Vision for an Old House
Oct 27, 2020
4 minutes
BY REGINA COLE
PHOTOGRAPHS BY STEVE GROSS & SUSAN DALEY
HEY NEVER CONSIDERED buying a new house. Nor did Janet and Bob Smith ever think they’d furnish an old house with contemporary pieces. “We love old things!” is their mantra, and their answer when they’re asked why they bought such a dilapidated 19th-century house as this one in Westfield, New Jersey. • They had to see beyond its present state, of course, not just love old things. When they bought the house, it had asbestos siding, and the once-gracious porches wrapping the front and sides were gone. A concrete patio
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