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Alan and friends can often be found dining on the lower veranda
or playing bridge upstairs, a perch that offers pretty river views.

ABOVE: Alan’s pocketwatch repro of a 17th-century
collection includes rare half- Dutch piece, the armoire BEFORE
sphere “ball” watches. holds a TV and storage.
TOP RIGHT: In his bedroom, BOTTOM RIGHT: A canopy
Alan uses an antique Italian bed makes an architectural
walnut table as his desk; it statement in the principal
displays German porcelain bedroom. Simple pale blue
figurines of Napoleon and and black linens keep the
his generals. Alan found look sophisticated. The large
the giant paintbrush in painting is by Canadian
Nicaragua. A 19th-century artist Louis de Niverville.

Where the home was missing key architectural
features, Alan scoured local salvage shops for
replacements. His new gas fireplace boasts a 200-year-
old mantel that was unearthed in Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont., and its surround was created using old salvaged
bricks that were cut down to tile-like thickness. Originally
created for a Catholic church manse in Colborne, Ont.,
the stately white exterior door surround was a perfect
fit around Alan’s front door and sidelights.
One of the renovation’s most dramatic changes was the
addition of a two-storey veranda on one side of the house,
a move that gave the home a gracious Southern air and
provided an inviting three-season space CONTINUED ON PAGE 90

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