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The moment a plateau looms on the horizon, which frequently coincides with extra-renovative influences, such Ss April 15 or the beginning of the basketball season, you must begin to bolster your morale by counting all your other blessings: the fact that you%u2019re still happiiy married (as of 15 minutes ago, anyway); your children are growing in physical, psychological and moral strength and beauty; your parents are well and still possessed of a sense of humor; the 35 cent subway fare isOriental-type rugs Braided rugs Broadloom runners Carpeting for hallw ays & stairsSalesand Servicer mCarpet CleaningCo. 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Our latest plateau has been going on for about two years.As we have all long suspected, no one of our houses w ill ever be finished, but having gotten this far, there%u2019s no point in not plugging away. So how do you get a boggeddown renovation rolling again?Of course you can always get elected President and have the Secret Service do it for you in the name of national security, but that presents other problems.Having given considerable thought to this question, I%u2019m prepared to say the answer is trickery. That is, when it isn%u2019t money. Actually, money%u2019s such an ubiquitous problem that it doesn%u2019t even count anv more. The thing is to trick your self into progress.Take your spouse by the hand and go out onto the stoop and then pretend you%u2019ve just bought this house and you%u2019re fresh from the closing and you%u2019re about to open your very own front door for the first time. Ignoring the cracked plaster in the vestibule and the 400 square feet of articulated mahogany woodwork under ten layers of grim y w hite a lligatored paint, because there%u2019s no point in bursting into tears before you get past the front door, turn the lock and march bravely into the hall. What do you see? One dozen twentyfoot lengths of 2 x 4, delivered eight months ago to be used in the construction of a platform bat for your eldest son, whose room actually was the first thing finished six years ago and now seems to be in need of a second renovation, except the plans changed in some organic accomodation and the 2 x 4%u2019s are no longer needed for this job. Move them immediately. Don%u2019t put them in the parlor. Take them down to the basement and stack them in theplace where you eventually build rack.Now go back ub and check the spDt lumber has iairi spring. 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