Style Bargain ; It Takes a Founder Editor of Elle to Turn a Garden Flat Into a Palace by Using Ebay and Ikea Bargains. Pattie Barron Visits Novelist Sally Brampton at Her Writer's Retreat Homes Property

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SALLY Brampton's Kilburn flat is proof that when passionate gardeners go shopping for a new home, what they are really shopping for is a new garden.

"When I bought the flat two years ago, I saw 54 flats before this one," says Sally, founder editor of Elle, novelist and journalist.

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Style Bargain ; It Takes a Founder Editor of Elle to Turn a Garden Flat Into a Palace by Using Ebay and Ikea Bargains. Pattie Barron Visits Novelist Sally Brampton at Her Writer's Retreat Homes Property

"Though the interior was important - I wanted high ceilings - it was secondary to the space outside. It's amazing how a London estate agent will say, 'Oh yes, there's a garden,' and not tell you it's a tiny patio."

The clincher, aside from the 80ft-long garden, was that the kitchen, her bedroom, and...

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