“Sadly, cowboys had been in,” says Vine. “The kitchen cupboards just lifted off the walls, barely held on, I didn’t even need a screwdriver. The newly fitted downstairs shower was already leaking, and the corridor was smashed up where they had tried to force bike brackets on the walls and failed, leaving huge gouges along the walls,” she continues.
Cult jewellery designer Harriet Vine on transforming Hackney flats into a colourful family home
