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A twenty-something girl's process of making a little house a home for her and her family. 

 // 2013 // little house one -- Two-story, single-family house -- Eau Claire, WI 


// 2015 // little house two -- Upper duplex unit -- Shorewood, WI 


// 2017 // little house three -- Upper fourplex unit -- Eau Claire, WI 

// 2017 // little house four -- Townhouse -- Grandview, MO

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