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Before & After: A Family of Four Gives a Derelict Catskills Farmhouse a Whimsical Revamp
The MacDougalls use reclaimed materials, found objects, and a sunset-inspired palette to bring the 1800s property back from the brink.
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When Geoffrey MacDougall decided to buy a quaint, circa-1815 farmhouse in the Catskills, he was standing in six inches of water in the basement, surrounded by its crumbling stone foundation and rusted-out mechanical systems.
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