Old House Journal

a rich life in Poverty Hollow

DINING ROOM

Furnishings throughout the house, mostly antiques from the United States and Europe, were collected by the couple over many years and came from their previous home.

OLDHOUSE JOURNAL

50 th YEAR

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HOUSE & GARDEN 2023

t WAS SET in the middle of a five and one-half acre lot, looking quirky, vaguely English, and Arts and Crafts-inspired, and I knew I wanted to live here even before stepping foot inside,” Al Messina says. “With the realtor listening, Ken tried to get me to stop talking

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