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Since moving into his east London home, restoration expert Owen Pacey has added character and value by reinstating architectural elements
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Since moving into his east London home, restoration expert Owen Pacey has added character and value by reinstating architectural elements
Owen Pacey’s Shoreditch home is packed with artefacts he restores and sells Back to life: a magnificent restored French bedhead. Photograph: Graham Aktins-Hughes/The Observer Back to life: a magnificent restored French bedhead. Photograph: Graham Aktins-Hughes/The Observer Sat 3 Apr 2021 11.00 EDT On the ground floor of Owen Pacey’s house in London’sShoreditch, huge chandeliers dangle like dowager’s pendants from the rafters. Marble fireplaces, cool and veined, are propped next to gilded mirrors. This is Pacey’s architectural salvage shop, a twinkling, glinting emporium of architect...