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A CHANGE OF DIRECTION

No matter how many people come to Irene and Paul’s social events, they all end up round the kitchen island. Irene describes it as the ‘heartbeat’ of the home, a convivial space where friends and family gather to share home-cooked food and chatter until the early hours. It is also a space full of light and atmosphere, a south-facing room that seamlessly links the house to the garden.

Yet less than a year ago Irene and Paul’s kitchen

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