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PERFECT SENSE

THE PROJECT

or Jackie Ashley, it's the little things in a home that count. The co-founder of fragrance company Ashley & Co understands the emotional connection we have with our abodes — the well-known scent that greets us when we walk through the door, the comforting touch of the sofa we sink into at the end of each day. The renovation of the Birkenhead, Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland home she shares with her co-founder husband Ben and their children Will, Miller and Walt meant turning their red-brick house

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