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LYNNE KONSTANTIN ARTS & LIFE EDITOR

MARTIN VECCHIO PHOTOGRAPHER

A pair of empty nesters downsize to 7,500
square feet and open their home to their
kids, grandkids and friends — and guests
on the Temple Israel House Tour. Here’s a
sneak peek.

T

hree years ago, a woman went on a house tour
with some of her girlfriends.
“I wasn’t looking to move; we just love to go on
these tours when they come up,” she says.
Her husband, however, had been prodding her to
downsize from their home of 17 years now that they
were empty nesters — especially since they wintered in
Florida, summered in Traverse City and spent less and
less time in Bloomfield Hills. The woman, however, was
reluctant.

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