Modernizing history
Clockwise: The desk and side board are from A Fine Thing Antiques, Somerset St W; Mélanie, Jean Michel (seated at counter) and Joe enjoy the casual warmth of their open kitchen; leather sofa, Upper Room Home Furnishings. Facing page: Kitchen table from Upper Room Home Furnishings
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Located in the small, picturesque village of Appleton, the family home of Mélanie Chrétien and Joe Kember is one of the oldest in Mississippi Mills. Constructed in 1834, the home represents the first of three historic Georgian mansions built by the village’s founding settlers and mill owners, the Teskey family, who came from Ireland in the early 1820s. “I remember sitting in a café in Almonte, while Joe and I were in the process of buying a home and deciding where we would like to live and raise our family,” says Mélanie. “I could feel the charm and sense of community around me and knew I wanted to be there.” CELEBRATING 150 YEARS
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