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On a tree-lined street in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, among houses of similar size and vintage, stands the gray Victorian that has been Sunita and Shankar Chaudhuri’s home for nearly 30 years. From the start, the three-story house, built in 1887, warmed
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“So much valuable real estate wasted!” bemoans designer Emma Legg of the jetted tub and surround that jutted out into the middle of this 190-square-foot bath, with the shower positioned at its foot and the vanity on the same wall at the end of the lo
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Built in the first half of the 20th century, Spanish Revival houses feature stucco walls inside and out, archways, large windows, elaborate ironwork, heavy wood beams, and decorative tilework. Talk about a disconnect: Somewhere along the line, the ki

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