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by pamela coranTe-hansen

T o u j o u r s m a n h aT Ta n b e a c h :

a e u r o p e a n - i n s p i r e d h o m e c h a n n e l s p r o v e n c e a n d T u s c a n y

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i kew he olt lve wthot me, jokes sa Wehrl as she realls the oe romae that broght her a her

hsba dav together the late 1990s. We tre keeg t a seret rom the boss, dav hmes , Bt t trs ot hekew all alog. now marre 20 ears, the other oe seret the oles lves s ther mtal asso or frae a ital,

whh s wrtte all over the stom-blt ahatta Beah home the share wth ther three hlre.

not otet wth brgg bak Veeta glass gres or a atg b a loal artst to ommemorate ther roea

vaatos, the Wehrls sovers le relaes, oors a a roo. We kow what we lke, sa sas reeree to the

relame at terra otta tles that were salvage rom laate blgs frae to reate the homes qe roo, a

eartre rom the more ommo barrel tle roos that ot the Sother calora lasae.

What makes the Wehrls qe ther qest to ott ther ve-beroom home wth roea atqtes s a gee

reveree a areato or the objets a ther hstor. oor-to-elg lmestoe relae the lvg room,

remset o the k oe mght see the beroom o a ore Valle hatea, s embellshe wth a sallo shell meallo

a arve srollg o the matle. t the tme we boght t, the freh govermet was lmtg the mber o atqtes

leavg the otr, sa exlas. So we sere the rght aerwork a ometato orer to brg t home.


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iororatg 15th to 18th etr artats to a

21st etr home omes wth some halleges. Theoorg the lvg room, g room a kthe s

mae wth 18th etr dalle e Borgoge agstoes,

whh were reovere rom erelt homes fraes

Brg rego. Some o the stoes were three-

qarters o a h thk, dav otes, a others

were three-a-a-hal hes thk. Ths meat that

the oor ha to be roe eogh to aommoate

the thker tles, whle the ther oes were oate o

the emet.

Whle a goo orto o the homes relame

elemets were morte rom roe, some were

o loall throgh sheer seret. The sk a

gro-oor ower room s hew rom a stoe that

bears a srto at a ol easl ble

wth some o the aet artats o wth the

walls o omes colsem. However, sa ha to travel

o rther tha rage cot to sover t sttg

o the oor o a atqes sho. The tol me t was

rom ital, bt that was all the kew, she sas.

for the most art, the Wehrls vso or the stle

a eel o ther home was llle sg relame

materals rom frae a ital. The tems the ol

ot overseas were ether sore statese or

mae b os geles-area ratsme a artsas who

have mastere the art o rereatg ol-worl elemets

sg ew or relame materals. elg a hallwa

o the kthe bears ark woo beams that look as the ame rom the g hall o a 15th etr

freh htg loge. i realt, the were rhase

at Vtage Tmberworks Temela, where woo

rom ol bars s se to reate ero-stle esg

eatres. Kthe a bathroom abets rate

the trato o herloom freh ees were mae b

Bea Sejor West os geles, whh sealzes

ol-worl roea esg a ostrto.

essores throghot the home are arell

rate to evoke a athet roea avor.

Ha-ate itala derta tle (see sebar) a

stars bathroom s at home wth a loall-sore,

moer lghtg xtre that ol easl ass or

ha-blow rao glass. peole ether love or hate

ths bathroom, sa sas wth a lagh. its the most

itala-lookg room the hose. We met a ma

derta who ha-ats the tles, so we worke wth

hm or ths esg.

ole that has ever blt a home rom the

gro a sall me ther exeree or

hmoros aeotes abot kok-ow, rag-ot

argmets over wallaer. not the Wehrls. dav

a i work well together, sa sas. Sometmes hes

assoate abot somethg lke the elg, a ill

be assoate abot marble. Bt we have wth t,

a t brgs s loser together. e o s wll have

a ea a the other wll sa, Thats great! i everthoght o that.

e o davs hallmark eas was sre b a

seemgl mratal sae. The homes basemet

s omletel ergro, whh reqre the

ostrto o a shorg wall ato to the

teror wall. The log, orror-lke sae betwee

the two walls was ol abot three eet we, bt

where the bler saw ostrto ller, dav saw

a we ellar. The ole ashoe the oor sg

letover agstoes rom the ma lvg area a extra

hoeomb-shae terra otta tles rom the rooto

terrae. The stalle we raks a ae a arhe

oor wth a lear glass ael to reate a lmate-

otrolle storage sae or davs we olleto.

Vsble throgh the we ellar oor are two

derta erams mae rom terra otta barrel tles.

e s ate wth the role o a eassae-era

oblewoma, a the other s a ortrat o a getlema

rom the same ero. The ortrats are hg so that

the aear to be gazg at eah other. The womas

ortrat bears the srto, care dem. The other

s srbe wth the at Toto core eo, or wth

m whole heart. for the Wehrls, home s all abot

the heart.


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