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A lesson plan in midlife remodeling

November 19, 2009 4:52 PM By RON ROEL roel@optonline.net

Remodeling the family home can lead to facing

Photo credit: Photos.com | Remodeling the family home can lead to facing issues about the future. (November 2009)

Ronald E. Roel

Ronald E. Roel Ronald E. Roel

Ronald Roel was the former editor of the Act 2

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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At first, you think you're simply doing a modest remodeling project - upgrading an outdated kitchen and adding some space for your growing family.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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