The rebirth of this Parisian apartment has placed the beauty of wood and shapely forms at its heart

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Anwnn, Brockloch Forest, Carsphairn, Castle Douglas, Scotland. A timber-framed cottage in open countryside near a village. It was built around ten years ago and has a staircase made from former church

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