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    Blog Goddess Oil Paintings

    Key to the Stars

    This piece was created in March 2007 and framed prints were gifted to each new Fort Wayne Habitat for Humanity homeowner in the two years that followed. The letter below accompanied the gift. “When…

    March 1, 2013
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    The Half Bathroom

    Written January 18, 2013 The extended Sauer family cherishes their former Kaukauna, Wisconsin homestead – the big, old house on the hill along the banks of the Fox River. One of the memorialized features…

    January 18, 2013
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    The Den

    Written January 18, 2013

    The den has turned into one of our favorite, most-frequented rooms. We hoped for that and designed it around that idea, but to have it officially manifest that way deemed…

    January 18, 2013
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    Blog Creating a Home

    Pantry

    A very simple room that we mostly just pass through on the way to the garage or the basement or the back stairway. As a result we forget all that went into its renovation.…

    December 8, 2012
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    Blog Creating a Home

    The Kitchen

    The kitchen took a great deal of our attention these past several months. It was a virtually gutted room when we started – a blank slate, so to speak – so it had a…

    December 8, 2012
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    Blog Creating a Home

    Dining Room

    The next stop on our first-floor roundabout tour is the dining room. As with every other room in the house, this one’s ceiling was torn up a bit for some duct work. Not a…

    December 5, 2012
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    Blog Creating a Home

    Living Room

    You’ve entered the front door and admired the staircase. Now turn right and voila! The living room. The above view used to be this.…

    December 3, 2012
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    Blog Creating a Home

    The Foyer

    Welcome! This (above) is the view when you enter the front door of our home. It moves us now and it moved us when we walked in for the very first time. There was…

    December 3, 2012
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    Blog Creating a Home

    Before, During, and After

    It’s been awhile since we’ve blogged about the house renovation. In fact, it’s been so long that I’m sure you’ve all moved on to other things. You had to. You have lives. We understand…

    December 3, 2012