Sabine Berzina

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Earlier in October I noticed an image on my Facebook timeline that looked unlike anything I’d ever seen before. It showed a room with a large, white couch around a wicker table and a plunge pool. Beside it was a dining area with modern furniture and glass doors. The room was light, spacious and, perhaps most enticingly, in a cave overlooking a sea with turquoise water. What made the image even more unusual was the details of the furniture I noticed when I zoomed in closely.

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