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By Lindsay Eckert lindsey@youarecurrent.com

Sometimes a gut instinct changes everything. Robert Smith, recently-retired Westfield Fire Dept. fire chief, acted on his instinct 38 years ago.

Smith’s story begins as the owner of a Marathon gas station in Westfield. It was during this time that Smith responded with the fire department on crashes – not in a fire truck, but a tow truck.

According to John Barrett, WFD public information officer, Smith saw he could make a difference in his community and jumped at the opportunity to become a volunteer firefighter.

Smith balanced his business and volunteer position for five years. However, Smith eventually decided to become a full-time firefighter in 1979, leaving his business behind.

As Smith worked his way up the firefighter ladder, he began his 13-year career as fire chief.

According to WFD Fire Chief Todd Burtron, Smith helped develop the department’s largest growing period: two new fire stations and a seven-fold increase in Bowen to be inducted into Red Cross Hall of Fame – Hamilton County Sheriff and Fishers resident Mark Bowen will be Bowen presented with a Red Cross Hall of Fame award March 14 at the Conrad Indianapolis hotel, 50 W. Washington St. Bowen is being inducted into the Hall of Fame for his efforts in helping a little girl who was severely injured at the State Fair stage collapse. More information about the award can be found online at www.indyredcross.org.

Smith firefighters. Burtron said Smith’s positive influence was only one component of his impact on the WFD. “I cannot express this enough: Bobby changed people’s lives,” said Burtron. “For many of us, he is the main reason we’re firefighters. He has impacted all of us in some way. His legacy will live well beyond

any of us – I am sure of this.”

Smith said he would repeat any moment in his career with the WFD. “If I had the chance to do it all over again, I would,” Smith said. “I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”

Smith also serves as a Westfield City Council member.

Theater help needed – Westfield Playhouse/Main Street Productions is looking for production assistance for its new season. The Playhouse is in need of backstage crew members and technicians for the light/sound booth for “The Hallelujah Girls.” The production runs for three weekends opening March 16 through April 1 with a total of eight performances. Please consider this your opportunity to help bring live theater to the Westfield area. You will be a welcome participant and will be included in the production activities that go along with each production (most of us call it being a family). Contact John Sampson at 776-2558 if you would like to volunteer.

Love legos? – Bring your imagination to the Westfield Washington Public Library and get creative at a Lego Freebuild. There will be plenty of Legos and lots of room to work. Be part of the fun March 22 at 2:30 p.m.

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Two new board members at Chaucie’s Place – Chaucie’s Place has named Beth SticklesMcDaniel and Megan Long to its board of direcLong McDaniel tors. Stickles-McDaniel is a long-time community leader with extensive experience in nonprofit management, and corporate, public and nonprofit financial management.

Long is an attorney with The Nice Law Firm specializing in family law and estate planning. She is also a Guardian Ad Litem in Marion County and a former deputy prosecutor.

Talkin’ books – Westfield Washington Public Library is inviting book lovers to a once-amonth discussion group the library. The group reads a wide variety of genres and meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m.

You are invited even if you haven’t read the book. “The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane”

by Katherine Howe is the topic for March, and the discussion will be in the Sumner Room March 21.

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Westfield Chamber of Commerce March events – March marks several events for Chamber of Commerce including board members from the Indiana Bulls Organization, one of the Grand Park Anchors, who will present the history of the program. Full a full event schedule visit currentinwestfield.com Youth Art Month – Hear what the second and third place flag winners for Indiana Youth Art Month winners have to say about their success. Monon Trail Elementary student Lyndsay Jones and Washington Woods Elementary student Hannah Corson explain how they created their flags and what excited them most about their win. Plus, a photo gallery of the girls and their flags.

Tri Kappa Epsilon silent purse auction to benefit Prevail – Prevail Inc., a victim awareness and support program serving Hamilton County, will benefit from the seventh annual Carmel Tri Kappa Epsilon silent purse auction – Cruisin’ for a Cause –next Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Bridgewater Clubhouse, 3535 E.161st St., Carmel. Tickets are $15 and are available at the Prevail office located at 1100 S. Ninth St., Suite 100 in Noblesville. For more information, please contact 773-6942.

Chaucie’s Place starts 2012 with $20,000 in grants – Fresh off a move to a new location, Chaucie’s Place announced last week it will be the recipient of two grants totaling $20,000. The grants were awarded by the Legacy Fund and the Crosser Family Foundation, and will be used to support and expand the child advocacy center’s abuse prevention and education programs. More information about the grants, and Chaucie’s Place, can be found online at www.chauciesplace.org We asked, you answered. Here are the results from the recent online poll question: “Do you think the annual sales of specialty license plates should determine if the organizations can continue raising money through that outlet?” Yes – 40 percent (2 votes); No – 40 percent (2 votes); Neutral – 20 percent (1 vote); Total voters: 5. To vote for the new online poll question – “Will you be participating in this year’s Relay for Life?”– visit www.currentinwestfield.com.

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WWS Stakeholder Review reveals impressive numbers editorial@youarecurrent.com Westfield Washington Schools has released the new Stakeholder Review for the district’s students, families and community to see how the district is progressing in the 2011-2016 Strategic Plan.

In August, the Board of School Trustees approved a new five-year strategic plan for 2011-2016, which consists of aggressive goals to help drive the district’s vision for world-class achievement.

WWS Supt. Dr. Mark Keen presented the first 2011-2016 Keen Stakeholder Review to the school board at last week’s meeting to share the status of meeting the plan’s goals.

Cindy Keever, executive director of Quality Performance, further explained how the plan centers the district’s goals for career and college readiness.

“Today’s graduates need to be even more skilled and need to have reached greater levels of achievement than their parents needed just to enjoy equivalent success in their adult lives and careers,” Keever said.

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Build-a-box birdhouse workshop – If you like birds, this event is for you! Westfield Parks and Recreation Dept. is asking the community to join its Bloom Environmental Awareness Committee for a free family activity. Each household will have the opportunity to build two birdhouses. Materials will be provided; please bring your own hammer. Registration required.

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Young local artist to display his work in New York City and Washington D.C.

By Lindsay Eckert • lindsay@youarecurrent.com March is a month that sparks creativity for students all across the nation, and here in Indiana, the month is dedicated to the artistic perspective of elementary students.

Youth Art Month, sponsored by the Council for Art Education, celebrates children’s growing education by incorporating a flag competition. Students in every state are asked to create a flag with a theme. This year’s theme is “How art shapes the world.”

Art teachers from all over the nation vote to name the winning flag for each state at YAM’s fall convention. The winning flags from each state move on to fly in New York City and Washington D.C.

Young artistic achievement

As students across the nation put their paintbrushes to paper, they hope their creation will represent Indiana and fly at the nation’s capital. The two hands that created the winning flags were much closer to home.

Garrett Smith, Washington Woods Elementary student, painted his perspective on how art shapes his world – a winning design.

According to Bev Staub, Washington Woods

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elementary art teacher, the winning flags are chosen at the fall YAM convention where teachers all over the nation mark their favorite pictures with a Post-it Note. The names and schools aren’t listed anywhere on the paintings, so the judging process remains unbiased.

Staub said she was happily surprised to discover the painting covered with Post-it Notes was one created by one of her own students.

“Garrett is very deserving. We have a lot of deserving students, but he works so hard and is so focused in all aspects of his education and activities,” Staub said.

Staub added that calling the Smith family with results was as exciting for her as it was for them.

“I talked to Garrett’s mom. I didn’t get the chance to talk to Garrett, but I could just imagine his smiling face when he found out his painting won,” Staub said.

Art and athletics

Smith, the young artist who also enjoys soccer and sports, said the idea for his piece was nearly instantaneous when he heard this year’s theme.

“Adding the American flag kind of popped in my head. I thought having our flag on a flag that will be in D.C. kind of made sense,” Smith said. “I used the paintbrushes over the world to show how they’re part of the world.”

Smith said his love for sports is an activity that may have helped him achieve his big win.

“I like sports because I’m really active and I like to be moving. It’s fun and you use a lot of hand-eye coordination.

That probably helped me with my painting.”

Although Smith is an on-the-go fourth-grader, he said his interest in flags in general inspired him to focus while painting in Staub’s art class.

“If I’m doing something like art, it’s kind of like I’m not thinking about moving; I’m thinking about what I’m doing,” Smith said. “I like to look at maps in my free time. I think they’re pretty cool. They’re not just flags. You can see them in a lot of places besides just flying, such as in books, pictures and Current in Westfield

Staub drawings.”

A painting for the sky

Smith said the idea of knowing his flag will be flying in two of the nation’s biggest cities, like the flags he studies in books, is a visual he’s counting down for.

“My flag is actually going to be flying with other flags, and I’ll get to compare the flags,” Smith said. “I can’t wait. I keep looking at the calendar and I’m waiting for it.”

Smith’s creation, along with other state winners, will be honored in a special ceremony at the nation’s capital.

Art lessons for life Staub said the flag competition is just one example of how art connects students with all subjects, and the world outside the classroom.

“Our school’s second-graders are studying communities. So we look at artists who have depicted their communities in different ways; we study how artists think about art. Through that, students learn to create,” Staub said. “When they go out into the big world, they can take all those ideas and make them their own. It puts them in touch with the world around them.”

Youth art month Student artist: Reagan Motsinger School: Maple Glen Elementary Grade: Fourth Art title: “Learning About Batik” Art materials: Paraffin, crayon wax and fabric dye on cotton Art teacher : Beth Siminski Artist’s statement: I like seahorses and this seahorse wasn’t too easy to draw and it wasn’t too hard. I did think it was hard to draw on fabric because I liked my drawing on paper more than my fabric drawing. I love Batik and I loved my results!

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Editorial More money to D.C.?

Simply a horrible idea

School shooting It is our position that after the Chardon High School shooting, we should take threats made via social media posts seriously. We believe parents/school faculty should invite their children to report any tweets or posts they find threatening to an appropriate figure.

Students claim the suspected CHS shooter, T.J. Lane, tweeted ominous messages before the shooting on Feb. 27. Past events show the shooters usually leave some sort of message before their rampage. We just need to be vigilant and we can, hopefully, help prevent these massacres.

We are unwavering supporters of freedom of speech, but when the lives of innocent children are at risk, isn’t it our duty to take the appropriate action to see lives are spared? We are in no way asking the government to watch over our tweets or Facebook posts. We ask concerned citizens to report any alarming social media entries to the proper authorities.

It’s unfortunate people do not have respect for the gift of life. While hindsight may be 20/20, we can learn from these tragedies and make our schools safer. We urge anyone who sees an alarming post to take the appropriate action to help prevent tragedies like the one at CHS.

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Feeding the soul

Commentary by Terry Anker

During the past 100 years or so, we have inverted the percentage of our population directly engaged in agriculture. In fact, about 94 or so out of every 100 Americans then identified their primary occupation as farm or agriculture related. Today, the number would be closer to 4 percent. To be sure, there are a number of very good reasons for the shift – chief amongst them is the advent of technology allowing a single human to produce a previously unimagined a bounty. The ravenous appetite for capital to run a land-based small business is another.

And, changing generational expectations, including an incorrect (I believe) assumption that folks who work with hands, as well as mind, are lesser.

So, if no one is working in food, why aren’t we starving? Happily, those few who remain are smarter, better educated and more productive than ever before. And on Thursday; we honor them with Agriculture Day. Isn’t it as much to remind us of the origin of our own din-

ners? Yet, these are generous folk. The Legacy Fund of Hamilton County’s Mark Robins says, “Farmers embody many of the attributes we all admire – responsibility, hard work, planning and giving.” He points to a LF initiated program allowing individuals and families, at harvest, to commit a portion of their grain to philanthropy. “Several farmers have created their own charitable accounts with LF. We work closely with them as they give back to the community they believe has given them so much.” Aren’t we getting the better part of this bargain? If they stopped working, how many of us would starve? Whether with corn chips or tasty bacon, isn't their generosity the ultimate way they manage to feed all of us? If you are full, remember to thank a farmer. And if you feel abundance, call LF.

Brian Kelly, publisher, and Steve Greenberg, general manager, are co-owners of Current Publishing, LLC. Write them at info@ youarecurrent.com.

Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may e-mail him at terry@ currentincarmel.com.

“I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.”

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As we follow the political theater (nightmarish as it is) that’s unfolding during the primaries and President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, we’re often stunned the issue of increasing taxes on the wealthy (as defined by the left) appears to center on the arbitrary number of $250,000 for joint tax filers. We believe the real point is being lost in all the rhetoric. Consider: Not a day goes by when we don’t learn of massive fraud and incompetence by our government, the best recent example of which was last week’s revealing of $325 million in Medicare fraud in Texas. We just don’t know how, on any level, anyone can make a case for sending more money to Washington, knowing our federal government’s putrid record for stewardship of our tax money. It will waste the money from the rich just as it wastes the money from the rest of us. So, we ask again: How does it make sense to send one additional penny to the geniuses inside the Beltway? Where is the logic in that?

••• The so-called party of less government, less intrusion and fewer taxes, while in control of both houses and the governor’s office, should have done away with this from Minute One. Indiana is one of 22 states that impose an estate or inheritance tax (or death tax) on its residents.

The House has passed the measure to abolish the tax, and as of press time, it was in the Senate’s hands. All that would be left would be for Gov. Mitch Daniels to sign it into law. That would end the punishment of Hoosier families.

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‘Tis the season: Taxes Commentary by Danielle Wilson I, being the frugal know-it-all, decided that instead of paying a certified public accountant my hard-earned dough, I would do the taxes myself. How hard could it be? I’m a math teacher after all, and I’d be saving us something like $600.

That was my recent weekend, and here again I slouch, having just spent another four hours oscillating between pulling my hair out and stymieing the urge to drink heavily. (Unfortunately, it’s Lent and I gave up drinking heavily!) Why does filling out a tax return, an annual exercise required of every working American, feel like a combined final exam for forensic criminology and Advanced Placement statistics? Seriously, my desk looks like I’ve just pulled an all-nighter cramming for my dissertation defense with files and folders and fiber bar wrappers and half-emptied cups of stale coffee.

Is that a can of Skoal? Oh sweet mercy, I am losing my fashizite! And I’m nowhere near being finished. Even scarier, I honestly don’t even know if I’m doing this correctly.

Sure, Turbo Tax walks you through the process step by step, but reconciling what’s on my computer screen with my personal paper jungle of a year’s worth of receipts and forms is a whole

‘nother can of worms. Worst of all, I have a very pronounced “Taxes Owed” in red mocking my every input from the top of the screen. Even after I enter charitable deductions, Doo’s work expenses and individual retirement account contributions, the obnoxious number does not shrink. WHY DOESN’T IT SHRINK? I did make one important discover yesterday, which hopefully will put a dent in that awful figure. Our mortgage company has not sent us a form 1098 for interest paid in 2011 (that’s probably a lie; the form may very well be lying on my desk, perhaps under the Skoal?), and apparently, that’s a huge deduction. So there is hope we won’t end up in a debtor’s prison or on our way to Finland to evade taxes.

But I’m not a CPA with years of experience; I am most certainly missing a couple of exemptions and deductions and maybe even a rollover or two. So yes, I might be saving Doo and I some cash, but how much would our CPA have saved us in taxes due? In emotional distress?

Whose stupid idea was this anyway? Peace out.

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Using my senses Laughs by Dick Wolfsie

I’m a sucker for bookstores. My newest book purchase is “Keep Your Brain Alive: 83 Neurobic Exercises.” For a fathead like me, this is the perfect read. The author contends there is not enough unpredictability in our lives. We get into a rut because our brains take the easiest paths – the routes we are most accustomed to. Dr. Lawrence Katz throws in some cerebral references to axons, dendrites and synapses to make it all sound very scientific, but it was lost on me. After all, I flunked biology.

This book encourages you to use each of your senses in new and innovative ways. One of the author’s suggestions is to brush your teeth with your nondominant hand, thus creating some new neural pathways. I tried it one night and found the experience enlightening. I then used my other hand to clean the toothpaste out of my nose.

In order to enhance your appreciation for good food, insert earplugs and maintain silence for the entire time you are having dinner. This permits you to fully relish what is on your palate. I tried this for almost a week before my wife noticed anything out of the ordinary. Another exercise is to hold your nose when you put food in your mouth so you can focus on its texture.

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Ellen, but she was blindfolded. She must be reading the same book.

For another experience, change cars with your neighbor for a day. Have the thrill of handling a different kind of vehicle, maybe an SUV or a minivan. Of course, if you forget to tell the guy next door before you do this, you can then look forward to a new tactile experience: having your hands cuffed behind your back.

My favorite suggestion is to eliminate the traditional grocery list. Instead of jotting down the name of each item, write a description instead so you can fully appreciate its qualities.

“It’s about the size and shape of a small soccer ball, tannish, heavily veined and dimpled on one end,” is one example provided by the author. I think he’s talking about a cantaloupe, yet it also sounds like my brain or my rear end. But it couldn’t be my brain. After reading this entire book, I’m sure I’ve lost my mind.

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Attorney Clarissa Finnell, a seasoned attorney who practices exclusively in the area of family law, explains that using electronic substantiation has become prevalent in her family law cases. Finnell explains, “Often times, a client comes in with emails or text messages to be submitted to the court to prove the spouse participating in inappropriate behavior, infidelity etc.” However, Finnell also warns that this very same documentation can also be used against the client. Finnell gives several tips on how to use technology in your favor for your divorce or custody dispute.

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We face an entirely new world in the 21st Century filled with great technological advances that can be very helpful to limit disputes in custody or divorce disputes. The finger-pointing of “he-said/she-said” in court will always be there, but it’s now much easier to substantiate these claims with electronic back-up.

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Searching for fitness motivation Commentary by Derek Todd

I always thought equipment didn’t help to make the athlete successful, but it was the mental motivation and natural-born talent that propelled one to greatness. I was proud I didn’t need fancy running clothes or the latest track shoe technology to do well in sports. However, at nearly 30 years old, the motivation to stay in shape with no reason to do so makes it difficult for this former athlete to be great at anything.

Looking to shed some pounds, I recently joined We Run Westfield, a group of Westfield employees and residents training for this year’s Indianapolis Mini-Marathon. I began my training a few weeks ago and it has been torture. A typical run usually ends with me sucking air for dear life while lying on the floor of my living room praying I don’t die. And every time I finish a run, I think to myself there is no way I am going to be able to do it all over again the next day. So how does one stay motivated?

The health benefits of exercise have been scientifically proven. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to want to go on a brisk run rather than sit on my couch and eat a pint of Handel’s Ice Cream while watching reruns of “Seinfeld.” Recently,

I’ve found motivation to exercise by hanging two pictures on my refrigerator – one when I was younger, skinner and healthier, and the other a picture of me taken when I was overweight and in bad lighting. This way, whenever I walk to the kitchen, I am reminded of the person I used to be before I began living my couch potato lifestyle.

I have also found benefits to exercising with a friend or group of people that have the same fitness goals as me. Do I try to find someone more overweight and out of shape than me so I can feel better about myself – sure. But the importance of having an accountability partner or partners keeps me motivated because we are able to support each other to work harder and stick with our fitness goals.

Think about things that help motivate you. Maybe it’s seeing a picture of your outof-shape self, or the support of a fitness partner. Whatever it is, get up off the couch and start moving toward a healthier you.

Derek Todd is the Communication Specialist for the city of Westfield.

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DOUGH

Business

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When I was a young boy, my sister and I used to get home from school before my parents would arrive. Even though it would only be 4 p.m., we’d eat. My dad, a food pusher, wanted to be sure his kids had something to eat when they got home. Something simple and easy to make that would hold us over until dinner.

He was at the local chicken place and, while ordering a bucket of their best, he asked what they did with the extra birds at the close of business. Yep, they threw all those golden delicious fowl in the trash at closing. It was the late 1970s and that’s how things worked. My enterprising, food-gathering father cut a deal with the manager. He said, “Any time you are closing and about to throw away the chickens, call me and I’ll come pick them up.”

The calls started sporadically at first. Here and there, the phone would ring at 10 p.m. It was the chicken guy. “Max, you want some chicken?” is all I heard when I picked up the phone as my dad answered. Within minutes, I’d hear the Lincoln Mark IV fire up and depart for the land of deepfried goodness to haul home the booty.

He’d freeze the chicken and, when we got home from school, we’d microwave it. Sounds ridiculously unhealthy as a 40-something with kids, but hey, it was good! After about two months, the calls were coming every day. My dad would just be ready to leave at 10 p.m. daily. Soon, we had the freezer stuffed and were buying another freezer for the garage. It was the chicken years.

I asked my dad, “Don’t we have enough chicken? Can’t you just tell him you don’t want any more?” He said, “If I quit going, he might never call again.” Ah, the takeaway, one of the best motivators ever. The fear of losing what we have makes us continue on a path we know is wrong. We all want abundance over scarcity. It’s a concept I remember in business. Serve up the things people want and it’s like catnip – no one will want it to stop. For it to stop would be far more painful than just getting more chicken.

David Cain works at MediaSauce, a digital media and online marketing company in Carmel. David welcomes your questions or comments at David.Cain@MediaSauce.com.

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Shedding some light size Decorating by Vicky Earley Ahhh … if only we could tap into a nice, neat formula to ensure our decorating endeavors would be a smashing hit.

The size of the dining room chandelier begs on its hands and knees for such a formula. After all, it is simple geometry, right? Well, sort of.

When a client asks for such a formula, we supply them with the basics: In general, the dining room fixture should have a diameter half the diameter of the tabletop. For instance, if the table were a rectangle of 48 inches wide by 72 inches long, a 24-inch diameter would be perfect. If the table were a 60-inch round diameter, a 30inch diameter chandelier would work.

In most cases, I advise clients to err on the larger size since a “too small” fixture can ruin the look of the room.

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Creating office/closet from unfinished attic space Remodling by Larry Greene Original attic: This Indianapolis home was built in 1994, and the owners have lived in the home for six years. As their family was expanding and their needs were changing, they began to think about the need for additional space. They needed a third bedroom and an office. According to the husband, “We have a three-bedroom house and I work from home. My wife is expecting our second child at the end of March, and we had to decide to either move or remodel.”

Remodeling versus moving: The homeowners weighed the pros and cons of moving versus remodeling. One noted, “We added up the costs of moving, including realtor fees, repairs, moving costs etc., which turned out to be a significant amount of money. We then used that as our starting budget for the attic remodel. We went a little bit over, but we were able to stay in our home.

We like the location and the neighbors.”

Structural considerations: A structural engineer required beefing up the existing floor system by adding support to the floor joists. In addition, the design required extra foundation

support in the crawl space, including new footings, piers and a large beam to support the new attic loading. This allowed a new stairway from the new attic space with oak balusters and oak handrail.

Final results: The owners noted, “The construction blends well with the home. If you were to come in for the first time now, you would never know the attic addition was new. I was able to work with the designers to come up with not only a plan for future needs, but a design that served my business needs. I needed a large closet to store my samples. We placed the closet over our master bathroom so the space could be easily changed into a bathroom if we ever had a need for another bedroom suite. I also really like I have electrical outlets, so I don’t have cords running all over, and my office is removed from the house, so work does not influence family life.”

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