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Brush with history

When did colour come into your planning process, Jess? Right at the beginning. The walls were originally clad with timber, which would have been lovely, but unfortunately it was rotten beyond repair in many places, so we looked at it as an opportunity to expose some of the gorgeous brickwork, which became the foundation of our colour and material palette. From there, it was about

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