An amazing house, with oak baseboards a foot and a half tall. The tiles were all around the fireplace. With the building slated for demolition, Aretz stepped in and gave the tiles a new home. A chestnut unit, with closets and a marble basin, was a serendipitous find that fit the space perfectly. Aretz saw it at an estate sale and knew he had to have it.
Old habits die hard, it seems, even for a reformed antiques junkie.