Amanda Owen uses tea to age farmhouse walls in renovation

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 09:32 · Archive

Amanda Owen is using gallons of tea to give freshly plastered walls an aged appearance at her historic Yorkshire farmhouse.

Amanda Owen is using an unusual decorating technique involving large quantities of tea to transform the interior of her historic Yorkshire Dales farmhouse, Anty John's. The method, which features in the latest episode of Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids, involves applying tea to freshly plastered walls using a spray gun. The technique is intended to soften the look of new plaster and help it blend with the historic surroundings, creating a warmer, aged appearance.

The renovation is one of several distinctive approaches being used during the restoration of the property. Carpenters are laying oak floorboards as the building moves beyond major structural repairs and into finishing stages. The family, including Amanda, Clive and their nine children, bought Anty John's in 2020. The former farmhouse, close to the Owen family's home at Ravenseat, had stood empty for decades before the family began their extensive restoration work.

How it is being reported

• Amanda Owen's farmhouse transformed using decorating trick involving gallons of teaAmanda Owen's Anty John's farmhouse gets an unusual makeover as gallons of tea are used to give freshly plastered walls an aged appearance.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 22 Oct, 09:10
• Amanda Owen's farmhouse transformed using decorating trick involving gallons of teaAmanda Owen's Anty John's farmhouse gets an unusual makeover as gallons of tea are used to give freshly plastered walls an aged appearance.York Press · 22 Oct, 09:10

In this story: Amanda Owen · Anty John's · Yorkshire Dales · Ravenseat

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