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THE LOCATION was ideal: On the water,
surrounded by trees, in a quiet neighborhood.
It was everything Jason Ruegg was
looking for.
There was just one problem. The house
was a little dated. A fixer-upper, to say the
least. Interior designer Nicole Massimino of
Designs by Nicole calls it “the Blair Witch project.” That
might be overstating it a tad, but it definitely needed work
to turn it into what Ruegg envisioned.
Ruegg was referred to Massimino by his Realtor, and
he met with her to consult on the project. She suggested a
complete renovation, inside and out.
“Either that, or tear it down and start from scratch,” she
says. “That was one option under consideration. My first
thought was it might be cheaper to tear down, but Jason
liked the house and wanted to keep it.”
Ruegg charged Massimino with designing the entire
project. She brought in architect Scott Sullivan, builder
Steve Swain, and landscape architect Scott Hinson, and the
team got to work.
CARSON TALBERT
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