{"id":3061,"date":"2008-06-23T17:27:45","date_gmt":"2008-06-23T21:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/?p=3061"},"modified":"2008-06-30T05:29:07","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T09:29:07","slug":"before-and-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/2008\/06\/23\/before-and-after\/","title":{"rendered":"Before and After"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once Diane regains some or her drug-sapped energy and can stop by, she will be happy to not have to have to negotiate the makeshift stairs that disgraced the approach to our house from our new garage level all Winter and Spring.<\/p>\n

As I write, Linda beautifies our new morning-coffee-and-paper view, engrossed in her next favorite passtime (after cooking) — planting Stella Dora Day Lillies, purple Salvia, and Variegated Coreopsis along \"New
the patio wall<\/a> (that’s Gracie inspecting her work).<\/p>\n

No remodeling result is more impressive than when depicted in
\n before-and-after shots<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s as cool to experience its actualization as it was to design it!<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh yes, the excellent, meticulous and incredibly fast-working Brazilian craftsman, Miguel<\/a>, and one of his apprentices, Aljon. “This is my<\/i> house now; when I’m done I’ll give it back to you”, he proclaimed, just before starting. He truly attended to every detail as if it was his own. Thanks also to Oscar, who went two extra miles and patched the garage siding!<\/p>\n

Kudos to Matt Junod, owner of JHS Landscape Construction<\/a> for a project that exceeded expectations. Matt says what he does, then does what he says — with quality, speed<\/i>, and a smile. You couldn’t expect anything better than that.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for the patio-warming party!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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