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A Head START

most projects generally begin as a blank slate. “Oftentimes, in our work,” says designer Ray Booth, “you go in and find that everything’s got to go.” But what Booth and his team inherited with a whole house renovation near Nashville was a prize example of existing architecture, along with inspiring interiors and excellent materials dressing its well-crafted bones. “This was an unusual project for me, and now one

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