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H AN DS D OW N , T H E NE W TO N S ’ L E AST FAVO RI T E S PAC E WAS T H E F OY E R A FT E R JASON HA D A T R AG I C ACCI D E NT D U R I NG A R E NOVAT I ON P R OJ ECT. T H E O RI G I N A L F OY ER H A D A WA L L T H AT D IV I D E D IT I N H A L F B ECAU S E T H E H O U S E HA D B E E N T WO A PA R T M E NTS AT SOM E T I M E I N I TS PAST. T HE NE WTONS D EC I DE D TO R EMOV E A D O O R A N D R ESTO RE D T H E S PAC E TO A S I N GL E L A RG E FOY E R . “ I N T HE FOY E R WE WA NT E D A B OOKSHE LF WI T H A TA P E R E D COLU M N. W H I L E C U T T I N G T H E PAN E L S TO E NC LO S E T H E C O LU M N , T H E PA N E L J U M P E D O N T H E TA B LE SAW. I N A N AT T E M P T TO ST E A DY I T, I M OV E D M Y LE FT HA ND TOO C LO S E TO T H E SAW. ” JAS O N’S I ND E X FI NGE R WAS M A N GL E D B U T WAS SAV E D. U N FOR T U NAT E LY, A B OU T HA LF OF HI S M I D D LE FI NG E R HA D TO B E A M P U TAT E D. “ DE F I N I T E LY N OT M Y P R O U D EST DAY, BU T I H AV E B EC O M E M U C H SA F E R H AV IN G G ONE T HR OU G H T HI S, ” JASON SA I D.
The Fixer Upper on Locust Street Written by A S H L E Y W E D D I N G Photos by A P I M A G E R Y
JASON AND JESSE NEWTON PURCHASED THEIR HOME AT 1302 LOCUST STREET FIVE YE ARS AGO WITH THE INTENTION OF RENOVATING IT. JASON, A PHARMACIST, AND JESSE, A NURSE, HAVE THREE KIDS AND RELOCATED TO OWENSBORO FROM LOUISVILLE FOR JASON’S WORK .
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