Article: Is economic slump hurting upgrades? ; Home Improvement Show opens at Hara

TROTWOOD -- Darrell Flory has been promising his wife for years that he'd remodel their kitchen.

At 78, the Brookville resident said it's time to make good on the promise, so he came to the Miami Valley Home Improvement Show at Hara Arena Conference and Exhibition Center on Thursday, Jan. 8, to get some ideas for counter tops and appliances.

"Forty-seven years in our house and my kitchen held up that long," Flory said. "Would you believe redoing our kitchen cost more than it cost when I built our house?"

He said the current economic slump has not impacted him as much as others, because he lives on a retirement income. So in looking for remodeling materials, Flory said quality is his top ...

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