Before you ask … yes, we live like this!

The TV tells you that the interior of your house should be as bright as possible … then they would say that, they want the best possible lighting for their cameras.

I, like most of my generation, grew up in a house with knocked-through rooms and huge glass windows, white paint, white carpets, white curtains and white sofas. Modelled on a thousand TV studios. The terror of getting it dirty was compounded by the fear of breaking the hundreds of fragile items which littered the sterile surfaces.

This house is colourful, tactile and fairly indestructible. Do not be afraid to touch the walls or climb around.

Many of the rooms use Ultra-Violet (UV) light. The lights produce long-wave UV which is quite safe, unlike medium-wave used in sunbeds and short-wave produced by the sun. The paint on the walls absorbs the UV and re-emits it as visible light.

Art Weeks is here! May 17 - 26