Haley and Steve Lewis had always been interested in architecture.
Steve gave Haley a book on mid-century modern homes for Christmas in 2006. She was smitten. On New Year's Day they looked at their first mid-20th century modern home, and by March 2007, they had closed on the only other house they saw, a 1976 diamond-in-the-rough on Gresham Butte.
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