Period Living

A SENSE OF HARMONY

Unchanged for the most part since 1968, the coach house that Barbara and Stephen Brooks now call home was a series of small dark rooms when the couple first set eyes on it. Or when Barbara saw it, since she viewed, offered, and arranged a bridging loan to buy it before Stephen had even stepped inside. The one-acre garden was hidden from the house by some old outbuildings, and the interior layout was badly arranged. Most of the property’s original features had been removed, either when it

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