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A lesson plan in midlife remodeling

Ronald E. Roel

Ronald E. Roel

Ronald Roel was the former editor of the Act 2

It sneaks up on you.

At first, you think you're simply doing a modest remodeling project - upgrading an outdated kitchen and adding some space for your growing family. But as I discovered over the past nine months, a home renovation can slowly but inexorably turn into something bigger -- much bigger.

In the end (and the end is thankfully near), not only did the physical scope of our...

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