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The Big Picture


Where it all began - love at first sight! After a wrong turn en route to a different listing, this one just had to be seen. And the rest, as they say, is history....



Our 80+ year old home, inhabited by one family for 55 years; it was just waiting for a young family with a fresh eye to bring it out of the past and into the present.


A sea of wall to wall carpet and floral wallpaper everywhere! What had we gotten ourselves into? A lot of work, that's what! But the bones were there and we knew it had potential. We covered the basics first and worked one room at a time just to make it livable. Each room has a master plan, that is ever evolving, but it will come in time.


Here's a look at the living room now - in no way is it finished, but does it work for now - yes!

And that's all a girl can ask for.

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