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The Attic, a Ghost Floor

This episode features a couple from Ontario interested in expanding their brood. Unlike so many others, this show is not about the speed of the renovation but about quality and structural integrity. The attic was originally a third floor, before being converted in the very early twentieth century to an attic or what was then called a ghost floor. These ghost floors allowed parents to literally push daily reminders of past lives from their minds.

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