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Remodeling your home can be both exciting and scary. On one hand, it gives you the opportunity to improve the quality of your life and create the home of your dreams. On the other hand, major remodeling can be complicated, expensive, chaotic, and disruptive—the process is likely to turn your world upside down for a while.

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