“We loved the fact that it was rundown as it gave us a chance to make the building our home,” she says. Al even apprenticed as a builder’s assistant during the construction, working on-site every day. But these two weren’t strangers to the remodeling process. “When we were teenagers living on a rose farm, we bought an old house that was getting demolished and moved it on a truck to our property, ” she says. This story is from Kinfolk Issue Fourteen Buy Now Related Stories Design Interiors Issue 49 Mimi Shodeinde An audience with the architect. Interiors Issue 48 Gil Schafer Inside the all-American family home. Interiors Issue 48 Last Night What did interior designer Beata Heuman do with her evening? Interiors Issue 47 Home Tour: Vill’Alcina For nearly 50 years, architect Sergio Fernandez has found political purpose and refuge at his vacation home. Interiors Issue 46 Bush Modernism Rebuilding the legacy of desert architect Alistair Knox. Interiors Issue 46 Heritage Craft A colorful guesthouse decorated by the artists of Gorée Island.
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