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FIRES VS STOVES Almost everyone agrees, it’s not just the heat that makes an indoor fire so enticing, it’s the whole package: the smell, the sound, the soft light. ‘The ambience they create is unbeatable,’ says interior designer Emma Sims-Hilditch of Sims Hilditch. ‘They also emit a delicious

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