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Vicki says the couple had a strong vision for the apartments, inspired by their own travels in New Zealand and overseas. The result is a blend of European design traditions, New York modern and Kiwi charm.
The less is more strategy has also translated into stunningly elegant interiors, created with the help of Nelson designer Wendy Osborne, of Tresson Interiors. Elemental palettes, with emphasis on texture rather than colour, are the backdrop for local art and ceramics, which are available for sale should you become fond of them during your stay.
The Browns' ethos is that the apartments should feel more like a home than a hotel
I never cried once,' said Sans Souci resident Jim Hackett, 66.
While Hackett wants nothing more than to rebuild, one of his neighbors, Reid Wilson, 53, has had enough.
'We were here for some of the best years, but the river has lost a lot of its charm,' said Wilson, who hopes for a government buyout of hispersonal property and the 145 acres owned collectively through a neighborhood association.
Our trip through downtown Waterloo, with dingy water beneath us and the din of the John Deere foundry in our ears, would have been the low point of our trip, had we not already achieved the nadir with the capsizing of our canoe.
Twenty-foot concrete flood walls enclosed much of our course, and our takeout beneath the Mullan Avenue bridge entailed lifting the canoe up a vertical section of wall
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