{"id":4631,"date":"2015-10-21T11:52:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T10:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/?p=4631"},"modified":"2015-10-21T11:52:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T10:52:04","slug":"coastal-catch-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/coastal-catch-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal catch-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/coastal-catch-up\/clare-and-murray-johnstone-bracklesham-bay-nr-portsmouth-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4633\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4633\" src=\"http:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Johnstone-Photo-\u00a9-R-Gadsby.jpg\" alt=\"Clare and Murray Johnstone Bracklesham Bay nr Portsmouth\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Johnstone-Photo-\u00a9-R-Gadsby.jpg 500w, https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Johnstone-Photo-\u00a9-R-Gadsby-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Johnstone-Photo-\u00a9-R-Gadsby-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Found myself standing in this stylish living room yesterday, while catching up with delightful homeowner Clare Willison.<\/p>\n<p>A few months\u00a0ago, charming artist Clare, who owns caf\u00e9,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billysonthebeach.co.uk\">Billy\u2019s on the Beach<\/a>, welcomed me into her stunning New England-style home. The memorable shoot ended up with an early evening paddle in the sea, complete with a spectacular sunset!<\/p>\n<p>During our interview for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.housetohome.co.uk\/countryhomesandinteriors\">Country Homes &amp; Interiors<\/a>, Clare revealed that she\u2019ll often pop on her wetsuit in the morning, walk through her garden, straight down\u00a0the beach and dive into the surf for the half-mile swim to\u00a0her\u00a0bustling caf\u00e9 on the seafront at Bracklesham Bay. Well, I\u2019ve never come across anyone who swims to work so, clearly, this had to be\u00a0a great line for my feature.<\/p>\n<p>I do love Clare\u2019s coastal-inspired living room, which is peppered with her eye-catching driftwood artwork and handmade cushions. The coffee table, made from reclaimed floorboards, adds to the laid-back homely feel that Clare and her husband, Murray Johnstone, yearned for.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, I chose the right afternoon for my impromptu visit. For a late October day, the weather was absolutely fantastic\u2026perfect for a quick\u00a0stroll along the beach to Billy\u2019s and a cuppa while soaking up the last rays of summer and enjoying the views out to the Isle of Wight.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Clare\u2019s work, view <a href=\"http:\/\/www.driftwoodboats.co.uk\">www.driftwoodboats.co.uk<\/a> or call 01243 673560.<\/p>\n<p>To read the previous blog about Clare&#8217;s new-build home, click <a href=\"http:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/living-working-beach\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photograph above courtesy of Richard Gadsby<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Found myself standing in this stylish living room yesterday, while catching up with delightful homeowner Clare Willison. A few months\u00a0ago, charming artist Clare, who owns caf\u00e9,\u00a0Billy\u2019s on the Beach, welcomed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4631"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4641,"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4631\/revisions\/4641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janetmcmeekin.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}