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alongside seashell-encrusted wall mirrors in the living room. A
was “too Deco” – Stephen suggested using antiqued mirrors, then
transforms an impossible corner of the study, while a classic-looking
farmhouse table turns out to be made of bronze, not wood. And for
a funky outdoor dining table, Stephen crafted an old hotel sign as a
base, slapped a metal slab on it, and voila, dinner is served.

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pair of startlingly life-like deer sculptures in the sunroom, not far
from wood-and-stone pedestals topped with precariously balanced
globes.
“It’s exciting to see something that’s unusual but that I know can
work,” says Susan. Case in point: in the living room, a wooden
eye plucked from an optometrist’s sign peers down onto a mantel