L iv in g ro o m -p re tty
fu r n is h in g s ,
le ft
, m ak e
a sm o o th tra n s itio n
fro m in d o o rs to o u t
an d c o m fo rta b ly
e x p a n d th e T id w e lls ’
e n te r ta in in g sp a ce .
T h e b lu e sto n e -c la d
p a tio ,
below
, is w h e re
th e T id w e lls s e t up
ta b le s fo r la rg e
g a th e rin g s . D o o rs th a t
slid e on a tr a c k o p en
th e g a ra g e -tu rn e d -
e n te r ta in in g p a v ilio n
to th e a c tio n .
W h e n th e ir so n , R o ss,
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, needed a p lace to p lay
an d Ju s tin e fe lt th e u rg e to in d u lg e h e r g re e n
th u m b , th e o v e rg ro w n m e ss o u t b a ck m oved
to th e to p o f th e co u p le 's to -d o list.
F ir s t , Ju s tin e an d h e r h u sb a n d , M ich a e l,
re p la ce d a b a n k o f fa m ily ro o m w in d o w s w ith
F re n c h d o o rs an d added a n ew co ve re d p o rch .
B lu e sto n e p a ve rs flo w fro m th is s it t in g area to
a la rg e p atio . T h e T id w e lls e xte n d e d th e p o rch
ro o f o ve r th e d riv e w a y to create a c a rp o rt.
It's su p p o rte d b y c o lu m n s an d an o u td o o r-
e q u ip m e n t c lo se t e n case d in b ric k to b le n d in
w ith th e h o u se.
T h e m o st co n te n tio u s p a rt o f the
re n o v a tio n — w h e th e r to d e m o lish th e w o b b ly
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