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Go minimal AND SAVE

I’ve always been a collector of ‘stuff’. First books, then unicorn ornaments and, as a teenager, it was music memorabilia.

As an adult my love of collecting extended to gardening. I didn’t just plant one rose bush, I planted 20.

Then a little side hustle making cupcakes saw me amass an entire cupboard

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