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Last December, Shannon Pitts became one of the casualties. Pitts, 31, of Portland, Ore., signed up to go on TLC's home-makeover show Trading Spaces, on which pairs of neighbors assisted by an often domineering decorator get two days and $1,000 to redo a room in each other's houses. Pitts volunteered her paneled family room, complete with mounted deer heads, envisioning it transformed into a spruced-up haven for her kids...
...unfortunately, simply not feasible to redo these buildings at the moment. Even if they were not architecturally listed for their historical significance, the inconvenience caused would be crippling and the costs would be staggering. (Building another River House is also not an option as local residents, justifiably fearing the construction of another Peabody Terrace, remain implacably opposed to any such proposal.) Instead these buildings will remain as potent reminders of the folly of pursuing the latest fads without a thought of the lasting impact of one’s decisions. As Harvard begins to examine in earnest the potential...
...white photographs of poets, donated by the poets themselves. The floor no longer creaks; during the mid-80s, Harvard University took ownership of the property. A Grolier customer who was involved in the selling of the property wrote a provision into the contract stipulating that Harvard had to redo the floor and paint the ceiling before it could purchase the property...
...They really are wonderful courts and far and away the best tennis facilities in the Ivy League,” said senior Sarah McGinty. “It’s just too bad that the damage will eventually require someone to redo the courts in the future...
...along the wall than in the closet, parents need to respect that." Kids this age still need to be reminded to keep their rooms neat (15 minutes on a kitchen timer can make light work of the chore), but they also need the freedom to make mistakes. If you redo their imperfect housekeeping efforts, says time-management guru Emilie Barnes, eventually they'll stop trying, and you'll wind up doing it yourself...