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COGNAC AND PUNCH

The first time Jacques Bec and Artur Miranda visited their house in Porto, they discovered what they consider a sign of good fortune. “Everyone dreams of finding a four-leaf clover and there were millions in the garden,” remembers Miranda. “It was like Alice in Wonderland.”

he duo, who run the locally based interior design firm Oitoemponto, had had the property on their radar for some time. Built in the late ’50s, it is located just a few blocks from the ocean; they would often drive by on their way

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