Remodel turns nightmare property into dream house

Published August 17, 2011 4:00am ET



When Tasha McGinn first laid eyes on the deteriorating pale yellow property that her husband envisioned as their new home, she saw a nightmare instead of her dream house. But she trusted Doug McGinn’s judgment, and three years ago they purchased the 1929 farmhouse located in the historic Maywood section of Arlington. They hired architect Michael Sauri of TriVistaUSA, whose designs produced a fairy-tale renovation.

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