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    Apr 30, 2020 4 minutes
    PHOTOGRAPHY Johan Sellén/LivingInside
    STYLING
    Gill Renlund
    WORDS
    Susan Springate

    KITCHEN-DINER

    ‘When we moved in, the house had tiny windows,’ says Valerie. ‘So letting in light was the main goal of the renovation.’

    DINING SPACE

    ‘We have a large table so friends can enjoy the view when we have them over for lunch,’ says Valerie. ‘We painted the overhead beams white to maximise the light.’

    Bright, breezy and nestling in a garden of fruit trees, designer Valerie Aflalo and her husband Johan’s exquisite family home, south of Stockholm, is an earthly paradise, created by the couple themselves. ‘We have three children and decided it was time to move

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