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right at home<br />
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tradition add up to a new house that blends<br />
seamlessly with its established neighbors<br />
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Architect Thad Truett had<br />
all of the black ironwork<br />
in this Sea Island, Georgia,<br />
home—including the<br />
front gates (opposite) and<br />
the entry balustrade—<br />
custom-made by a crafts-<br />
man in Atlanta.<br />
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an one imbue a new<br />
house with an old<br />
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