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hoebe Nicol has fallen madly in love more than once. In fact, it wasn’t so long ago that she set her heart on a 17th-century mirror, which now hangs in the sitting room of this Woollahra home. When in Europe on a buying trip for The Vault — the antiques business Nicol owns with her husband Jeremy Bowker — love can strike at any moment, and the VL50-listed interior architect knows better than to ignore the feeling. “My role on these trips is predominantly to help Jeremy source for The

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