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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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Haeckels………

November 8, 2013 by thecurioinmargate

Who are you? I am Dom Bridges, creator of Haeckels. Why Cliftonville? I guess to promote this side of Margate drag people up the hill to Cliftonville, sell the natural beauty & health benefits of living on the English coast. Strangely this very shop was one of the reasons why we moved here in the first place, we came for a drink here one night at Moonbow Jakes, nothing else seemed open for miles it felt like a beacon & […]

Categories: Heritage, Industrial, Margate, Uncategorized, Vintage • Tags: Beauty, Cliftonville, coastal, design, eastkent, Ernst Haeckel, Haeckel, health, interiordesign, interiors, kent, Lifestyle, London, margate, Pegwell Bay, Perfume, renovation, restoration, seaweed, Shopping, thanet, vintage

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Alex…………….

November 1, 2013 by thecurioinmargate

Who are you? Alexander Verier. Editor, designer & thinker behind Brink Magazine & Apparel. Why Margate? Margate is an incredible place: I’ve seen it go from a bustling town where I’d always go shopping to an empty shell & now to its current inspirational status. Margate is now synonymous for me with everything that Brink stands for & for that I really love it. There is still a long way to go to make it a perfect place but to […]

Categories: Homes, Vintage • Tags: Alex Verier, bedrooms, Brink, Brink Magazine, design, eastkent, interiordesign, interiors, kent, Lifestyle, margate, Maunsell Forts, thanet, vintage

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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

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Hester & Ian…………………………..

July 5, 2013 by thecurioinmargate

Who are you? Ian runs holiday homes services, Hester is a makeup artist & hair stylist and blogger and little Jack Russell, Kermit the dog. Why Broadstairs? Ian: Peaceful, friendly community, beautiful scenery and a general high quality of life. Hester: This is the closest by to Holland I can get Ian. How do you define style? Hester: Relaxed and homemade. I love wood, white tones and blues hues, Scandinavian style with a little bit of New England beach mixed […]

Categories: Broadstairs, Homes, Vintage • Tags: Broadstairs, design, eastkent, homemade, interiordesign, interiors, kent, Lifestyle, Martha Stewart, new england beach, Pegwell Bay, thanet, vintage