Southern Home

Fresh Start + Fresh Style

hange can be intimidating, but it can also be invigorating. That’s what Claire and Dwight Emanuelson, clients of Dallas designer Shelby Wagner, must have certainly felt when they left a very traditional home where they had lived for 20-plus years to embrace a more contemporary style in a new neighborhood. “We loved our old home, but with our children out of the nest, Dwight and I were open to a change if the right opportunity presented itself,” says Claire. “We discovered this house when it was about 80 percent complete and the owner put it on

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