{"id":84776,"date":"2018-04-08T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/smart-ideas-times-two-a-home-that-marries-old-and-new\/"},"modified":"2018-04-08T12:03:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T05:03:00","slug":"smart-ideas-times-two-a-home-that-marries-old-and-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/smart-ideas-times-two-a-home-that-marries-old-and-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart ideas times two: a home that marries old and new"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAffordable designer touches give this London flat a distinctive edgeDean Louw and Rafael Borrego are partners in life as well as business, which means spending a certain amount of time together. \u201cIt was 24 hours a day, which took a bit of adjusting to,\u201d Dean says, in the living room of the flat the couple share in Stockwell, south London. He\u2019s sitting on a Saba dining chair, at a large round table he and Raf made themselves, using legs from Pretty Pegs and a piece of glass-topped stained oak. \u201cYou have to respect each other, and learn not to tread on each other\u2019s toes.\u201dThey now have a son, which means that one of them has to stay home while the other goes to the gym. The 24 hours have been brought down to a more manageable 23. Continue reading…
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