Amanda Lecky is the former editor of House Beautiful Home Remodeling and Decorating, House Beautiful Home Building, House Beautiful Houses and Plans, and Good Housekeeping Home Plans. She lives in an historic Hudson River town in New York, where she writes on all aspects of home improvement for national shelter publications and websites.

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