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Historic restoration
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Home sweet (restored) home.
To salvage, restore, and discover the beauties of a 100-year-old structure is as romantic a notion as going after sunken treasure.
A particular character bent runs, like a vein through a lobster, deep within lovers of old houses. Call it flaw or passion, the phenomenon manifests itself in many ways; while other people snuggle safe in their condos or new homes, the old-house aficionado may be poking through a decrepit structure with ice pick and flashlight. Even though the pick may sink to the hilt in a wooden member, the decaying post doesn't represent just "damage." It hints at rescuing an almost-living thing and restoring its charm and elegance. Home restoration, a large, loosely knit genre, has grown continually in popularity for the past 1...See the full content of this document
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