Hadley Wiggins-Marin knows some things are worth the wait. Case in point: She watched (ahem, stalked) her Long Island farmhouse for more than 10 years before she and husband Daniele Marin purchased it. “I would drive down this country lane just to spy on this little farmhouse that appeared to be unoccupied,” says Hadley. The interior designer (hadleywiggins.com) and owner of North Fork antiques shop North Found & Co. tried everything.
“I asked real estate agents about the house, pulled the property card at Town Hall, and tried to contact the owners. I got nowhere,” she says. Then one day, out of the blue, her longtime real estate agent called to let her know about a charming little house hitting the market. “It was my house,” says Hadley. “I didn’t even let her finish her sentence before cutting in with ‘I want it!’"
Keep reading to see what she did with that farmhouse after the ink was dry.
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