Last week, I flew back to London with François to style a Summer shot for DFS in Seasalter, Kent. The shooting location was a beach house called The Battery, located on the coast of North Kent and it was just such an amazing space.

The Battery was built in 1874 for the Royal Naval Reserve as a base for target practice with gunners firing out to sea and it was used later on as a holiday camp for children. Marilyn, the owner, told me that she still get pensioners who spent their childhood in this place, coming to visit and apparently it hasn’t changed. I certainly believe that.The Battery was like a time capsule and had an amazing, happy vibe to it. I really love the place and I would have been quite happy to hang out there a weekend watching the sea. Sadly, Marilyn doesn’t do B&B but she runs occasional workshops to teach painting to beginners and most recently beads. She is soon off to Africa to teach Masai how to look after their beads so they can make beautiful necklaces suitable for the Western world.Our photoshoot went very well too. I had wonderful props to work with, like this gorgeous Jasper pouffe from Swoon Editions and a beautiful sofa from the French Connection collection for DFS.
I discovered Swoon Editions recently when I got this nice Mimi three-seater sofa for our house in France and I’m becoming a big fan of their collection. DFS has some gorgeous coffee tables too! The one below was just perfect for the theme of our shoot.I’m very grateful to have seen this place and thank the team at DFS and Marilyn for her hospitality. It felt really special and I wish I had been able to take a few more photos but I hope these ones will give you a feel of the space and vibes. xoxo