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| Key West Vacation Home |
| In 1846, what would have roared in today as a Category 5 hurricane (think Katrina) pummeled Key West, Florida, leaving only eight of the island's 600 houses standing. |
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| Marblehead Beauty |
| The sum of Hiroko and Harry Lange's weekend getaway was even less than its awkward parts |
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| Lakeside Cottage |
| Sheila Keil had her hopes set on creating a comfortable, kid-friendly cottage reminiscent of her childhood home. |
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| Salute to Summer |
| Campfires, cannonball dives from a boat dock, and boat races leap to mind. The spring-fed, natural lake (pronounced Maxin-CUCK-ee) in the northern Indiana town of Culver is as all-American as it sounds, and for the family of Gina and Jim Bremner, it is summer at its best. |
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| Renovated Summer Home |
| The first clue to the homeowners' dual loyalties is the Texas state flag waving from the top of their Nantucket clapboard house--a bit of a disconnect in this iconic Yankee whaling town dominated by sailboat masts and church steeples. |
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| House Kissed by Color |
| Forget ambiguous feelings in shades of gray. Designers Lee Bierly and Chris Drake know their hearts--and their hues. |
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| Red, White & Blue: It's a Grand Old Flag |
| With a hearty wham, the back screen door bangs shut at Gail and Roddy White's log cabin. The Whites' contractor offered to adjust the door, but Gail wouldn't have it. "I like it to slam; I like the casualness of it," Gail says. |
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| storybook Log cabin |
| With a hearty wham, the back screen door bangs shut at Gail and Roddy White's log cabin. |
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| All White and Blue Delight
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| The Pittses' newly built New England shingle-style house features two stone chimneys, two open porches, and one screened porch. |
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| Nantucket Shingle style |
| High on a bluff overlooking a historic lighthouse in Nantucket Sound, Dee and Jimmy Haslam recharge. |
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| Breezy in blue: Florida beach cottage |
| Nature rolls out her own red carpet every time JoAnn Barwick and her husband, Fred Berger, return to their vacation home in Boca Grande, Florida, on tiny Gasparilla Island. |
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| Kaleidoscope By the Sea |
| Ohioans Jacqueline and Robb Brown spend numerous weeks every year at their second home in WaterColor, Florida, along the Gulf Coast. |
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| cape cod reconstruction |
| For a full decade, Lance and Tracy Isham discussed renovating their classic, shingled cottage on Cape Cod that has been in Tracy’s family since the 1940s. |
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| American Beauty |
| Smitten with the structure’s historic charm, Cortright and Janice saw its potential as a year-round home. They admired the house’s eclectic Colonial Revival style and were determined to bring it into the 21st century while honoring its past. |
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| Lollygagging in style |
| This beach house in Florida is to die for with its nautical themes and art collections. |
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| Camp box woods |
| There's no telling what treasures the home on this 120-acre plot is hiding. |
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| Cool, Calm & Creative |
| A weekend getaway has undergone a lot of remodeling and redecorating, but the end result is a relaxing abode in Nantucket. |
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| dog days |
| Midwest and South country structures influenced the house of Andre Walker and David Simmons. |
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| dipping into summer |
| It's not officially summer for Roxanne and David Peterschmidt until the 4th of July when they open up their home in Idaho with fireworks. |
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| easy breezy |
| A one-time inn is now turned to a summer escape for this Boston family. |
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