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Palest greens, delicate foliage and natural materials give this home’s lofty spaces a serene feel, but it wasn’t always the case.

A doorway with ‘Public Bar’ etched into its frosted glass is a reminder of the building’s previous life. ‘It closed in the 1970s, but I’d guess it was a proper local boozer with dark corners and a snug,’ says Mary Mulryan who, with her husband John, created

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