RENOVATION STYLE
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Art
of Reduction
By Candace Ord Manroe / Photography by Robert Thien
Excerpt from article --
Warner McConaughey wasn't a shoo-in for landing the disheveled
house off the IRS auction block. With one other bidder, the odds
were 50-50. But in all Atlanta, only Warner saw its potential:
The other bidder lived next door and wanted to tear the place
down.
But
as owner of HammerSmith, a renovation firm that offers design
and architecture expertise along with hands-on construction, Warner
had more confidence than most. He appreciated the historic character
of the circa-1910 foursquare -- of its shell, at least -- and
believed he could gut the interior and redo it with the original
character in mind. Even in the devastated kitchen.

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