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MOUNTAIN R ESCUE

Parked up at the top of a steep forest track, Lucinda Griffith redesigned the layout of the rather sad old cottage she had just been to see. Using what she had to hand – a paper napkin and her many years’ experience advising other people how to make the best of their homes – Lucinda came up with beginnings of a plan to give the house a new lease of life and save it

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