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Chris Pelletier soaks up the sun from a picture window on the south side of his new home while admiring his recently refinished hardwood floors. Pelletier removed an awning from the front of the house to allow more sun into the living room. Tribune photos by Mark Davis

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STARTING A HOME REMODELING PROJECT DURING THE PANDEMIC CAN BE A CHALLENGE, BUT TIME IS IN ABUNDANCE BY MARK DAVIS Tribune Staff Writer

ine dust from a small hand sander filled the air, catching in the light streaming into Chris Pelletier’s garage. He’s building a mantel to go over the fireplace in his newly purchased home. It’s going to be special, but one of many fine, time-consuming details on his to-do list. One look at the garage and you know something big is happening inside.

Rebuilding a mid-century modern home and staying true to the period, takes a lot of stripping, sanding, finishing and money. And time — lots and lots of time. But that’s one thing Pelletier has. His small business is all but shut during the COVID-19 lockdown. He owns Heart Mountain Hearing Center in Ralston and usually has a steady stream of customers. Now the business provides some curbside services, but nobody comes in unless it’s an emergency, and then extra precautions are taken.

Ample time at home is one of the few benefits of current pandemic precautions. For that, Pelletier is thankful. It will give him the time to make his home project special. The floating mantel is getting extra special treatment. He’s inlaying gold in the margins of imperfections in the large chunk of cottonwood prior to finishing. Few would choose cottonwood, but Pelletier is sentimental and likes to recycle. The 3-inch-thick slab came from a tree that was growing in a bad spot on a previous remodeling project. He was forced to cut the tree down, as it jeopardized the integrity of the house, but “I didn’t want it to go to waste,” he said. The addition is one of the few actual changes he’s making in the brick ranch. Everything else will be as original as Pelletier can make it. He considers the house his dream home. It was more than he wanted to spend, but it had everything his family needed, including majestic, 360-degree mountain views. He closed on the house Friday, March 13. Soon after, his business was barely hanging on with clients — many of whom are high risk — canceling their appointments until the all-safe is announced. “I went from no mortgage to having a mortgage and then three days later everything went to sh—.” But Pelletier is a scrapper and isn’t about to give up. On the contrary, he’s determined not to waste the extra time and, knowing his own situation, he’s looking for every chance to buy his supplies and tools locally. See Pelletier, Page 2

Chris Pelletier works on a large slab of cottonwood he recycled from a previous project for a floating mantel in the family room.

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Continued from Page 1 “Even if it’s just a few dollars, it makes a difference for a little guy like me whether or not we stay in business or close,” Pelletier said. “And we can’t afford to lose any more businesses in town.” For period pieces, he has searched through items on Powell Valley Exchange, a local portal on Facebook, and attended auctions and local sales. Some he trades for, some he buys in disrepair and the rest are original to the house. Everything the Pelletiers have bought for the project, except for some specialty tiles, has been purchased locally. He’s refurbishing all the cabinets, hardwood floors and built-ins throughout the home. He’s taking care to save all the original trim, “flying saucerlike” light fixtures and even went to Red Lodge to pick up a periodcorrect, functioning stove. “A lady had this for sale,” he said of the late-’40s model. “She was cooking on it until about a month ago.” Another of the few additions is a second, period-perfect fridge in the family room for drinks. He refurbished the exterior, including having Rovenna Cooley, of Rovenna’s Signs and Design, do graphics and lettering. Then Pelletier cut a hole to put the door hinges flush to the wall for a snug, cool, custom look. The television will be mounted on the wall next to the fridge, with a cutout to hide the components and all the connecting wires. “I hate wires,” he growled. The floors are now a mix of tile and hardwood. He refinished all the wood in the living room, formal dining room and bedrooms by hand with a bright but elegant stain. In rooms originally covered in a bold, burnt-orange carpet and the kitchen, he installed tile flooring. The bathroom was the one place Pelletier took some liberties. He removed the tub, did some bartering with a tile guy in Greybull and turned the space into a large, luxurious shower. “I wasn’t going to fit in that tub anyway,” he said. The cabinets and mirrors are the same, but refinished in black to match the subway tile in the shower and floor. Pelletier also changed the light fixture to install a combination light and bluetooth speaker so the family can jam to tunes while getting ready in the morning. The current state of the interior is a jumbled mess of projects.

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Above, using a roller, Chris Pelletier puts a fresh coat of paint on a bedroom wall while refurbishing his new home. The room will eventually take on an exotic theme, with artwork, a vintage ceiling fan and Hawaiianthemed wallpaper. Below, a brightly painted antique fridge, large screen television and fireplace will highlight the new family room in the Pelletiers' new home. Chris Pelletier is chewing on the idea of opening up a wall in the room for a door to the backyard where he hopes to have a jacuzzi in the near future.

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Phases 1 & 2 Lot 6 Available Yet the promise of a comfortable, functional home shines through. The property surrounding the home is going to take some time. The home sits on 8 acres just south of Powell and there are three outbuildings that require attention. One building will be a she-shed for Pelletier’s wife, Anita. Another will be a chicken coop. The Pelletiers love animals and it might be yet another multi-step chore to integrate the egg-layers with five family dogs. Pelletier wants to add yet another four-legged pet to the family. “My dream is to have a

goat,” he said, “but Anita said, ‘No goat.’” The largest of the outdoor buildings will be Pelletier’s workshop. It may be one of the last projects with other pressing issues. There’s a huge garden spot behind the home and an acre to the east where the Pelletiers will donate space to the Rotary Club to grow pumpkins for fundraisers. They both have to be tilled and planted soon. Pelletier bought a fresh John Deere tractor to speed up the gardening and landscaping. He loves the shiny green machine,

nicknaming it John Boy. “He’ll stay out here with me,” Pelletier said as his voice echoed in the empty building with high ceilings. While he and Anita are used to traveling around the globe, for now they’ll stay put, stay safe and try to support their community the best they know how. “You know, in the back of my head I worry things aren’t going to get better and we’ll lose the house,” Pelletier said. “But I’m a scrapper. I will always find a way to earn some money and make this work.”

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hat a difference a year can make. This time last year, unemployment rates were at an all-time low. Salaries were up and, across the country as a whole, home prices were down. People had more to spend on cheaper homes. In March 2019, Fanny Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI), which measures Americans’ attitudes toward the housing market now and in the future, was at 89.8 — a sentiment driven by increases in the “good time to buy” and “good time to sell” components. The housing market was still looking pretty good at the start of 2020. Then the pandemic hit. Last month, the HPSI fell to 80.8, a nearly 12 point drop from the previous months and the lowest since December 2016. Concerns about job security were a big driver of the decrease. “It’s definitely slowed down for this time of year,” said Eric Paul, broker/owner of Heart Mountain Realty. He’s had fewer people at showings, and showing a house is much more difficult. Heart Mountain is utilizing virtual showings as much as possible, and Paul points out that with people spending a lot of time at home, they’re spending much more time looking at homes online. John Parsons, co-owner of 307 Real Estate, said when they are doing in-person showings, there’s a lot of precautions to take. They don’t ride to showings in the same cars as clients and they use a lot of hand sanitizer and gloves. If the homes being sold are occupied, they have to ask the residents if anyone in the household is sick. Then, they have to ask them to open doors and turn on the lights so the people viewing the home don’t need to touch anything. And afterwards,

the place has to be wiped down before they leave. “This is inconvenient,” Parsons said, but they’re still moving forward with sales. Despite the challenges, they’ve been able to close on houses whose sales started prior to the pandemic. Paul said, while the market is slower, it’s still a good time to sell a home. “Is it going to go on the market and sell in one day? Probably not,” he said, but when the health crisis passes, a lot of people could be putting their homes on the market. “Doing it now, as opposed to waiting for things to be OK, you’re going to face a glut,” Paul warned. On Heart Mountain’s blog, Paul points to the NAR Flash Survey, which indicates agents are seeing a noticeable decline in homebuyer interest. However, 10% of agents said in the same survey that they saw no change or even an increase in buyer activity. He also notes that pandemics historically had v-shaped recoveries in which the sharp decline rebounds rapidly once the health threats diminish. The low inventory now also puts sellers in a good position. Parsons agrees on this point. “It’s the first time I’ve seen a sellers’ market” in Park County, Parsons said. He noted another reason why there could be a sharp rebound in homebuying in the area: The hardest hit areas, the places that require the strictest lockdowns, are the highly populated urban areas. It’s possible, after this

thing dies down, people might see more benefits to living in the wide open spaces of Wyoming. “I’m happy I live in Wyoming and do business in Wyoming,” Parsons remarked. Andrew Whitlock, owner/broker of Whitlock Development, said real estate agents’ thinking on how the pandemic will play out on the housing market falls into two schools of thought. One is optimistic. This prediction says that we’ll see an explosion in the housing market here in Powell as people move from big cities to safer, rural areas. Whitlock said if that happens, it’s going to be a few years down the road, but he believes buyers are going to be wary for some time after things open up again. The other school of thought sees a contracted market for some time as the economic wounds of the shutdown heal slowly. Whitlock said he doesn’t see doom for the mark e t , and no one really knows what will happen. However this pans out, he said, one or the other camp will be right. “I don’t think there’s going to be a middle ground,” he said. Another sign of difficulty is what’s going to happen with the rental market. Eviction processes can’t go forward, and so some renters aren’t paying rent — some can’t, of course. The decline in tourism this season will also impact this market. Homeowners who use their properties for short-term rentals are going to switch to long-term rentals. Supply will go up, which will soften that market more.

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Vin and Lisa Cappiello started repainting their bathroom during Powell’s spring break and ‘just kept going the first two weeks of the quarantine,’ Vin said. They ended up painting three rooms in their Cody home. Photo courtesy Vin Cappiello

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has allowed him to work on these things,” Atkinson said, though Joe is still working at Northwest College. She does as much as her strength allows. Atkinson has been homebound since December since she’s immunocompromised and was undergoing treatment. “So let's just say I've been in training for a while now for the quarantine and social distancing,” she quipped. Other residents weren’t expecting to be homebound this spring, but they’ve made the most of the extra time. In recent weeks, Levi Asay has worked on projects at both his home and workplace, Big Horn Basin Hearing and Speech in Cody. “We definitely wanted to get the office repainted,” he said. “I scrambled to get paint and rollers ahead of time in case we were put on lockdown.” They’ve been posting video updates on the office’s Facebook page so patients can see the changes around the business. “While it’s been disappointing to have work slow down, we are so grateful for the opportunity to improve our business and home while we have had some forced down time,” Asay said. He and his wife, Brittany Asay, are now working on refinishing the basement at their Cody home. When Powell schools’ spring break was extended due to COVID-19, “that was the deciding factor” for Mike and Tina Heny to tile the shower in their master bathroom —- a project they had talked about doing for a while, Mike said. “It was a really good project to focus on because it is very time consuming and I was able to really take my time to ensure everything turned out the way I wanted it to,” he said. Similarly, Vin and Lisa Cappiello of Cody had home improvement projects they talked about for a year or two and “would always say we would get to it when we had time,” he said. “We painted the bathroom during Powell’s spring break and just kept going the first two weeks of the quarantine,” Vin Cappiello said. He teaches English and journalism at Powell High School, while his wife teaches fifth grade in Cody. While the couple has stayed busy with online instruction, Cappiello said the house projects “provided a break from those demands.” “What was going to be one-two simple coats of paint morphed into a multi-room overhaul,” he said. “Now my old ‘man cave’ is an office, and a catch-all spare room serves as a reading/teaching space.” Their home was built in 1946, and its interior walls are rough in spots, “so spackle, Kilz and re-texturing usually are involved in any paint project,” Cappiello said. It’s rewarding to see the end result. “We thoroughly enjoy these projects because when we’re sitting in that improved space sipping coffee or enjoying happy hour, we feel as if we’ve accomplished something to be proud of,” he said.

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ombine social distancing with fewer working hours and people are spending more time at home — with more time on their hands. To fill the time indoors, people are taking on those home projects that get left undone while work and family filled up the hours. As a result, hardware stores across the country are reporting a significant uptick in sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. Foursquare, an app that pro-

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are the sales up, people are asking a lot more questions of staff about projects they’re trying to complete. “We have not slowed down here,” Lloyd said. Ken VanGrinsven, co-owner of Aldrich Lumber, said he’s seen sales increase across the store. “It’s a little bit of everything,” he said. He’s hoping after the pandemic passes and people get back to work, there isn’t a subsequent decline in sales. At least for now, hardware is hot.

vides local recommendations for users on where to shop, reported jumps in traffic to hardware stores across the nation. Powell hardware stores are seeing the same trend. Jerry Jackson, manager of Ace Hardware, estimated a 25% jump in paint sales. He said it’s not contractors, but rather individuals doing their own house painting. Tim Lloyd, assistant manager of Bloedorn Lumber, said the same thing is happening there. Besides paint, he said people are doing a lot of kitchen renovation and plumbing projects. Not only

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Scott Shoopman stands in the foyer of his modern-style house. Among its contemporary features are these lights, which hang down at varying lengths next to the catwalk leading to the master suite. Tribune photos by Kevin Killough

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hen Scott Shoopman set out to build his home north of Powell, he wanted something with a modern look. It’s a style of home you don’t see in this region. “You won’t find this kind of house even in Billings,” Shoopman said. Houses with the modern features he incorporated into his five bedroom, two bathroom home are typically found in places like California and Denver — and maybe a few in Salt Lake City. “You won’t see a house like this around Powell,” Shoopman said. “There are a lot of nice houses in Powell — a lot of them. But this is unique.” The modern home style incorporates asymmetrical design, hard edges, open floor plans, extensive use of natural light, and horizontal and vertical design elements — some of it corrugated — to add texture and definition to surfaces.

a music room with a piano The stacked stones that a keyboard. The walls surround some columns, ‘You won’t see a house and are painted purple and corners and chimneys are white, and the floors are set irregularly, some stones like this around Powell. striped black and white, protruding out an inch and There are a lot of nice matching the colors of some sunken in. The stones keys on a piano. have soft edges but their houses in Powell — a The living room has varying dimensions give lot of them. But this is floor-to-ceiling windows the surfaces texture. unique.’ and opens up into the The open layout has few Scott Shoopman kitchen, which has a long doors. The doors it has use Builder island covered with a steel handles rather than quartz countertop. doorknobs, another feature Past the kitchen is what’s called an outdoor typical of modern styles. The stairs are exposed, showing the edges kitchen. It’s surrounded by glass windows of the steps. The handrails are stainless steel, and doors, and during the warmer seasons, with cable lines running parallel to them. these can be opened to create an outdoor feel. The deck is perched above the outdoor Rather than leading up to an enclosed hallkitchen. It has a linear fireplace, which burns way, they lead to an open catwalk. In the foyer, lights drop down from the gas that heats a trough of glass pieces. The ceiling at varying lengths, and each low- chimney extends down to the fireplace in wattage bulb creates soft light upon the entranceway. See Shoopman, Page 11 Off the foyer, Shoopman’s wife, Laura, has

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Shoopman’s home makes a lot of use of natural light. This music room sits right off the foyer and has large windows that illuminate Laura Shoopman’s piano. Tribune photos by Kevin Kilough

Shoopman: Home features gym Continued from Page 9 the outdoor kitchen. Beneath the floor joists is a membrane that allows water to run down into gutters that divert it to the ground. At the rear of the home is the gymnasium, complete with a volleyball net and the University of Wyoming Cowboys and Powell High School Panther logos painted on the walls. “This is what really makes this house unique,” he said of the gym. While the architecture is unique to the area, it doesn’t contrast with the rural countryside that surrounds it. The gray color and rock textures blend naturally with the surrounding terrain. Shoopman built nine houses in a subdivision in Powell, and he said they each took about 60 to 90 days. His own home took 14 months. “Lots of love went into this,” he said.

Next phase of Shoopman subdivision slated to begin “People like new houses,” The second phase of a subdivision on South Cedar- said Scott Shoopman. Shoopman said the market wood off Avenue E will behas been solid in gin construction Powell, but the in the next few COVID-19 panweeks. The subdidemic is certainvision is a project ‘When this ly going to slow by Smooth Edge blows over, things down. Custom Construc- we’ll be ready.’ “We’re totally tion, which is coScott Shoopman concerned about owned by Shane Builder it. If people don’t and Scott Shoophave jobs, they’re man. The houses are all 2,000 not going to buy a house, no square feet with four bed- matter how good interest rooms and two bathrooms. rates are,” Shoopman said. Despite the concerns, They have open floor plans Shoopman said they are going and two-car garages. The first phase of the sub- to “charge ahead. When this division was nine houses, blows over, we’ll be ready.” The Shoopmans do all the which have already been sold. The second phase will be 10 work in-house, which he said helps keep costs down. homes.

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