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A local contractor told the new owners they “would be better off knocking the house down.” But the 4,300 square feet of space on more than an acre of land was just what their growing family needed.
A local contractor told the new owners they “would be better off knocking the house down.” But the 4,300 square feet of space on more than an acre of land was just what their growing family needed.
Thanks to digital-printing technology that allows retailers to duplicate the look inexpensively, you no longer have to blow your entire decorating budget on a few pricey panels of chinoiserie.
Thanks to digital-printing technology that allows retailers to duplicate the look inexpensively, you no longer have to blow your entire decorating budget on a few pricey panels of chinoiserie.
In Bob Burch’s ideal world, the acreage would stay mostly preserved, he said, with 31 spectacular cottages forming a residential village in sync with the French Normandy style of the 14,000-square-foot, 20-room manor home, once owned by an heir to Campbell Soup.
In Bob Burch’s ideal world, the acreage would stay mostly preserved, he said, with 31 spectacular cottages forming a residential village in sync with the French Normandy style of the 14,000-square-foot, 20-room manor home, once owned by an heir to Campbell Soup.
The Montgomery County house was in move-in condition, including central air conditioning, which allowed the new owners to concentrate their attention and checkbook on furnishings in keeping with the period.
“I wanted to find a house that was the polar opposite of anything I ever lived in before, and this was pretty much it,” said Jill Smokler, who decided to relocate after her divorce.
The couple’s decorating goal was to “make the eye wander and see something interesting and different,” Anessa Foxwell said. “Friends will come over and try to count all the foxes” — a play on their last name.
“The kids can bike anywhere on the island," says home owner Heather Decosta. "You’re at the beach in two minutes, and we’re close to the school and sports fields.”
“The house was just the right size for what I needed, and for the size project I was looking for,” says the homeowner, who renovated the home, built in 1890.
The couple purged a lot of belongings when they moved from a 4,500-square-foot house in Bucks County to a 1,100-square-foot apartment in Philadelphia. They kept only what they need and love.
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