Read previewNear downtown Rensselaer, Indiana, stood a charming old house that Tabetha Heemstra fell in love with at first sight. The Queen Anne-style property was in disrepair, but even with paint peeling off its exterior, Heemstra could see its potential. She has to use different types of paint scrapers and even dental tools on some of the exterior details. Sometimes Heemstra even had to resort to using dental tools to scrape the old paint off. That would've meant that Heemstra completed the restoration project within a year of buying the home.

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Persons: —, Tabetha Heemstra, Anne, Heemstra, George F, Barber, It's, that's, she'll, She's, I've Organizations: Service, Business, National Register of Historic Places, BI, McKinley Locations: Rensselaer , Indiana, McKinley, Rensselaer, Chicago, Indianapolis, Jasper