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Once a “dark, dusty heap,” every room in this house now bursts with thrifted and family-made furniture and hidden art tucked into the crevices of the pecky cedar walls.

Folivari Distribution – which is headed by Melissa Vega and was founded last year by her and Folivari founders Damien Brunner ...