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  • Hutchings Home After

    Mansion Mystique

    Houstonians Fred and Pat Burns rescue a ghost of a house on Galveston Island and bring new life to it and the neighborhood

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  • Roots of Home

    Roots of Home

    In his latest book, architect Russell Versaci explores the influences that inspired American architecture

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  • Preserving Ruins

    Preserving Ruins

    The owner of a 250-year-old Virginia home gives advice about protecting architecturally significant ruins

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  • Porto Bello Restored

    Porto Bello Restored

    When Sally Quinn and Ben Bradlee fell for this crumbling 1740s estate in Maryland, they chipped through layers of paint to uncover the original character of the house, now a retreat that honors its past, present, and future

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  • Belle of the Ball

    Porto Bello Restoration 

    Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn worked with D.C. architect Stephen Muse to revive historic Porto Bello manor. These pre- and post-restoration images illustrate the dramatic transformation

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  • Reviving Timberlane

    Reviving Timberlane

    When architect Wayne Good remodeled a house on the Eastern Shore, he delivered far more than the Georgian Revival style that distinguishes its construction

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  • Old Town Revival

    Old Town Revival

    Architect Allan Greenberg restored this circa-1785 Virginia landmark by peeling away the historical layers

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