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Home of the Week: Unique vintage look, 21st-century comfort

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 07/31/10

Debby Proctor bought her home in Murray Hill, just a block from the hustle and bustle of West Street, eight years ago.

Paul W. Gillespie — The Capital Debby Proctor’s three-story house sits on a corner lot in the Murray Hill neighborhood. It was originally built in 1918, and a large addition was constructed on the rear of the building in 1985.
Debby Proctors three-story house sits on a corner lot in the Murray Hill neighborhood. It was originally built in 1918.
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But the petite woman didn't just move in and roll out the welcome mat. With the same energy as the cardinal who recently built a nest of sticks in the crown of a column on the house's wraparound porch, Debby planned extensive improvements that burnished the home's original charm while enhancing it for 21st-century living.

"I was my own designer, architect and contractor for this house," she said with a smile. "At one point in the renovations, I had to sleep on a sofa in the front...

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