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At Home: Memories saved, memories made
Marco couple’s home large enough to display their souvenirs, and have plenty of visitors to enjoy them

Grant and Judy Appel relax in the family room with several souvenirs from their travels in the background, including a Peruvian walking stick and a bow from New Guinea Grant used the stick to climb the Mayan ruins at Machu Picchu last year.
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The Appels’ home features a fountain with sculpture of a boy and a dolphin; it’s one of at least three fountains in the home.
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The formal living room is surrounded by a decorative rock wall. Its 16-by-22-foot area has four couches for good conversation space.
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The former garage is now a roomy recreation space with dart board and pool table.
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The master bedroom shows Asian influence with Oriental throw rugs, a pale silk coverlet on the bed and Chinese lacquered furniture.
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The formal dining room has one of the couple’s Korean cabinets in the background.
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The ancient Chinese painting shows an unidentified emperor as a child. The Appels brought home many paintings from their travels and Judy painted one of the home’s works.
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This batik of zebras was acquired in Nairobi, Kenya, in the 1960s.
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The home office, with oak shelves and a burnished oak floor, was added in 2001.
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The large master bathroom features cultured marble and has a Jacuzzi.
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