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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Cat Olley

Notting Hill is embracing black exteriors — here’s what you should know before you pick up the paint

A home on Notting Hill’s Westbourne Grove - (Supplied)

Sweeping crescents of colourful Victorian villas are as synonymous with Notting Hill as the Richard Curtis rom com that put it on the international map — and sparked a thousand entries on tourist lists of London’s prettiest spots.

In recent years, the candy-hued homes have attracted queues of Instagrammers waiting to pose on doorsteps, with some even bringing pop-up changing tents for a quick outfit switch-up.

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