Joining the dots: the tiny Rye cottage with spot-on paintwork

Hand-painted fabrics and bold furnishings give this colourful home a cheerful appeal

‘In the darkness, you move towards the light,” says Catherine Reynolds. We’re eating pastries in her front room and talking about how she came to paint imperfect stripes and dots on vintage furniture and fabric. “When things shine brighter you instinctively move towards them,” she continues. “And because you’re in such a dark place, you don’t really think about what the light is. You just go towards it. That’s how I ended up in Rye and that’s how Polka started: it was a light and I just loved doing it.”

A couple of years ago, Reynolds was not in a good place. Recently divorced, she wound down her successful PR company and moved from a large London flat to a tiny, historic cottage in Rye. She is originally from Merseyside and her accent remains strong. Her friend, Marcus Crane – co-founder of the local art and interior store, McCully & Crane – found her this cottage.

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