{"id":36446,"date":"2021-04-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging4.mixtemagazine.ca\/?p=36446"},"modified":"2021-05-24T15:00:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T19:00:47","slug":"true-to-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtemagazine.ca\/en\/design-en\/true-to-character\/","title":{"rendered":"True to character"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Thanks to a patient man’s passion for restoring old buildings in need of love, a long-abandoned house from 1850 has regained its former glory. Discover a place full of wonderful stories.<\/p>

The story began 15 years ago, on a visit to friends who owned a magnificent estate in the Lower Laurentians. \u201cMy daughter was just four years old at the time and enjoyed learning to care for their horses. My friend had always dreamed of buying the house next to his farm, but it was not put on the market until after his death,\u201d explains the home\u2019s current owner. After careful consideration\u2014the building required major renovations\u2014he eventually decided to buy it himself. \u201cIt was quite an undertaking! I had already restored a house of a similar vintage; I knew that it takes a very long time and that you never know how much it\u2019s going to cost. However, it\u2019s something I really enjoy doing,\u201d he adds. The work started with what is usually the last stage of most such projects: the owner began by turning his attention to the huge neglected expanse of land, planting over one hundred trees, regrading some areas and adding landscaping. When he stayed on the property with his daughter, they would sleep in an Airstream trailer that has now been turned into a guest room. Spending time on site, he got to know the space and could imagine how the home would look in this verdant sanctuary. \u201cI was happy because the surrounding landscape was already beautiful by the time the house was finished, which is not generally the case,\u201d he notes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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