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We chose pink to make the room sing

Feature Sharon Smith

My room...

My problem guest room

The house had been rented out and was dirty, run-down and really needed modernising. This room was a good size with a big window letting in plenty of light and we knew it would make an ideal guest room. It had peeling chipboard wallpaper painted in magnolia and bare, untreated floorboards. The fireplace was original but its hearth tiles were broken, and the window needed replacing.

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July 2016
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