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When floral designer Alexandra Grace and her husband Mark started house-hunting nine years ago, they realised they wanted different things. Mark craved a character home with cosy rooms, old beams and period features. In contrast, Ali, as she likes to be known, wanted a bright and open property that she could make her own.
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‘We were living in a