November 15, 2013

I’ll Take This: Bolthole in Brighton

One of my favourite scenes in the movie, “The King’s Speech” was in the speech therapist’s office with all of the peely wallpaper and mottled plasterwork. image

I was really intrigued by that room, which I understood was a brothel in real life.image

As I was poking around The Guardian, I saw a similar “holiday flat for let” in Brighton, England. A glass cupola, distressed walls, velvet headboard and wood wainscoting! What’s not to love (aside from the Ikea light fixture hanging down the middle)?image

This is another view of the room.image

As is this. I am actually quite torn about this place – some of it’s fabulous and some’s pretty ghastly. And the listing says it’s a ground floor flat, but I don’t see how that’s possible with the massive skylight.image

It’s right on the beach, with a view out to sea.image

There are two other bedrooms, and oddly, they both look like this:image

One of two reception/living rooms with what loos like an antler lamp. I do like the metal table on the left side.image

And this looks like the other.image

And another view of the room.image

Interior hallway with reclaimed planks.image

The loo with some original details.image

Right down the road from this:image

This flat sleeps six and is £538 a week. Details here.

13 comments:

  1. What an odd flat? Very disjointed. But great value for size and location! I don't like that main room purely due to lack of windows...

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    1. I did sort of wonder whether it is £538 a week or a night. Either way, for six people, it's a good value.

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  2. Good sleuthing! Those walls are like found art. I wonder if they put some sort of sealer on them to keep it clean. The room is a glorious with all that wall space for loads of sky lit paintings, but the rest of the flat is so-so.

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    1. It's an odd amalgamation of things. Almost fabulous, but missing the mark.

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  3. I love Brighton, I love the flat! The only time I went back to UK, where did I go? Brighton! Met my bestie in the Lanes, had an Italian lunch, went to see some art, came back refreshed.

    Regarding the flat - it is just this side of stylish and quirky: anymore, and it would have tipped over into complete muddle. And just over 500 quid is a snip - you should see what's on offer for the same price for a French gite! Not a lot - unless you do your homework.

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    1. I think they could take out about 20% of what's in there, add some fabulous pieces and have a showplace.

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  4. There are some wonderful stripped walls in this post on the "New Georgians" in The Bible of British Taste blog: http://www.bibleofbritishtaste.com/the-englishmans-room-gavin-stamp-and-anti-ugly/

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    1. I used to stay in a house which we called "Peeling Ceilings" that had sort of this same effect.

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  5. I think it's really interesting actually....i mean - sort of funky, no? Obviously done inexpensively but with a lot of thought put into everything. Plus it seems really inexpensive even in LBs -but I've never been to Brighton so what do I know. haha

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  6. Hmmmmmm---interesting. Bohemian not-so-chic.
    Mary

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  7. The building used to film The King's Speech wasn't a brothel - it's actually much more interesting than that. It's a Georgian house at 33 Portland Place - check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Davenport_(fraudster) for more detail.

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  8. I have so longed for exactly those sort of walls in my house... but there's nothing worse than "faux" done badly, and I'm terrified to try it.

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  9. I quite like it but when you check the rates it's £1400 a week for this time of year (and that's with an off season discount) so not cheap. brighton is fabulous though.

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