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COTSWOLD FURNITURE IS A LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS CRAFTING FINE FURNITURE TO ORDER, WRITES STEPHEN SMITH
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rom an old but characterful dairy in the farmlands near Baynesfield, between Pietermaritzburg and Durban, comes a range of sleek, modern and beautiful handcrafted furniture. Cotswold Custom Made Furniture started not as a family business as such, but more as a family hobby. Richard Kaufmann’s dad, Paul, used to do woodworking as a hobby, then turned it into a small business. After
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