Homes 'It’s like a child’s drawing of a house': a fisherman's cottage in Berwick-upon-Tweed How an old cottage and a sea mist inspired bestselling children’s book illustrator Helen Stephens Illustrators Helen Stephens and Gerry Turley, with their daughter, Frieda, and dog Peggy outside their house in Berwick-upon-Tweed. It warms every room.’ Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the GuardianBuilt in the 1850s, the house was previously divided into four rooms, each inhabited by a fishing family. “It’s like a child’s drawing of a house,” Stephens says. Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the GuardianA few months after they moved in, Stephens experienced her first haar, or fog, rolling in from the sea. Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the GuardianAn outdoor toilet in the garden is used in summer, but in winter it’s used for storing coal.

Source: The Guardian February 03, 2018 11:01 UTC