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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the poster and I'm kinda glad to hear this. I live in one of these houses and kept the original wood and layout and often wonder what I should have done.....[/quote]
I'll put in a vote for keeping the woodwork as the right way to go.  Open-concept gut flips are—well, not a dime a dozen, unless by "dime" you mean $10 million.  But once the woodwork has been ripped out, there's no going back.  I'm convinced that in twenty years, people are going to look back at all these sterile gut renos and wonder what the heck people were thinking.

Also, from the realtor's blabber: "All new interior is true to spirit of original Arts and Crafts style."  Um, no.  An open-plan gut reno is in no way in any "spirit" of Arts & Crafts.

Sigh.

BTW, I can see the old listing with pictures on an MLS site, but I can't seem to find them anywhere public. [/quote]

People are already questioning open-concept gut flips. In twenty years, they will be viewed with the horror we view homes last updated in the 80s or new builds from the 90s. Basically unworkable.[/quote]

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