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24 | April 2018 on display. A white subway tile backsplash and stainless steel appliances complement the look. Amy said the blue paint color helped govern the other color choices for this part of the house. "We had this blue in a room in our last house," she said. "It's a good-looking color." She used Google to look for other shades that would go well with it. Some of the kitchen's other particular features include its farmhouse sink and its gas stove. en there's the former washer-dryer space. Stout converted it into a wet bar area housing a wine rack and a kegerator – a below-counter refrigerator that can house two kegs of beer. Two taps are installed above. "We don't get something like that on all of our projects," Stout said in a short video he did about the house during its renovation. "We do like beer," Amy said. e house has acquired plenty of the couple's personal touches, including pieces of art they've collected from various places around the world and pieces painted or otherwise created by Dave. Among the latter are large, vivid flower paintings in their dining area. Hanging in the family room is a framed blueprint they found aer they bought the house. Drawn for the addition of the family room, it shows the whole house and is entitled "A residence addition for Mr. & Mrs. F.D. Byrd Jr." e latest renovation work was the small opening Dave cut out of the bottom of the door to the basement for the ease of the cats – and himself and Amy. ey keep the cat food and litter box down there. Other projects beckon. Eventually, Dave said, he hopes to create a brick walkway between the house and the street. ere's only lawn there now. And they'll soon turn the large first-floor room – once a formal living room – into a game room. A pool table has been ordered and Dave has built an arcade to go in there as well. One day – if they win the lottery, Amy joked – they may try to figure out a way to put in another full bathroom. But they're delighted with their newly remodeled home. "I just like the openness of it," Amy said. "at's probably my favorite thing." ey were already fans of Fayetteville. "Love it," Amy said when asked how she and Dave like the city. "We wouldn't have stayed here 10 years if we didn't," Dave said. e couple, each in about their 15th year of service, have had opportunities to move elsewhere since they were first stationed at Fort Bragg in 2007. With their move to Haymount, they said they can see themselves staying in their newly remodeled home for the long haul. "Living down here has kind of re-ignited my enjoyment of the area," Amy said. "We really like it." Coco

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