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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 8, 2020, 12:44:49 AM
A home that I started about 10 months ago
It's been quite a while since I last posted here; with all that's been going on in the world and particularly here in the United States, I've actually been busy with sewing masks for friends and family.

Today, as I was going through my computer files, I noticed that I had this one house marked as "Untitled" that I'd started back in September 2019. When I opened it I found this house that I'd completely forgotten that I'd come up with; I don't even remember what the inspiration was for it!

It has a Great Room, two downstairs bedrooms joined by a Jack-n-Jill bathroom, a bedroom and bathroom upstairs along with a Master Suite and a loft space.

Since it was open I figured that I might as well take a look at it, and share it here. Disclaimer: it is nowhere near done (ie. no roofing or lighting, only some of the porch columns are there but not quite where I think they should be, no wall treatments, only some furnishing mainly kitchen and bathrooms, etc.).

I even gave it a name. Lofty Lodge 4B.3b.2S.20190901

So, here are the pictures I've gotten of it so far.




Front of the house, both Aerial and Virtual Visitor views.




Back of the house, both Aerial and Virtual Visitor views.








Great Room, from four different angles. First, from the front door, looking to the bathroom door. Second, from the bathroom door, looking to the front door. Third, from on one of the counters in the Kitchen, looking to the fireplace. Forth, from in front of the fireplace, looking to the kitchen.






Some quick screenshots of each floor's floor plan.

That's what I have so far. Now I just need to remember what I had in mind for most of it...
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 25, 2020, 8:05:49 PM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
I found that there was another house that I'd worked on last year but hadn't posted anything about it... basically because I hadn't finished it either...

This house is inspired by a house plan that I'd found online (Pinterest initially, if I remember right, but was from a magazine called Southern Living); I'd done some modifications to it though, one of which is that it's now only one bedroom instead of two. Here are the pictures of the original house plan.





And here are the brief pictures that I took of my version. Disclaimer - I have done some furnishings, and changed the textures of some things (ie. some furniture along with the interior walls and floors), but have not added any roofings or lighting; any lighting visible is that I have the "Add ceiling light" on.


Front


Back


Great Room from in front of the front door.


Office. I have it set up as a desk for sewing and computer use, and some storage.


Part of the Great Room I have set up as the rest of my sewing area, and additional storage.


Kitchen


Bedroom


Bathroom


Laundry/Utilities room


Floor plan


Roofline walls. I'm thinking that I might be able to add an attic space.

And here's a link to the file.
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Posted by bdfd at Jul 31, 2020, 8:10:07 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
Great plan with details in renderings ! wink
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Aug 1, 2020, 1:40:30 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
Thank you. Now the only thing I have to do is figure out the roofing placement on both homes... at the very least...
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Sep 17, 2020, 5:02:48 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
I just found another house plan that I'd started working on last year.

The original design was one that I found on Houseplans.com, possibly through Pinterest.com but right now I don't remember, but nevertheless I thought that I could modify it some.

Plan 25-4524.





I believe that's the number assigned to it by Houseplans.com, as it looks like the original designer might have given it another number that appears to be written with it. It doesn't really matter in this case I guess...

It's a very contemporary style home, generally not something that I like aesthetically, but the bare bones of it I was very much drawn to. I suppose that the exterior styling could be changed, but I didn't do so this time.

FYI - the changes that I've made to this house are for if I were to move into it alone, without my roommates. Basically, if my roommates moved out for a house of their own, and that I'd need to have a place of my own to go to, I'd probably go for something like this one.

The first thing I think will be noticed, is that I've actually finished this house (except for any landscaping that is), as opposed to the other two houses in this post... it's much smaller, the roofing was really a "no brainer" in figuring out how to place it, and I just styled it similar to the original designer's illustration.

As you can see, this house plan was designed with a basement, and with a staircase inside leading down to it (although the website didn't include a floor plan of what the basement level would look like). Where I live, generally speaking, basements aren't all that common, pretty rare in fact. So, the first thing changed was the removal of the basement and the staircase leading down to it; I would say that it is now on a slab foundation.

Also, I thought that the sunroom would be better used as a living room area, so I changed that part a bit too.

Lastly, in order to have more room in my sewing area for more bookshelf space, I took out the fireplace the original designer had in the plan. I think that maybe the original designer had in mind for this to be a couple's cabin-in-the-woods retreat or something.

Anyway, here's my modified version, and below are the pictures I rendered of it.


Screenshot of the floor plan... and now that I look at it I see that the one back corner did not "merge" to form the angle that it should have... I'm going to have to fix that, again...

And, now that I look even closer, I think that I made my house a little smaller than, and not as perfectly square as, the original design (originally 30' wide x 30' long, my version looks more like 29' wide x 26'6" long)... I don't think that I'll "fix" that though...


Aerial Front


Virtual Visitor Front


Aerial Back


Virtual Visitor Back




Three views taken at different angles of what I guess would be now a Great Room, all taken from the front entrance. The area where the original designer had placed the staircase down to the basement, you can see I filled in with built-in storage, as well as enlarged the closet near the back door. And since I took out the staircase, there was more room in the back, and I enlarged the bathroom/laundry room area as well.




Three more views at different angles of the Great Room, taken from the general middle of the Great Room. I'm thinking that the long, low bookcase the Virtual Visitor is standing next to for these pictures, that is being used to separate the living room area from my sewing area, would be a built-in feature of the house.

The kitchen area is basically set up as the original designer had it, although since I did open up the change the sunroom into being part of the whole new Great Room area I had room to add some additional cabinetry for it.


A better view of my sewing area.


And here's the last picture of the Great Room, taken from near the back door, with a better view of the built-in storage mentioned above.


Bathroom/Laundry Room.


And, last but not least, the Bedroom.

... And I just noticed that I forgot to add the water heater, HVAC unit, and electrical panel... I guess I'm not as finished with this house as I thought I was...
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Sep 18, 2020, 10:56:03 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
Okay, so I was able to adjust the last design, adding in the water heater, HVAC, electrical panel, electrical meter, and vent for the dryer.


Modified floor plan. See, I fixed that one exterior wall corner.



Back, Aerial and Virtual Visitor views. Electrical meter and dryer vent are visible here.




A view of the Great Room with different views of the reduced back closet, and the newly added water heater closet.


I couldn't figure out where to put the HVAC unit, and ended up putting it into the bedroom since this house only needs a small one.


This is a view of inside the bedroom closet, showing the electrical panel as this was really the only place I could think of put it as well. This electrical panel might have more switches than would strictly be needed in a house like this but... oh, well. biggrin
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Oct 11, 2020, 8:11:57 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
This next design isn't one that I'd started last year, but I figured it worked here because of how I found it.

I was looking at Pinterest and this one house plan was suggested to me. When I followed its link it took me to Ebay of all places! Here are the pictures of that home.







It's a very small home, but not as small as a Tiny Home, and I wanted to see what it would look like set up the way that I would do so if it were my home. So I made a few changes/adjustments, and voila!! I've left the ceiling height at 10 feet, just as it is in the original, mainly because I like those extra tall windows that they created, and also because I thought that each room would seem claustrophobic if the ceiling height were at 8 feet.




As you can see, the only thing that I haven't included was the roof; I might add it in the future, but since I haven't changed the outside all that much from the original I figured that that's what the roof will look like and that's that. biggrin I actually liked the color of the siding that's on the original better than what I used.




I've made the Living Room my Sewing Room, with a little bit of "Living" still there with the fold-away couch (at least that's what it's supposed to be) for any possible overnight guest(s) that I might have.


I have the kitchen pretty much the same setup, but with the hot water heater tucked away inside that very skinny door near the back door. Also, I closed up the Study with a door; there's a good reason for that which'll be apparent shortly.


Here you can see the tiny hallway, with the wall mounted HVAC unit there, as well as the door to the Bedroom visible.


The Bedroom which I'm using here as storage for most of my sewing supplies and books.


The Walk-In Closet is basically the same except for the fact that I have the pocket door recessing to the left instead of the right as in the original; I thought that there wasn't really enough room in the wall for it that way.


The Bathroom pretty much the same as the original, except I think that I have the window smaller.


The "Study" which I've decorated as my bedroom. I was able to add a bed, although it is actually smaller than a standard Twin size - I've seen it called a Youth, Junior, or Truck Mattress: 33-inch by 66-inch if I remember correctly.


Screenshot of the floor plan. I don't think that there's much room for an attic space though, so I didn't include one.
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Oct 13, 2020, 5:17:41 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
So, once again another house plan found on Pinterest today, this one (linked to Etsy this time) which is very similar to the last one I posted here. So similar that after setting it up on the program I didn't do anything with the outside or add an attic space. I did take pictures of the outside for comparison; just a little use of imagination will help see how it would look like the other one.

Yes, it's basically just about the same house, with about 116 more square feet and the rooms adjusted. Here it is. That's also why it took me such a short time get the interior set up; just a matter of copying and pasting the furniture and lighting.


The original floor plan. I haven't changed much from this unfortunately. I might come up with some kind of change eventually, right? laughing




The outside, aerial views.




The Great Room, two angles. Basically the same furniture, except for the entertainment center and TV, coffee table and end table, and the glass-enclosed cabinet near the front door. The ceilings are once again at 10 feet instead of 8 feet.


The Kitchen, set up just like on the previous house (except for the clock above the water heater closet). Since I have it set up just like the previous house, I didn't include the dishwasher (which I just saw on the original floor plan as I was proofing this post); maybe I might change that...


The hallway, taken from inside the kitchen. Similar to the other design but further back, with both bathroom and bedroom doors visible. I also have the floor mounted HVAC unit in the hallway but it's not visible in this picture. Maybe here's a place I can change; take out the wall and doorframe separating the hall from the great room?


The Bathroom, with the Washer/Dryer "closet" here instead of the Study/Den. A corner of the shower is visible in the mirror over the sink.


The Bedroom, once again set up as storage for my sewing stuff. The door that's visible is one that I added to the Study/Den, and the closet is just to the left of the viewer. The filing cabinets are the same but I have the corner bookcase and the side table in here instead of the full bookcases.


The Study/Den, taken from the door to the Bedroom. Since this room doesn't have any closets in it like the last design I had plenty of room for a regular sized twin bed instead of the "youth/junior/trucker" one. Once again though I have replaced the doorframe from the original with a full door.


And finally, the screenshot of the floor plan.
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Oct 13, 2020, 4:58:49 PM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
After posting that, I decided to make the changes I'd mentioned, plus a couple more.

















I added the dishwasher, which meant changing that bit of counter as well as lengthening the bar area. I then moved the chairs to accommodate the longer bar.

I took off the wall and doorframe at the hallway, and now the HVAC unit is visible.

I removed the regular door between the bedroom and den, replacing it with a sliding door. I figured that that would be less intrusive to the bedroom. I also moved the electric panel and power box so that they're in the den from the bedroom.
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Oct 19, 2020, 7:21:10 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
So, I decided to complete the look of that last house. While in the process, I decided to add color/texture inside; everything was so monotone and that's so not me.




I decided to use the same designing on this house as the previous one, but going with a lighter green siding for most of the house, and kept the same shingles. I added some stone facing to the front, for additional texture. And just like the previous house I didn't add the roofing. Oh, and I included a "Welcome" mat.

The styling that they showed on the Etsy page was nice, but I really liked the one on the Ebay house.





I did enlarge the sofa a little; it seemed a bit too small for the space. I also added a second end table and lamp next to it. I also took out one of the hanging lamps above the desk; I thought the second one was a bit too much.




I moved the light in the little hallway area, so that there would be room for an opening to the attic area, which I didn't add (because I couldn't find something other than the foldaway stairs that I've used previously but didn't want to this time).


No design changes here, just the color of the cabinets.


No major changes here, just adjusted the placement of the lights and file cabinets a little bit.


No changes here.


And here's the screenshot of the floor plan.
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Mar 1, 2021, 9:54:50 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
One of these plans I returned to recently, after a long bout sewing... Plan 25-4524.

I wanted to see if I could make it look less contemporary, hopefully not too traditional, maybe with a few unique qualities... although I don't think that I quite achieved my goal... Anyways, I'm not thrilled with it in this state, I might figure out someway to get it better, but here it is:

HP 4524-A2a

I actually started from scratch, to make sure that I kept the house at the 30-foot by 30-foot size as the original plan, but made several personal adjustments. And, I also flipped it, so what had been the front of house is now the back, and vice versa.



The front of the house, both Aerial and Virtual views. I don't think I added much personality to it, and I'm not at all fond of the porch cover.



The back of the house, both Aerial and Virtual views. I don't know why any of the windows rendered reflective like that as that was certainly not my intention. The large paved area is supposed to be a patio; I just haven't worked on it much more than putting that base down.



The entrance, both from outside and inside the front door. I kept the coat closet and extra storage on the one side but moved the water heater in with the washer and dryer; you'll see that shortly. The door visible on the left is to the bedroom. The two doors on the right are to the bathroom and the laundry/utility rooms. I do have a retractable ladder up to an attic space in the small hallway, but I made it invisible in this picture as well as the ones below.





The Great Room from four different angles. As you can see I've kept it relatively similar as before but I removed the room-dividing bookcase, put the "living room" part roughly in the middle, and condensed the sewing part a little. I've kept the vaulted ceiling, but now it spans the entirety of the Great Room rather than just the sewing area. I think that I might change the bar chairs so that they are more comfortable, especially for if/when there are guests over. Maybe even add a couple of armchairs near the windows?


The bedroom. Roughly it's the same, but minor adjustments. I believe that I put in a large full length mirror on the wall opposite the double windows; not visible in this picture and I think barely noticeable on the floor plan screenshot below.


The Laundry/Utility Room. As you can see, I separated the laundry space from the bathroom, and included the water heater, HVAC unit and electrical panel into this room.


And finally the bathroom. I think it looks a lot less cramped than it did before, when the washer and dryer were in there.



Floor plan screenshots, both levels. The retractable ladder is now visible here, although the roof beams and roofing aren't (except for the roofing over the porch).
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Posted by bdfd at Mar 1, 2021, 1:48:31 PM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
Hi Aeowyn,

Happy to see again your work here.
carefull to covid. wink

So, nice house but to avoid the heat of summer, you might have to put on a small cap like this one but less advanced (about 2 feet).



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Posted by AeowynFraser at Mar 3, 2021, 4:56:41 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
Thank you; I've missed having something to post about, as well as time to work on any non-sewing projects.

After posting about that last version, I was preoccupied with what I could do to change the front, how I was to accomplish it. Just as I was falling asleep it came to me, and luckily I remembered it when I woke up in the morning.

Here's what I came up with.









I hadn't thought about what to do with the patio, and I like what you've suggested. I might see about doing something along those lines at a later date. Oh, and I added the Japanese maple tree so that the aerial picture have the house more central.























First, I bumped half of the front of the house forward - the part with the Entrance, Bathroom, and Laundry/Utility Room. In so doing, I figured that I could switch the Bathroom with the Laundry/Utility Room. Also, because of the "bump out" I ended up moving the wall that the Kitchen space is part of; in so doing, in order to keep the symmetry in the Great Room, I had to move the one Bedroom wall as well as the wall in the attic space. All of these changes meant some small rearrangements of the furnishings. I was even able to add in another small lower cabinet in the Kitchen area.

It looks like I could fit in a small table next to the Kitchen island, if I wanted to. I might do that at a later date as well... maybe a small table of some kind near the front door...
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Mar 3, 2021, 8:10:06 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
I've taken in the suggestion, and probably went a bit overboard on it...





I moved the roof beams out so that they hang out passed the back wall, lengthened the roofing to cover that, added a couple of pergola and some columns, added some lights (although I think that they might not be as bright as I would like), and using boxes added the additional beams. Instead of having the roofing only a couple feet passed the back wall, it's about 8 feet... with the pergola out an additional 8 feet (or so)... and added lighting... So, basically it's now a party space... just waiting to be furnished. laughing laughing laughing

So, here's updated pictures that show the new back patio cover from inside the house.




Also, taking a second look at the floor plan I don't think that I really have much room for a small table next to the Kitchen island after all, so I didn't add one.







I included those last two because of the shadow from the patio cover. smile




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Posted by AeowynFraser at Mar 3, 2021, 8:14:40 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
I almost forgot to include the updated file! shock

Here it is. smile
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Mar 7, 2021, 9:19:13 PM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
Once again, I couldn't leave one of my projects alone, if there's even the faintest hint of something bothering me about it... I wanted to add a garage, a guest suite, and a separate office... and ended up with another new file for 25-4524. Also, while adding the new part, I of course couldn't help but make a few minor changes to the rest of the house...




As you can see, not only did I add the new structure - designed to match with the old structure of course - I also added the driveway, walkway, sidewalk, curb, and a part of the street. I also made the new structure as wide as the old, but a little longer to accommodate the extra living space in the back.




Yes, I mirrored the front of the house on the back part of the new structure; if I didn't it would be just a plain box. This is the door to the Guest Suite.


As you can see I changed out the porch lights, as well as the patio lights, and they now all match.


Minor change here; I darkened the wall paint so that the green tone that I'm trying for is more noticeable.








The wall paint is darkened here too. The bar stools are now grey instead of white. I've had to adjust the position of the windows between the old and new structures to accommodate the pergola used as the passageway covering between. I've moved a few storage pieces in the sewing area, as well as moved the desk a little over. I believe that's all the changes that I made here...




Minor changes here. I changed the fabric of the comforter and moved the wallpaper to behind the bed. The wall mirror that I'd mentioned before is now visible.


I darkened the paint in here, changed out the silver bits with brass, and lightened the glass around the tub. I might have moved the overhead light a little.


No changes here.


Here's a closer view of the patio. I still haven't furnished it yet... And another view of the new structure. The door visible here is to the office behind the garage. And I just realized that with all of these new pictures, I didn't get a picture of the door to the storage area that you'll see on the floor plan screen shot later...


The Office space. I realize that that one part of the wall is very strangely green, but it's supposed to be a "green screen" for the person sitting at the desk. The small door on the wall is to the water heater for this structure, and the sliding door next to it is to the powder room for so that whoever is using this office doesn't have to make either a mad dash to the house or try to get into the guest suite to "go"... The exterior door is right behind the Virtual Visitor.


The Guest Suite, standing in front of the exterior door. There's of course a bed, a place to sit and watch TV without being on the bed, and a place to sit with a small table (on the other side of the dresser) for coffee or whatnot... although I didn't add a spot to make the coffee... The closet is just out of shot on the left, behind where the "green screen" is in the office. The door visible in the middle of the picture is to the en suite bathroom.


The Guest en suite Bathroom, standing with the door on the left. With the way that I designed it I couldn't figure out how to include a bathtub so I just put in the shower stall instead.


The Garage, standing with the garage door to the right, and the passageway and a bit of a view into the Bedroom. I think that there might be room in here for two cars but I only have one in there.

I didn't take a picture of the storage room because it's only an empty rectangle.




And of course, last but not least, the screen shots of the floor plan levels.
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jan 28, 2022, 8:04:42 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
Surprise, surprise! I'm still here. laughing

Anyway, I've gotten back into modifying my home plans, again. And I've thought of (mostly) another alternative to that last house. I created another version of the previous house posted here, where the garage/storage/office/guest suite are actually attached to the main house instead of as a separate building. I started with a fresh file, laid out the walls, copied/pasted the most of the furnishings from the previous version, and voila!

Here's the new file, as far as I've been able to complete in an hour or so.

And since I no longer know what I need to do to display pictures from MediaFire, here's the links to a couple of pictures.

Aerial Front

Level 0

One problem that I've come up against at the moment: How to design the roof over the one half of the house without changing the roof over the other? I still like having the vaulted ceiling over the Great room.
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Posted by bdfd at Jan 28, 2022, 8:36:45 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
Surprise, surprise! I'm still here. laughing
Happy come back !

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Posted by AeowynFraser at Feb 13, 2022, 12:59:43 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
So, I went with the roof of least imagination on this latest version, unfortunately. And since I finished off the roof, I finished off the rest of the house.

Houseplans.com 25-4524 Alternate 2d

And, since I seem to be having trouble adding the pictures to my posts now, here's a link to a folder of the pictures.
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Sep 5, 2022, 5:28:06 AM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
8 months since I last posted here, it looks like. Wow! Since going back to school and working on a couple of sewing projects, I haven't had much time to be here. I see so many new projects from so many people here; it's so wonderful to see that! Looking at all of the new postings is going to take a while.

On to the reason that I'm back. laughing I've taken a look at the house from my last post... and unsurprisingly made another alternate version! This one has two stories, two en suites, and even two attic spaces!

Houseplans.com 25-4524 Alternate 3

And once again I'm not able to display pictures; I don't know why I can't share images from MediaFire anymore, so here's the folder on that site that has the pictures of it.

A large part of the house has been left the same since the last version (guest bedroom, main floor bathroom, laundry room, kitchen area, master suite, front porch, garage, storage room), but there are some major changes to the rest of it. The main change, of course, is that there is now a top floor with a loft, three new bedrooms, one new bathroom, and a second master suite. Other changes include a new front facade, turning the back doors so that they swing out instead of in, a large dinning table added, a bigger entertainment center and sofa, a couple of reading chairs, the double glass doors to the office have been replaced with a regular door, some furniture rearranged in the office, furniture (and a fireplace) have been added to the back porch, a whole new roofing system, and a second attic.

I was able to have the larger entertainment center, larger sofa, and the extra chairs added to the great room because I had moved the furniture for sewing to the loft that now overlooks the great room.

I guess that I could consider this house design to be more mine and just inspired by the original one on Houseplans.com, rather than just changed a bit by me?
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Posted by VeroniQ at Sep 5, 2022, 6:47:30 PM
Re: A home that I started about 10 months ago
Hi AeowynFraser,
Nice to see you again and great work again! I hope you will keep posting but I wish you also some good studies at school.
Véronique


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