Consider refinishing the walls in sheetrock, diamond plate metal or plain corrugated sheet metal.

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She renovated it over three months, installing new wiring and plumbing systems, replacing the kitchen and refinishing the floors.

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One friend said she and her husband, a vice president at a wealth-management firm, ran into a similar discussion when they were refinishing their basement several years ago.

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The wood floors lack sealant, because that would require refinishing.

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He grew up in a rundown suburb of Cleveland, where his father struggled with deadbeat clients in the furniture-refinishing business and saw their house plummet in value when the neighborhood was hit by white flight, he says.

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Wood floors need refinishing?

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