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URBAN CHALET

It was 2008, while planning their wedding, that James and Bekk Crombie fell in love with yellow. “We were looking for an interesting colour for the bridesmaids’ dresses and bonbonnière,” says Bekk. “We went for a really warm, deep yellow. It looks so rich teamed with white.” The yolky shade has followed them through the birth of their three children, Beatrice, 10, BjØrn, eight, and 20-month-old Elsie, a couple of years living in Norway and back again to the house they built

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