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Article: Is economic slump hurting upgrades? ; Home Improvement Show opens at Hara
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- Dayton Daily News
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- January 10, 2009
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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 ...