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So often an underused dumping ground for the family’s clutter, your loft has the potential to become a valuable extra room, giving you that bedroom suite, bathroom or home office you’ve been dreaming

THE FIREPLACE HAS SURVIVED CENTURIES OF CHANGE TO EMERGE IN ALL ITS GLORY AS THE FOCAL POINT OF THE LONDON RECEPTION ROOM, DISCOVERS ANNE CUTHBERTSON