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Emily is an award-winning freelance writer who specialises in architecture, design and interiors. Previously she worked for the National Trust for a decade, cementing a love for period buildings; she has renovated two properties, a Victorian cottage in East Sussex and an Edwardian house in London.
She also writes for the Telegraph’s property supplement, Grand Designs magazine, and the members’ journal of the IIDA (the International Interior Design Association).
