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Until the end of elementary school, I lived in a suburban area, so the type of village I used to live in is borderline between village and the city, so I'm familiar with the rustic environment.

My husband is from Florence. And he has a 15th-century barn that is completely rustic and very 'Green Acres'-like.

It will not always be summer; build barns.

Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.

I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses.

I grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, in a six-room farmhouse with a couple of leaning posts to keep it from fallin'. I came up in a time when men were men.

What was so good about it was that the set that they originally built stayed there, and weathered over the five years. It got five summers and five winters of weather. It became more and more authentic as we worked in it, and they added bits to it.

I grew up in Minnesota. Four generations of my father's people are buried there.

I grew up in a wood cabin on Puget Sound in Manchester, Wash. My family taught me to appreciate the arts and the outdoors, and I still yearn for the absolute silence I experienced there when I was young.

I really wanted a wonderful, traditional home for my kid.