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While some people use the space for decorative items, others don't know what to do with that awkward gap, or why it is there ...

Arched doorways and windows, barrel ceilings, pillars, decorative tiles, Brazilian mahogany floors. All features of the Italianate design on Katie and Rob Frederick’s south Minneapolis home they ...

A Wirral leisure centre is set to reopen its pool for the first time in months after repairs to sort out falling ceiling tiles. The swimming pool at the West Kirby leisure centre on the Wirral is ...

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