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To: sweetliberty
We are downsizing. This house has a lot less room in it square foot wise. Plus it has way less yard work for Al, which was our main thing. No more sprinklers, not much garden work...all perennials for both of us, and no painting because it's all vinyl with new easy clean windows. So, all in all it will be much easier for us to keep up. Even the pool is mostly self-cleaning.

We will settle for the upstairs downstairs for the other features.
1,183 posted on 07/10/2006 4:38:32 PM PDT by grannie9 (Between slobs, dogs, and Englishmen, I'm always in hot water.)
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To: grannie9

Gran,

If you are looking for minimal upkeep, for those bare, grey wood railings, put some linseed oil (straight boiled linseed oil) on them with a sprayer or a brush. It will dry into a leather like surface on them, and keep the rustic look. Try just a pint on an out-of-the-way place with a disposable brush to see the effect. I have a fence with just linseed-oil for the preservative and it stops the wood from deteriorating any further, really.


1,185 posted on 07/10/2006 5:02:45 PM PDT by Sundog (Don't you have something more important to do that read people's tag lines?)
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To: grannie9

This house has a lot less room in it square foot wise

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1,188 posted on 07/10/2006 5:23:56 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: grannie9

That yard looks pretty big to me.


1,194 posted on 07/10/2006 5:52:37 PM PDT by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile!)
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To: grannie9

I love that shower room wow!


1,200 posted on 07/10/2006 9:00:01 PM PDT by restornu (Could Harry Reid be a descendant of King Noah? Mosiah 7-29)
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