Many technological and design improvements and trends are now available in the bathroom-remodeling world, helping homeowners improve their quality of life and add value to their homes. "Deep cleaning" seems such an archaic phrase, conjuring rug beating outdoors and hands-and-knees floor scrubbing indoors. How Victorian. How June Cleaver. How ugh. ...At 77, celebrated opera conductor John Moriarty refuses to live in a house that is younger than he is.For people on a budget, finding the most effective way to continue to increase the value of their home, particularly in the middle of a housing slump, depends on the size of the property and its age.Dear Jean and Richard: We live in a 1920s-era house and want to redo the bathroom. Do you have any suggestions or cautions for us? — David and Jennifer, Asheville Find out how some simple projects can add value to your property.Like a well preserved society woman, the exterior of this limestone town house in Brooklyn, New York, is elegant and attractive yet looks its age—a century, give or take a decade. But walk in the door, and it's clear that this patrician beauty does notlive in the past.WASHINGTON

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