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Leanne Grinder and her husband Peter have worked on restoring her Davy St cottage since 2015. PHOTO: KELLEY TANTAU
From grungy cottage to ‘grande dame’
There’s a motley collection of colours, textures, and eye-catching items; an aesthetic of excess that can’t be seen from the roadside.A step from the quiet footpath of Davy Street in…