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About me

I’m Réka Thornton, 41, a designer, (@sorbet_dreams_by_reka) and I live with my husband, Dave, 45, a bank official, and our children Lily, 12, and Aron, 11. Our home is a detached, six-bedroom, extended 1980s house in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire and we moved here in February 2014.

TOTAL £5,055

Style idea

Use a footstool as a coffee table if you don’t have space for both

BEFORE

My problem living room

The original room was dull and seriously lacking in personality. It really didn’t reflect me, but I

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