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A Family-Style Country Retreat

Step inside Brookside, a renovated Greek Revival home

August/September 2013

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A view of Ben and Libby Page’s front porch.

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A view of Ben and Libby Page’s front porch.

Photo: Caroline Allison

Ben and Libby Page outside their home.

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Ben and Libby Page outside their home.

Photo: Caroline Allison

The living room is anchored by a pair of photographs by Jack Spencer and a Regency mirror.

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The living room is anchored by a pair of photographs by Jack Spencer and a Regency mirror.

Photo: Caroline Allison

The dining room.

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The dining room.

Photo: Caroline Allison

The dining room table with Tennessee cherry inlaid around the edge.

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The dining room table with Tennessee cherry inlaid around the edge.

Photo: Caroline Allison

Ben and Libby Page in the kitchen’s sitting area.

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Ben and Libby Page in the kitchen’s sitting area.

Photo: Caroline Allison

A guest bedroom.

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A guest bedroom.

Photo: Caroline Allison

A guest bedroom.

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A guest bedroom.

Photo: Caroline Allison

Ben cuts peonies in the garden.

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Ben cuts peonies in the garden.

Photo: Caroline Allison

Fresh cut flowers in the oversized soapstone sink.

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Fresh cut flowers in the oversized soapstone sink.

Photo: Caroline Allison

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The property’s original smokehouse.

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The property’s original smokehouse.

Photo: Caroline Allison

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Photo: Caroline Allison

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