Scott and Britt were deeply touched by the outpouring of support from local Vermont community members during the reconstruction process . After the original house burned down in 2004 , he and Britt stayed at the Butternut Inn in Stowe during the early stages of their building and design process . Years later , a moment of cyclical coincidence allowed the Greens ’ restorative journey to come full circle .
According to Scott , “ The dishes displayed in the buffet are from the Butternut Inn in Stowe . It sadly burned down about 10 years ago . When we heard what had happened to the Butternut Inn , we went and bought the dishes from the lady who worked there . We wanted a piece of their history in our house . We figured that we shared something in common with them . We both lost something very important to us . The Butternut Inn had been there since the early 1800s – just like our house . We understood what it felt like to lose a piece of history . In all honesty , we probably got 20 or 30 phone calls from concerned Vermont citizens when our original house burned down . People reached out in incredible ways . They didn ’ t just say ‘ we ’ re sorry you lost your home ’, they said ‘ we ’ re sorry that the state of Vermont has lost
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