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The Table That Ate the Dining Room

The Dining Room’s measurements aren’t listed on MLS, but judging from the fact that there are only 3 chairs on either side of the table (above), you’d guess that there’s less to it than meets the eye. If the table has a leaf than can be removed, I’d certainly recommend doing that. If not, I’d...
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Dark Shadows

What’s worse than a dark home on a dark day? A dark home on sunny day (note the windows). In particular, the Kitchen (background) appears as dead space, overshadowing (sorry) the very nice Dining Room and hardwood floors (foreground). Too bad:  the rest of the (equally) unflattering MLS photos suggest this is actually a very nice...
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Low Ceilings and Aspect Ratio’s

The last time I was an expert on “aspect ratios” — how wide something is relative to how tall — I was shopping for a flat-panel TV for my den a couple years ago  (I recall something about movie theatre screens being wider than TV’s, and the ratio “4:3”). Clearly, however, the photo (above) is too wide, or...
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