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    A LABOUR OF LOVE

    Dec 19, 2019 3 minutes
    by KIRSTY MCKENZIE
    photography KEN BRASS

    Lisa Post can trace her love of restoration and renovation back to her school days in her home country, England. Inspired by the transformation of some chairs her parents inherited and then restored, at the age of 15 she signed up for wood working classes. Her teacher helped her build the frame, she sourced the upholstery fabric from a John Lewis sale and earned herself an A-grade result as well as a crash course in the rewards of DIY.

    It was the start of a long career as

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