By Dawn Burleigh / Dawn Burleigh
BURCH TURNS ANOTHER HOUSE INTO A HOME
By Dawn Burleigh Photos by Dawn Burleigh
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An Edwardian style house is described as cheerful, elegant, fresh and light while being wider and roomy with bigger hallways and more windows than a Victorian style house. A Prairie Style architecture has more emphasis on the horizontal than the vertical. Paul and Raul Burch’s home is a blend of Edwardian and Prairie Style making it a unique step back into time when you enter the house. It was built in 1916, making it 106 years old. With antiques gracing each room, on can
step back into another era while still feeling like they are visiting dear friend. A dining room has a table with hand carved faces along the edges and a cabinet which was in a plantation in New Orleans. “We found it at an estate sale in Scott, Louisiana,” Paul said referring to a lamp in the room. Paul, who is known for buying and flipping houses, said this is the last one. Friends would joke that he was beatifying Orange, one house at a time.
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