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W hen w e to ld L y n e tte H a s s e lg re n th a t she
w as a d e c o ra tin g w in n e r, she responded w ith
th is h e a rtw a rm in g le tter.
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n C h ic a g o , w e liv e d th e ty p ic a l
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s u b u r b a n life in a 2 ,8 0 0 -s q u a re -
fo o t h o m e w ith all th e b e lls a n d
w h is tle s . T h e c h ild r e n p la y e d
s e p a r a te ly in t h e i r o w n ro o m s a n d
e v e ry o n e h a d th e ir o w n TV. T h e r e w e re
tim e s w h e n I w o n d e r e d w h e r e e v e ry b o d y
w a s. W e h a d lo s t to u c h w ith e a c h o th e r.
W h e n m y h u s b a n d , E rin , re c e iv e d a
p ro m o tio n a n d tr a n s f e r to th e W a s h in g to n
D.C. a re a , w e r e n te d fo r n in e m o n th s ju s t to
g e t o v e r th e s tic k e r s h o c k o f h o m e p ric e s .
T h e n , o n o n e o f o u r w e e k e n d e x p lo ra tio n s ,
w e fo u n d th is c h a r m in g 1 ,6 8 7 -s q u a re -fo o t
lo g h o m e o n M a in S tr e e t in W a lk e rs v ille ,
M a ry la n d . W h ile liv in g in t h e re n ta l, I b e g a n
th e h o m e ’s tr a n s f o r m a tio n . E v e ry d ay , I ’d
p ile th e th r e e k id s in to th e c a r lo a d e d w ith a
p ic n ic lu n c h a n d d o lla r - s to r e tre a s u r e s . I t
w a s m o s tly a lo t o f p a in tin g a n d s e w in g .
T h e r e w a s n o b u d g e t fo r c o n tra c to r s . I t fe lt
lik e I o n ly n e e d e d to e m b e llis h th e h o m e ’s
n a tu r a l b e a u ty .
O u r c h ild r e n p la y o u ts id e n o w o n th e tir e
s w in g in th e f r o n t y a rd . O u r tw o d a u g h te r s ,
w h o s h a r e a ro o m , g ig g le th e m s e lv e s to
s le e p a t n ig h t. A n d w e o n ly h a v e o n e TV,
w h e r e w e w a tc h a m o v ie a n d e a t p o p c o rn
e v e ry F r id a y n ig h t—to g e th e r.
RISE AND SHINE
The home is modest
in size, and the kitchen
is just big enough for
an eat-in dining area,
above,
where Quinn,
4, and Adelia,6,help
themselves to bowls of
cereal. “That’s where
we are most of the
time,” says Lynette.
BUDGET STYLE
In addition to painting
every square inch of
the home, Lynette
made all of the
slipcovers in the living
room,
right,
and
reupholstered the
provincial chair by the
fire place,
previous
page.
She distressed a
new hutch and hung
curtains inside the
glass doors.
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