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“For 35 years, I’ve col lected shopping bags as examples of graphic art,” Marcia says. She and Ken only use the room for holiday meals and birth day parties for their eight grandchildren. The existing half-bath was outfitted with a modern granite-topped version of a washstand with a pale-blue Kohler vessel sink. But Marcia didn’t update the owner’s bath until recently — she calls it her pandemic project. Only the round whirlpool tub survived. A crack in the floor prompted her to replace the tile with a heated ceramic selection that mimics slate. That inspired her to update the cabinetry with a painted taupe counterpart topped with white quartz and a square vessel sink. There is more art: a collage of photographs detailing “The Gates,” from Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s 2005 art installation in New York City’s Central Park. Marcia has to leave her beloved home again, this time for a single-story Stow condominium, and real estate agent Leslee Salhany to sell the house. As much as Ken enjoys maintaining the backyard, he doesn’t like climbing steps. She’d like to see a young professional buy it — someone who will love its individuality as much as she does. “I like the quirkiness, the different architectural elements,” she says. “It’s just my style.” she is working with Berkshire Hathaway

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