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FAMILY TRADITIONS
25 Beautiful Homes
|December 2020
Liz Lamour and her husband Corentin have updated the cottage that his grandparents built

HOME TRUTHS
THE PROPERTY
Stone cottage built in 1940
LOCATION
Brittany,
France ROOMS
Kitchen-diner/living area, two bedrooms, bathroom
PURCHASED
2000
PREVIOUS PROPERTY
KITCHEN-DINER
Liz designed a simple, modern cook space to allow the character of the cottage to shine through.
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‘I was living with my parents back home in Ireland and Corentin grew up not far from here in a converted mill house,’ says Liz.
This story is from the December 2020 edition of 25 Beautiful Homes.
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