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It turned out exactly as I imagined it!

When Kate Maunders, 30, and husband Phil, 35, moved into their three-bedroom semidetached home in Essex, they knew it needed a fair bit of work. Luckily, it didn’t deter the couple in the slightest and they slowly began to renovate the Victorian house.

Priority went to the living room and kitchen before the pair turned their attention to the upstairs, where the first stop was the guest bedroom as it needed the least amount of work. ‘There wasn’t anything too intimidating to tackle in this room,’ recalls Kate.

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