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story by Lynn Lofton photos by Katherine Sowers
RENOVATION
Ocean Springs Family Puts Personal Stamp on existing home
Some families might find it daunting to put their personal stamp on an existing house, but not the Piracha family of Ocean Springs. They purchased a 28-year-old, 7,000-square-foot home and made it their own. They moved into the spacious home in February after a two-year renovation that
involved the ideas of Umaira Piracha, a designer, and Dr. Muzaffar Piracha, an endocrinologist
with Memorial
Hospital.
“I have a Master’s degree in interior design, but my
husband also has an eye for how things should look,” Umaira Piracha
said. “The house was dark,
so we took out some
walls, moved the stairs, >>
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