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Luxe for Life A couple is set to downsize until an 1855 Victorian with original mansard roof and wrap-around porch changes everything When Linda and Rick Sticca were ready to retire, thoughts led to moving away to someplace warm all year long to play tennis and golf. Both are originally from New York but spent most of their adult lives in Rhode Island where they raised their family of three now-grown children in a five-bedroom, 6,000-square-foot suburban home in East Greenwich. After much consideration and some self-reflection, they realized they are happiest in the Ocean State, near family and friends, and that retirement didn’t need to mean becoming secluded. Newport checked all the boxes and so the house hunt began on Aquidneck Island. Photography by Mark Oltedale, courtesy of Inside Style The Bay • October 2021 21
