Rust-brown tiled rooftops, church spires and onion domes: its skyline is a credit to Swiss understatement.

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The rounded bodywork now russet-brown with rust, it was supposedly the getaway car of diamond thieves, shot long ago by police.

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Upstairs, designer David Mitchell created a serene guest-bedroom color scheme of olive green, rust, chocolate brown and khaki.

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