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Lately I have been thinking about moving the washer and dryer to the second floor. The washing machine is in the kitchen now, so as I cook dinner I can wash clothes… Yay!.
But I found this article here that might help out.
Its from The Family Handyman website
September 2002
By Carl Hines
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This is what the kitchen looked like when we moved in. Notice the beautiful wallpaper!

Yes, that is the washing machine next to the little tiny refrigerator. The step stool was to reach the extremely tall cabinets.

Oh, by the way the linoleum floor is supposed to be “light gray” and speckled, but it turned a muddy [...]

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I am loving this post about renovation at one of my new favorite blogs.http://sigcarlfred.blogspot.com/2006/01/renovating-blogger-sca-offer-advice.html

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This reminds me of when I was a young girl. I feel like I need to play this every time I’m frustrated about his house. It has a weird way of calmingme down. This really is OUR house and we intend on living here for a VERY long time.
Our House – Crosby Stills & Nash [...]

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Bathroom Dilemma

One one drawback to moving to this house is the lack of an extra bathroom. Someday, we hope to add another bathroom after getting some of the other major projects completed. So this is what it looked like when we first moved in.Notice the slanted ceilings because of the dormers. The shower head is hidden [...]

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Bamboo Fencing

This is how the backyard looked previously. The house came with a huge shed in the backyard, that was soon to become J’s “bunkhouse”.
Our rusty old grill in front of the new fencing.

Nicer view of the fencing. Let me know what you think.
Instead of the short wooden fence that existed previously, we wanted more [...]

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Okay, I could say that there is a wonderfully romantic tale about how I found and fell in love with this house. But like my life lately, the story is pretty funny and weird.About 3 years ago I purchased my first home in Philadelphia. It was a nice row home and I spent quite a [...]

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Before Pictures

These are the stairs to the 3rd floor (notice the beautiful wallpaper…it never stops)

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