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ENGLISH HERITAGE

hen I first saw this house, I knew it was perfect for my sister and her family,’ says interior designer Amy Spargo of Maine House Interiors. ‘It was screaming out for love and I realised we could make it into something special.’ The house in question was a tired two-storey wooden 1970s building situated on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. Hidden behind a row of trees and a mere ten-minute walk from

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