Proprietor Jayne Brown

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It was quite by chance that I got into taxidermy, my mum had left me some money and I wanted to buy something I would love forever and remember her by, so I bought "ASLAN".  He came to me in very good condition but was really faded due to being left in the sunny porch of his previous owners house looking out the front door. He also came attached to a huge rock which prevented me from getting him up into the loft room.  The first job I had to do was remove him off the rock and get him upstairs so I could restore him. Removal of the rock meant his feet needed attention, there was also some fur loss in small areas of his body and he needed a complete re dye. Phew!  this was a mammoth task but I used my skills in art to bring him back to the magnificent creature you see here in the pictures above.  Thanks mum! 
This in turn whet my appetite to find out more about this seemingly long dead (pardon the pun) subject and I started to look on line for more pieces to adopt;  I came across a tiny little mouse on an auction site which I bought. The lady who had him lived only a few mins away and offered to teach me this bizarre art form. Well!  I loved it, it satisfied my artistic side as well as my interest in anatomy and my love for animals. The lovely lady and I remain friends to this day.  And the rest as they say is history.  

INTERIORS....My other passion

I endeavor to create something that's a little different , whether it be extreme interior decor, taxidermy or the macabre oddities that I enjoy to make.

This is all that's left of the builders after I have finished working them. Poor buggers! lol

I have added red velvet curtaining to the arch of the conservatory as well as all the windows to establish the purpose of the two rooms between dining and kitchen. The curtains can be closed across for the intimacy of candlelit dinner parties, this gives a lovely warm feel to the room when the window curtains are also drawn.

A white pvc conservatory clad on the inside with wood gives a rich and warmer feel without the upkeep of a solid wood one. Add silk organza panels to the roof and you have a sumptuous tented feel without cutting out the light.

Solid beech kitchen units bought off Ebay from someone re-doing their own kitchen. A rejig, repaint and new handles later, plus blood, sweat and tears and I have a bespoke kitchen for a fraction of the cost

Add a mirrored ceiling to a small bathroom and you immediately add space.

By putting the bed in the window I created more space and the curtains add a sense of grandeur to the room.

This ceiling is wood panelled, a great way to cover any cracks in an old plastered ceiling, plus no more cracks! :0)

These pics are of the lounge before work really got under way, so far the back doors have gone in.

The raw, just built design, now all my hard work starts.

It's coming along, ceiling finished! I never want to paint that again!

Turning the grey fireplace into golden sandstone.

TURNING THE FIREPLACE INTO SANDSTONE

NOTHING LIKE A ROARING FIRE ON A COLD MARCH NIGHT

The finished entrance to lounge doors, check out the handles.

Just got to wait for the soft furnishings now.

All finished!

How to put a modern flat screen TV into a period setting.

Up to the jungle room.

The jungle room as you reach the top of the stairs. Designed in a French colonial style.

The gothic hall and landing