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Natural BEAUTY

‘Arts and Crafts is a favourite period of mine in design, but I also have a thing for cleaner, more modern-looking interiors’

Situated in a bustling, village-like borough of North London, within walking distance of a number of idyllic green spaces, this Arts and Crafts home boasts an appealing balance of town and country. It was the perfect find for Bronwyn Preston, her husband, Grant Hill, and her 14-year-old son, Finn, who divide their time between Los Angeles and London. “I felt that there was no better area for us, the location is unbeatable,” she says.

Attracted to the innate character of period

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