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A World of Its Own
Acclaimed theatre designer Tracy Grant immediately fell under the spell of her Manurewa home. 
Tracy and her husband David Lord had no intention of living in south Auckland.  They were looking for a home close to the city.  But the house has the remarkable ability to make visitors feel as if time has been arrested and the boundaries of place dissolved.  One could easily be living in 1934 or 1955 England, or is it Brittany?  Who knows and who cares anyway once you’ve relaxed into a house with such a strong personality that it forms a world of its own.
To see Tracy’s story from the NZ House & Garden television programme, click the video link above.
 
Click here to see the photo gallery of Tracy's home from NZ House & Garden magazine.
 
For the full story on their new home, pick up a copy of the October 2006 issue of NZ House & Garden magazine, in store now.
Related link: TVNZ website

Story: Sarah Beresford
Photographs: Kieran Scott


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