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More often than not, designers are brought in to make an old home look new. But in the case of this charming cottage, the opposite was true. When these Manhattan-based homeowners purchased their weekend abode, they fell in love with the bucolic Connecticut setting and the distinctive style of its neighboring homes.
But there was one rub: