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oing for the easy route when there is a challenge to be had? Definitely not something interior designer Rebecca Wakefield and her quantity surveyor partner Josh would do. Taking on a wreck that hadn’t been touched for 50 years was actually part of the game plan. ‘The fact that it was crying out for a total renovation appealed,’ says Rebecca. ‘The idea of ripping apart

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