HEATH + DOWN

HEATH + DOWN Interior design studio + homewares store in the heart of Ashdown Forest. Created, collected + curated - from our hands to your home.

Covering Sussex, Kent, Surrey.

A bit of new old stuff to distract you from the fact that I’ve been MIA. The reality is school holidays + self employed ...
24/04/2026

A bit of new old stuff to distract you from the fact that I’ve been MIA. The reality is school holidays + self employed life always kicks my butt.

I’ve tried my best to capture the patina of these treasures but, as ever, you’re just gunna have to pop by to really ‘get it’. 🤗

Happy weekend. Open Saturday 12-4.

folk pottery | Indian antiques | handmade | homewares | sussex shopping | shop independent

Drying Mimosa. When I filled the store with mimosa on a cold and cloudy day in February, I had a plan for it to stick ar...
26/03/2026

Drying Mimosa.

When I filled the store with mimosa on a cold and cloudy day in February, I had a plan for it to stick around for far longer than it does outside.

Mimosa dries beautifully, losing its fresh fluorescence to become a slightly desaturated, vintage version of its former self and, in turn, providing year round colour and decoration (for free, if you’re lucky enough to know of a rogue bush 😜).

When the leaves start twisting and the flowers begin to morph from puffballs to tiny ‘seeds’, it’s time to snip off all the green foliage.

Rearrange the stems into vessels filled with water and leave in a cool room to slowly dry out.

Some stems may not have many yellow balls left on them. Snip these short and tie onto presents, as I will be doing on gift wrapping in store. 💛

New Clay Things | People PotsSo named by my pottery guru, Anthea, on account of them looking like me when I’m in a strop...
23/03/2026

New Clay Things | People Pots

So named by my pottery guru, Anthea, on account of them looking like me when I’m in a strop. (I don’t know WHAT she means. *puts hands on hips* Ohhhhhhhh. 🙃)

Swipe for the wibbly dribbly process you’ve learnt to expect from me. Little ones for now, bigger ones to come.

Love you,

handmade pottery | hand building | ceramics | sussex artist | stylist | designer |

Happy International Day of Forests from my doorstep hero,  🌳💕(Name a more applicable soundtrack for a 90s kid. 😜)
21/03/2026

Happy International Day of Forests from my doorstep hero, 🌳💕

(Name a more applicable soundtrack for a 90s kid. 😜)

Things for spring in the store. 🌾I nearly didn’t buy the hand painted Portuguese pitcher (first pic). A classic example ...
13/03/2026

Things for spring in the store. 🌾

I nearly didn’t buy the hand painted Portuguese pitcher (first pic). A classic example of something I couldn’t leave behind, but was more than I wanted to pay. Maybe it won’t sell and then I’ll have to keep it for myself. 🤭

Open Saturday 11-4, and the word is the sun’s going to be out…

homewares | interiors | sussex | shopping | independent | shop | vintage | antique | handmade | day tripping | styling

Seeds sown in winter will bloom in spring. 🌸Building stuff. Trying things out. Seeing where a lump of clay will take you...
02/03/2026

Seeds sown in winter will bloom in spring. 🌸

Building stuff. Trying things out. Seeing where a lump of clay will take you.

And reminding yourself that it wasn’t all mud. 🫠

Reopening tomorrow.The daffodils are emerging and so am I. Come say hi. 👋🏼Opening hours this week:Thursday 12th February...
11/02/2026

Reopening tomorrow.

The daffodils are emerging and so am I. Come say hi. 👋🏼

Opening hours this week:
Thursday 12th February 11-4
Friday 13th February 11-4
Saturday 14th February 11-4

sussex | interiors | design | styling | homewares | vintage | antique | shop small

A little pause…One thing about having a workspace at a garden centre is seeing all the seasons in HD! January feels like...
24/12/2025

A little pause…

One thing about having a workspace at a garden centre is seeing all the seasons in HD! January feels like the month to hunker down, plant seeds of ideas, allow plans to germinate and spaces to refresh.

The store will be by appointment only until February 2026. Design appointments and consultations at the studio will continue as normal. Please do get in touch if you have a project you’d like help with in 2026…from colour consultations, sourcing of the new (well, mostly vintage!) and editing of the old, to complete room design, I’d love to be your best friend in interiors. Our first meet (at my studio) is on me. Coffee too.

In a bid to stagnate my addiction to this app 🫠, don’t rely on DMs to contact me. Please email [email protected] with all enquiries, however small.

And if you do see me working in the studio, please feel free to pop in and say hello. You know I love a chat…

Thank you to everyone who has visited and worked with H+D this year. Every single purchase made, collaboration actioned, commission briefed and nugget of advice given literally keeps me in business, pays my bills and helps me plan more dreams for 2026. 🥰

Wishing you a very merry Christmas.

Nicky x

The sun is out, grab a coffee and a bit of lunch at The Kitchen .eco and then come and see me!Open for last minute gifts...
20/12/2025

The sun is out, grab a coffee and a bit of lunch at The Kitchen .eco and then come and see me!

Open for last minute gifts…
🎄Saturday 20th • 12-4
🎄Sunday 21st • 12-4
🎄Tuesday 23rd • 11-2

(Babylon is closed on Mondays)

17/12/2025

Happy 4th birthday to Heath + Down’s Head of Customer Relations. And, let’s face it, often the reason why people come in the shop in the first place. 🙃

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Uckfield

Opening Hours

Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

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