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ART OF Africa

My decorating mood boards were INSPIRED by the colours of the LANDSCAPE we saw on safari in KENYA. And I’m always drawn to African HANDICRAFTS; they’re beautiful and personal
SARAH ALEM, HOMEOWNER

HOME NOTES

WHO LIVES HERE?

Sarah Alem, a doctor, lives here with her husband Frank, a marketing consultant, and their children, Ann, 16, and Abou, 13.

THE PROPERTY

A four-bedroom maisonette on the first and second floors of a Victorian terraced

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