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    COLOUR CONFIDENCE

    Jun 27, 2019 3 minutes
    Words and styling Maxine Brady
    Photographs Oliver Gordon

    Fond memories of watching her mum decorate the family home gave Melanie the skills she needed to tackle the renovation of her own period house. ‘That’s how I learned to paint and hang wallpaper,’ says Melanie, ‘and it gave me the confidence to try things out here.’

    Home for Melanie and husband Rob today is a beautiful Georgian house on the edge of Epping Forest in Essex, which

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