Your Home and Garden

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Homeowners Michael and Amanda Johnson brought the sideboard in their dining area back from the UK and painted it dark green.

“We landed on green. Everyone said it was a big mistake, but everyone who comes in and sees it, loves it.”

KITCHEN

A triple oven range cooker was a must, the benchtop is engineered stone and the butler sink was brought back in a container from Britain.

Sometimes, it takes rare vision to conjure renovation magic. Not everyone is tuned into the potential of a property, but Amanda Johnson knew a diamond in the rough when she saw one. In 2017, she and husband Michael bought their rundown, overgrown 1930s property and spent the next five

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