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REPLACING trim

uring the Pandemic, Bo Sullivan freed his modest 1890s Queen Anne house from its skin of he says. (the original cladding). Those in made with fly ash, or in rot-proof PVC board. Even the shingles in the gable had to be replaced. Everything was . • , or ghosting, of some of the decorative trim once on the house—notably the turned posts on the porch, which Sullivan duplicated. He took some liberties in replacing missing gingerbread elements, basing them on a salvaged bargeboard on the gable.

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