“I’ll never forget it,” says MeriBeth.
Keep the soul of the home, but rebuild a modern-day version.'
The team took great care to preserve everything they coulddown to thefireplace mantels, studs, and floor joists.

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“Just about anything that isnt painted is from the original structure.”
“It was truly the family treasure.”
“We wanted it to look like they were added at a later time,” says MeriBeth.

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“We even left some of their white paint at the bottom of the table.”
“There’s one in each room that overlooks the corn and peanut fields.”
A hallway that connects the new wings to the rebuilt core ties everything together like a time capsule.

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Mixed in with the sepia tones are two more-recent pictures that both capture four generations of the McNeills.
“The wood is easily over a thousand years old.
79)for a calm, nature-inspired space.

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91)for the walls paired withBenjamin Moores Dune White (CC-70)on the ceiling.































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