two and a half wonderful, life-changing years. Age of Property: Late 1700s: Hawley Square was the first Georgian garden square to be built in Margate. Favourite colours / materials to work with: We both like to work […]

Categories: Margate • Tags: architecture, design, interiordesign, interiorphotography, interiors, Lifestyle, margate, thanet, The Curio

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Thanet in a year…………..

November 15, 2013 by thecurioinmargate

This volume of The Curio represents a year of discovery & development in Thanet. I have documented beautiful & interesting spaces, incredible heritage & architecture, amazing people who live & work in one of the most vibrant of seaside locations & things that might otherwise go unnoticed. Each & every day I discover something new – for a small place there is a lot to talk about, to be proud of & to look forward to. There are still many […]

Categories: Birchington, Broadstairs, Gardens, Heritage, Homes, Industrial, Margate, Museums, Ramsgate, studios, Theatre / bars / restaurants, Vintage • Tags: antiques, architecture, Broadstairs, design, eastkent, margate, Ramsgate, renovation, restoration, thanet, vintage

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Lauren & Noam………

October 25, 2013 by thecurioinmargate

Who are you? Lauren Wright, curator and writer, and Noam Leshem, political geographer. Why Margate? Lauren: a job came up here in 2010 and when I came for interview I was overwhelmed by how beautiful it was from the minute I stepped off the train. We’d been living in London for over five years, and I didn’t realize how much I missed open sky (I’m from Colorado originally). Once I got the job, Noam came with me to look for […]

Categories: Heritage, Homes, Margate • Tags: architecture, Barack Obama, Daniel Schorr, design, eastkent, interiordesign, interiors, kent, Lifestyle, linocutboy, London, margate, Merce Cunningham, New York City, renovation, thanet

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Powell-Cotton Museum

October 11, 2013 by thecurioinmargate

Who are you? I am Karen Botha, mother of two wonderful teenage boys, owner of two gorgeous Labradors & Director of the Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House & Gardens at Quex Park. I am passionate about wildlife conservation & am proud to advocate the work of conservation heroes here in the UK & in Africa who’s combat against poaching & wildlife crime are inspirational. I am also proud of the role that the Powell-Cotton Museum can, & has played in this fight. […]

Categories: Birchington, Heritage, Homes, Margate, Museums, Vintage • Tags: Africa, architecture, Birchington, design, Diorama, eastkent, Great Britain, India, interiordesign, kent, Lifestyle, London, margate, Museum, Powell-Cotton, Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex Park, Taxidermy, thanet

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RESORT STUDIOS……………..

September 27, 2013 by thecurioinmargate

Who Are You? Mr & Mrs Plant / BLOCK COLOUR. Dan Chilcott. Jo Willis – The Curio. Kim Conway, photographer & printer. Kate Harrison – illustrator. Steve Ibbitson & Francesca Flowers. Tamsin Landells – founding partner of R/L studio, Architect. Helder clara. Leise Wilson. Nick Morley. Rachel Taylor. Simon Medhurst & Dawn Weller. Angeli Yara. Teresa Limbrick. What does RESORT mean to you? Blockcolour – living the dream….Our studio is a part of our brain that inspires work on amazing things. Dan […]

Categories: Heritage, Industrial, Margate, studios • Tags: Angeli Yara, architecture, Art, blockcolour, Canterbury Festival, Cliftonville, Curio, Dan Chilcott, design, eastkent, fran flowers, helder clara, interiordesign, interiors, Jo Willis, kate harrison, kent, Kim Conway, leise wilson, Lifestyle, linocutboy, London, margate, R/L Studio, rachel taylor, renovation, RESORT, Resort Studios, restoration, salvage, Simon Medhurst & Dawn Weller, Steve Ibbitson, Tamsin Landells, Teresa Limbrick, thanet, vintage

A re-visit with the Mad Hatter……..

September 13, 2013 by thecurioinmargate

Remind Us – Who are you? My Name is Peter Clements-Bullett. I own & run ‘The Mad Hatter Tea Rooms’ in Margate & I own & live in the yellow Christmas house on Margate seafront. How do the Interiors of your home and cafe differ? They are very similar, except my home is only decorated in yellow whilst the tea room has a red room upstairs & green toilets. Also I have even more objects in my home. How would you […]

Categories: Heritage, Homes, Margate, Vintage • Tags: antiques, architecture, Buckingham Palace, Christmas, Christmas decoration, design, eastkent, Fred Astaire, Holidays, interiordesign, interiors, kent, Lifestyle, margate, Peter, Television, thanet, The Mad Hatter, vintage

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Margate Museum……………….

August 16, 2013 by thecurioinmargate

Who are you? My Name is Ian Dickie, I am the Chairman of the Friends of Margate Museum, and I have held this position for the last three years. I am semi retired having worked in lecturing, healthcare and catering at all levels. Why do you have such a passion for the Margate Museum? I love history and having moved to Thanet in 1973, I wanted to find out as much as I could about the area. It is important to preserve […]

Categories: Heritage, Margate • Tags: antiques, architecture, Broadstairs, David Hurley, kent, Lifestyle, margate, Northern Belle, Sydney Fox, thanet, Turner, Turner Contemporary, vintage

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Paula & Greg…………………….

August 2, 2013 by thecurioinmargate

Who are you? Paula, Greg, Josh and Jake Patton. Why Broadstairs? It was love at first sight. We came for the day and ended up going home having bought a house. Broadstairs is the quintessential British seaside town. How do you define style? We don’t really have a specific style. We just buy things we love to look at. (Well, when we say we, most of our purchases involve Greg who is a junkyard/boot sale junkie!) Sometimes half the fun is figuring out exactly what […]

Categories: Broadstairs, Heritage, Homes, Vintage • Tags: architecture, Broadstairs, design, eastkent, interiordesign, interiors, kent, Lifestyle, London, margate, Ramsgate, reclamation, salvage, thanet, The Queen Charlotte, vintage

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Neil………………..

July 19, 2013 by thecurioinmargate

Who are you? Neil Sparkes – Musician, Visual Artist, Writer. Why Margate? I grew up in Deal, Kent and have known and loved this coastline since I was a kid. I lived in Cuba in the 1990’s and find there’s a strange parallel to the Margate sea front and the Malecon in Havana, but with the uniquely British “out of season” months which I love. There seems to be a gravitational pull to the coast from the city. It was […]

Categories: Heritage, Homes, Industrial, Margate, Vintage • Tags: architecture, Arlington, Arlington House The Robert E. Lee Memorial, brutalism, brutalist architecture, design, eastkent, kent, London, margate, Orson Welles, Parker Knoll, thanet, Thelonious Monk, vintage, Visual arts