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San Antonio’s Barbie House shows off its 0,000 renovation
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San Antonio’s Barbie House shows off its $200,000 renovation

Several years ago, Logan and Lissette Fullmer decided to take a financial flyer by buying a rundown property in an up-and-coming neighborhood and turning it into a wild and wacky adult playhouse.

“We were in a place in our lives that was just kind of like, let’s do it,” said Lissette who, along with Logan, owns the real estate company Asset Resolution Partners. “It’s been fun.”

The couple bought the 100-year-old Craftsman-style bungalow located in the heart of Government Hill in 2018, just as the neighborhood transformation wave was beginning to swell.

“We got a good deal, but we also

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How protected are BC homeowners when home renovation projects go sideways? – BC
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How protected are BC homeowners when home renovation projects go sideways? – BC

Months after he hired a contractor to renovate his home, Scott Leathem says he’s still dealing with numerous deficiencies. “You’re getting screwed by the people that you hired for lack of a better term,” Leathem said.

How protected are BC homeowners when home renovation projects go sideways? – BC

Back in May 2020, the Pitt Meadows resident says he’s hired a contractor to renovate his home. He said he was quoted about $100,000 and told it would take seven weeks to complete. Leathem says he put down $50,000 upfront and the demolition started immediately but eventually came to a standstill.

“It was supply chain issues, we couldn’t find anything, everybody was short-staffed. Everything

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#DreamTeam linky – 26th March 2023
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#DreamTeam linky – 26th March 2023

March 26, 2023

Hey bloggers! Welcome to the #DreamTeam linky! A fab place to share your writing, read what others have been up to, and share a bit of blog love! Come join us…

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This week I’m linking up with some new and upcoming picture books from Owlet Press. Whoop whoop! I love supporting fellow authors by giving them a bit of a shout out on the blog when I can.

New picture books from Owlet Press

Thank you to everyone who is joining in with our little community. Please do REMEMBER to read the linky rules and make sure you add the

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24 Sussex: Half of Canadians oppose renovating homes
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24 Sussex: Half of Canadians oppose renovating homes

With 24 Sussex Drive closed and work to remove asbestos set to begin this spring, half of Canadians say they oppose renovating the aging home, according to a new poll.

However, the poll from the Angus Reid Institute shows that a plurality of Canadians—41 per cent—believe that spending an estimated $36-38 million to renovate the prime minister’s official residence is the best solution.

The question of what to do with the historic Ottawa home has taken on a new dimension now that the National Capital Commission has closed it down.

The house has not had a prime minister living in

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Planning our loft conversion
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Planning our loft conversion

January 8, 2023

So, after 12 years of thinking about it, we are finally getting a loft conversion done. Yay! It might have taken covid and working from home to give us that final push (or maybe shove). But I am so glad we are taking the plunge.

Planning a loft conversion

Why a loft conversion?

To put it bluntly, it was far more cost effective for us to build up to create more space, than to move house. We live in an old, average, 3 bedroom Victorian house in London. You know, one of those long but fairly thin houses with a kitchen

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BookLove Carnival is back at the South Bank London this half term!
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BookLove Carnival is back at the South Bank London this half term!

February 11, 2023

BookLove Carnival is back at the South Bank, London this half term! Yass!!! If you are in the area, you absolutely don’t want to miss this bookish treat, and the chance to meet some very talented children’s authors.

BookLove Carnival at the South Bank, London

where: BookLove lounge, Imagine Children’s Festival, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank CentreSE1 8XX

when: Wednesday 8th to Friday 17th February 2023 10am – 4pm

Pop into the Book Love lounge and browse some fantastic reads that celebrate inclusive, representative and culturally diverse writers, stories and books. It’s lively, informal and very relaxed.

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Five Fab Things – 23rd January 2023
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Five Fab Things – 23rd January 2023

January 23, 2023

It’s been a while *I keep saying that don’t I?! – but I’m back with my Five Fab Things post. They are the perfect reminder of all the great things going on, and especially fab for recording unseen stuff happening behind the scenes in the Button house. Here are my Five Fab Things from this week.

Five fab things

Our very own A-Team

You may have spotted that we are having a loft conversion done! Yassss!!!! And, I cannot believe I’m saying this, but the building work has nearly finished… already! The house is a little bit quieter, while the

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Dreamworks Reworking & Design Middle Entire Home Renovation Outlines the High Qualities of a Kitchen Reworking Contractor
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Dreamworks Reworking & Design Middle Entire Home Renovation Outlines the High Qualities of a Kitchen Reworking Contractor

Dreamworks Reworking & Design Middle Entire Home Renovation Outlines the High Qualities of a Kitchen Reworking Contractor

Dreamworks Reworking & Design Middle Entire Home Renovation is a top-rated kitchen transforming firm. In a current replace, the company outlined the highest qualities of a kitchen transforming contractor.

Orange, CA – In an internet site publish, the Dreamworks Reworking & Design Middle Entire Home Renovation outlines the highest qualities of a kitchen transforming contractor.

The specialists say Kitchen transforming is a major challenge in any residence renovation; therefore a really perfect Orange transform contractor ought to have the required expertise. The corporate ought to have been in enterprise for a very long time and have a educated workers with

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