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October 21, 2021



I have always dreamt of having a big old farmhouse like the one my dad grew up in on the hill near Oak. I’m not sure where I got my taste in architecture from, but I am obsessed with anything that predates 1900. The wrap-around porches, the ornate carvings, crown molding, and last but not least, hand-painted and velveteen wallpaper! So many people have no clue what I am talking about when I say velveteen wallpaper. Maybe I have the name wrong, but it had areas of raised velvet in the paper, so cool!

When George and I met, I was living in my childhood home in Oak. The house needed so muc...



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