|TOP| CLEAR VISION. Demolition is a revelatory stage that shows what can be salvaged and what must go. Sara learned that the desks and telephone nooks in the villas have lead-based paint. “Because that paint is toxic, it’s too dangerous to save those pieces,” she says. But, driven by her commitment to preserving the villas’ style for generations to come, she’s been able find a woodworker who can build replicas and install them exactly in the same spots as the originals.
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|LEFT| SMALL-TOWN CHARM. Project House Louisiana is located in Minden, Louisiana (population 13,000). It’s a bustling, friendly city with charm to spare.