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The Brighams bring their love of old central Florida into a new home.
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inter Garden has always been a special place for my family. My husband’s dad is Earl Brigham, the deaf local barber on Plant Street. I grew up just 10 minutes away. We’ve moved over 40 times and have lived all over the world, but Winter Garden is where we’ve chosen to raise our family. We purchased our 1952 ranchstyle home in January 2019 and immediately started planning its transformation. Since we’d already renovated our previous house, three
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doors down from this one, the support from the neighbors was amazing! They were so excited we were the ones doing it and they put up with all the noise for round two— though they were a little shocked when we ripped out the middle of the home. We demolished the entire main house, down to the foundation, and built it back up with an addition as well. We kept the original floor plan, but reworked the main living space to add a couple beds and baths. Our biggest transformation was raising
