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LINE OF beauty

I love ENGLISH CHRISTMASES. I was raised in South Africa where it was 35C, and the last thing you want is a hot dinner. I prefer getting COSY and WARM, and lighting the fire when it’s snowy
JUSTIN COAKLEY, HOMEOWNER

HOME NOTES

WHO LIVES HERE?

Justin Coakley, an interior designer and stylist (@design_at_nineteen), lives here with his partner, Zunaid, a doctor, and their whippet, Aalto.

THE PROPERTY

A 1930s four-bedroom terraced house in south-west London

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