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  • Deep Cleaning and Cabin Love
    cleaning and repairing | porches | Uncategorized | vacation | vacation rental | White Mountain Summer Homes

    Deep Cleaning and Cabin Love

    ByMary Crozier May 27, 2017July 27, 2017

    Last week, I spent 3 days deep cleaning our little vacation rental cabin in the mountains. In January, my property manager/cleaning couple quit.  For years, I had so heavily relied on them to manage the cabin’s maintenance issues as the geographical distance (a 3 1/2 hour drive) precluded me from doing it myself. And now…

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  • A  1922 Historic Home Restoration is Finished!
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    A 1922 Historic Home Restoration is Finished!

    ByMary Crozier May 1, 2017June 8, 2022

    After 8 months of extensive renovation, we are proud to show you the results of the 1922 restoration in one of Phoenix’s most lovely neighborhoods.  This Jeffersonian grand dame is worthy of all the time, money and energy it took to make this restoration a reality. If you would like to see previous posts on…

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  • Restoration update!
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    Restoration update!

    ByMary Crozier January 11, 2017October 12, 2020

    So much has happened at the Willetta house restoration.  To read the first post on this historical renovation click here.  Perhaps the most noticeable change is to the front of the house.  When I purchased it in August, the entire house was covered in aluminum siding.  Here is the front of the house with the…

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    A Renovation Adventure

    ByMary Crozier November 2, 2016May 8, 2020

    Through my business, Picket Fences, Inc. (see story here) I try to remodel, restore or rejuvenate a local house every 18 months or so.  Typically, the goal is to find gems in our immediate neighborhood, but this latest find was one I couldn’t resist.  A sweet friend of mine, Madison Hallock contacted me when she…

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Welcome to Life at Bella Terra. I’m Mary and I am delighted you are here. Life at Bella Terra is about embracing what the present can bring by valuing what the past built. Here, from our historic property, I will share decorating, entertaining, gardening tips as well as my adventures in the kitchen. Occasionally you may see a DIY but it’s only because it was a rare success! I hope that this blog will be a place of comfort and joy and together, we will learn something from each other along the way. Learn more >

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