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ll of these big changes are fairly recent. It wasn’t until last year that Stuto consulted interior designer Paula McCormick of PMY Interiors in Loudonville. The kitchen had flooded and Stuto decided it was an opportunity to change a few things. “I had to refinish all the wood floors,” she says. “I wanted to change the color.” The living room had been carpeted, but Stuto and McCormick replaced the flooring with black bamboo. The kitchen island — once a horseshoe shape — was converted to a longer, broader shape. The former office has been moved, too, to the front room of the house. McCormick took the built-in bookshelves from the office and moved them to the front room, painting them black in the back, referencing the gorgeous black molding in the
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