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Before & After: Touring Midcentury Homes Was an Obsession. Then They Got to Revive One by Saul Zaik
Before & After: Touring Midcentury Homes Was an Obsession. Then They Got to Revive One by Saul Zaik
Removing a mezzanine level shrouding a skylight in the 1963 Portland residence was just the first step.
By Melissa Dalton
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