According to public records, Mr. Hirshberg's 11, 374-square-foot home has two elevators and a pool, and Mr. Wallette's Spanish-style home, which was built in 2009, has marble countertops and an outdoor kitchen and bar.

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Mr. Link also mentioned he was drawing plans for a custom-built exterior wood oven, part of a mega outdoor kitchen, at his house in Louisiana.

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The 3-bed, 3-bath Seattle home was built in 1929 and has refinished hardwoods, territorial views and new Marmoleum in the kitchen.

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For years, the Prokopis had prepped fossils on their kitchen floor and in their garage, but in May, 2011, they built a five-thousand-square-foot workshop in their back yard, and they assembled the T. bataar there.

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The pair built the devices in the garage while Lucile used the kitchen stove to bake the paint on the surface of sheet-metal casings.

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