One-Six-Nine

… for a couple of thousand people to visit your house over just four weekends is a fair amount of work! The famous green door is currently enjoying a restoration, covered in filler and mastic prior to its new shade of green topcoat. In fact, the new green is quite possibly what it had originally–a modern recreation of the lovely and restful Scheele’s green, which was famously coloured with arsenic. Don’t worry, there’s none in the new paint, but we don’t…

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… and another May festival is almost upon us. Here at one-six-nine, we’re doing the preparations–painting the walls, arranging the hanging mechanisms, printing out the artist bios, and organising the secret sundowners that keep everyone happy 🙂 We’re delighted to be presenting some new artists in a variety of media, as well as some fabulous recent creations by our regular team. Please note that we’re not opening on the first Saturday of the festival (May 6th) but we will be…

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