THE PERFECT FINISH

THERE is always a sense of anticipation when you approach a house that could be ‘the one’. A thrill that the long hours of searching could finally be over. But most people wait until they’ve made it across the threshold before they decide, weighing up room sizes and the amount of work it’ll take to achieve the home they want it to be. For Clare Pater, she knew that two years of looking for a home were over as she sat outside in the car. And her confidence wasn’t shaken when she finally entered and discovered it was an ‘absolute disaster’ inside. With a limited budget to tap into and a head full of plans for the rooms, interior designer Clare called on