Merion Village duplex built to look like vintage German Village cottage, with 7,000 books
Posted on AllSides August 10th, 2024
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Guy Marshall recently bought about 7,000 books, but he admits he's not much of a reader. The books are part of his unconventional home development, a new Merion Village duplex designed to look like an old German Village cottage and furnished with reclaimed materials. Iron works salvaged from Indiana. Bookshelves fashioned out of scrap lumber from Habitat for Humanity's ReStore. Barn beams from Facebook Marketplace. Vintage refrigerator hardware from an Indonesian company off Etsy. Library ladders from Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace and ReStore. Eight-foot interior doors from an 1800s hotel. "I...
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