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ELLY HOPPEN admits that she has a difficult client, someone constantly repositioning the furniture and accessories that she’s already carefully put in place. The client comes up with completed design ideas that she insists take five minutes to draw on what Hoppen calls “loo paper” and then expects Hoppen’s staff to put everything in place right away. Also, the homeowner has so many existing pieces of furniture that she has trouble making

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