{"id":2930,"date":"2025-10-23T06:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/10\/23\/angelas-rooms-sustainable-style-on-margates-sea-front\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T06:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:01:35","slug":"angelas-rooms-sustainable-style-on-margates-sea-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/angelas-rooms-sustainable-style-on-margates-sea-front\/","title":{"rendered":"Le stanze di Angela: Stile sostenibile sul lungomare di Margate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Angela\u2019s is an unassuming seafood restaurant overlooking the harbor in Margate, on the tip of East Kent. Moments from the beach, it serves simple, local seafood and seasonal vegetable dishes. Round the corner is Dory\u2019s, Angela\u2019s \u201clittle sister\u201d\u2014an informal seafood bar. It too is known for its impeccable sourcing, minimal waste, and pared-back cooking.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur philosophy for both Angela\u2019s and Dory\u2019s is an uncomplicated one,\u201d says co-owner Lee Coad. \u201cWe will always consider our people and our planet first, working directly with growers, fishermen. and suppliers who understand how to make the most of their produce and, at the same time, minimize the impact on our environment.\u201d Lee has carried this philosophy through to a trio of new rooms, which now occupy the top floors of this narrow, Georgian terrace. \u201cWhen designing the rooms, we put people and the planet first. But instead of fisherman, farmers, and ethical produce\u2014this time it was designers, producers, and well-sourced materials.\u201d<\/p>\n


Above: Room two above Angela\u2019s. <\/p>\n

The rooms\u2014which start from \u00a3380 for a two-night stay\u2014are Lee\u2019s first interiors project. \u201cThe research took a long time,\u201d he says, \u201cbut I decided very quickly that however much I liked an item, if it didn\u2019t fit into our ethos, it wasn\u2019t going in. The design grew organically from there.\u201d What were three \u201cslightly tired\u201d Airbnb rooms are now fresh, original seaside suites incorporating locally crafted marbled wallpaper, mycelium grown lamps, re-dyed waste wool rugs, cork floors, recycled and bio-plastic furniture, and bone china cups made using waste fish bones from the restaurant. Join us for a look:<\/p>\n


Above: The table tops are by Smile Plastics who design sustainable materials made from waste plastics collected from a variety of post-consumer and post-industrial sources. The legs are made by Tiptoe \u2013 another \u201ceco-responsible\u201d furniture supplier. <\/p>\n

Room two is wrapped entirely in marbled paper handmade by the local maker, Natascha Maksimovic: \u201cThis is the first time I have been commissioned to hang an entire room,\u201d she explains. \u201cTogether, we chose a color palette that echoes the view outside and I suggested this abstract marble pattern, where I move and sway the paper on the water surface to really enhance the fact that these wallpapers are created with water. Although each panel is printed individually \u2013 and is therefore a unique piece \u2013 they sit alongside each other beautifully.\u201d<\/p>\n


Above: Overlooking the harbour. \u201cWe worked closely with Margate-based Clueit Webb to source a range of fabrics for the rooms,\u201d explains Lee. \u201cThe bright blue 100% Laneve wool is from Camira, and is traceable right back to the individual farms. It is produced using non-metallic dyes.\u201d
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Above: The coffee cups above have been made by Carly Breame who makes bone china using a combination of Angela\u2019s fish bone waste, oyster shells, scallop shells and mussel shells. Ceramics have also been supplied by Bridget McVey, the founder and headteacher at Clayspace Studios, a nearby, not-for-profit social enterprise that provides workshops for the community.
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Above: \u201cBecause of how we believed this should be done, we had to make sacrifices,\u201d Lee explains. \u201cThe bathrooms weren\u2019t to our taste, but there was nothing physically wrong with them, so we worked with them instead of ripping them out and starting again. We reused what we had so as not to create more landfill.\u201d,

Above: A Smile Plastics bench area in the dressing room. Repurposed red carpet tiles have been used in all dressing areas. \u201cThis is waste produced by the events industry,\u201d Lee explains. \u201cThe event industry generates an incredible amount of unnecessary waste for short term visual gain. We discovered flooring companies that are repurposing them again and again in order to make the initial, poorly conceived, product last longer.\u201d These were sourced from Carpet Tile Wholesale.
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Above: Room one is painted in Lakeland\u2019s minty-fresh Pointe.
\n There are no TVs in the rooms \u2013 only a House of Marley bluetooth speaker made from bamboo, recycled fabrics and aluminium and reground silicone.<\/span><\/span>
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Above: The seating area in Room Three. \u201cWe found that a good source of modernist design is from pre-used
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office furniture companies,\u201d says Lee. \u201cWe searched for reception furniture on Kings Office Furniture. We\u2019ve also used local shops, including Junk Deluxe, Scott\u2019s, Cliftonville Antiques and New Street Antiques.\u201d
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Above: All three rooms have cork flooring supplied by The Colour Flooring Company: \u201cThe production process here is so rigorous that even the wood dust from the factory floor is swept up and burned to fuel the machinery,\u201d explains Lee. <\/p>\n

In each room, Lee has openly shared his sources: \u201cWe have designed the rooms with careful thought and we wanted to share our research and knowledge with everyone. We want people to contact them and use what we have used, and, if you ever find good alternatives\u2014to let us know. There is no point in being precious about where we get things from!\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Angela's \u00e8 un ristorante di pesce senza pretese che si affaccia sul porto di Margate, sulla punta dell'East Kent. A pochi passi dalla spiaggia, serve piatti semplici e locali a base di pesce e verdure di stagione. Dietro l'angolo si trova Dory's, la \u201csorella minore\u201d di Angela, un informale bar di pesce. Anch'esso \u00e8 noto per l'approvvigionamento impeccabile, la riduzione al minimo degli sprechi e la cucina essenziale. \u201cIl nostro [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-renovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}