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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtljiBs_Up0MWJ6ZwR1DBXQHj_rnmT0RqJPp1HaXe4rYQEBu_LLW-honSfsI7G33-7ZgDLv97M4X3geJ5IziiESldrZHWcYiywCYmOumsdUcjLpvMe-Rb6S2BjV7Ftf_UHL8anMlOV5E/s1600/WestportSettee6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454207598436461858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtljiBs_Up0MWJ6ZwR1DBXQHj_rnmT0RqJPp1HaXe4rYQEBu_LLW-honSfsI7G33-7ZgDLv97M4X3geJ5IziiESldrZHWcYiywCYmOumsdUcjLpvMe-Rb6S2BjV7Ftf_UHL8anMlOV5E/s400/WestportSettee6.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 350px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >The </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.weatherend.com/furniture.php?grp=29#" style="font-style: italic;">Weatherend Westport Island Settee</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > would<br />make a great outdoor – or indoor – piece.</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Photo from </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.janusetcie.com/" style="font-style: italic;">Janus et Cie</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" > website</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Well it’s raining in my part of New England again. Two more days of downpours are in the forecast. Many of us in my local area are just getting over a couple of weekends worth of heavy rain that kept us indoors for days on end, and then flooded many a basement. Fortunately, the basement in our home is not “finished,</span><span style="font-size:130%;">” </span><span style="font-size:130%;">so all we had to do was watch that the pump did not burn out while working overtime to bring the water back up to the street level.<br />Others were not so lucky.<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAiOLrQAEkSrPexmbsyIBJvBszdx8MpP5kHyJuCtJwvsC__dp7AcmvMFmj4lr0rKxiNIhbosjia_BzzdpWRY79tGiaEXyb0b2pwaUupO0a2CtJyA7IUoWTUadlqmzBc1QEleXyvNidjY/s1600/underwaterchairJeC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454234238469437858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAiOLrQAEkSrPexmbsyIBJvBszdx8MpP5kHyJuCtJwvsC__dp7AcmvMFmj4lr0rKxiNIhbosjia_BzzdpWRY79tGiaEXyb0b2pwaUupO0a2CtJyA7IUoWTUadlqmzBc1QEleXyvNidjY/s400/underwaterchairJeC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 389px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">A scene taken from the pages of the Janus et Cie catalog.<br />Does this look familiar to anyone???</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Keeping track of multiple pumps while rescuing furniture and other floating odds and ends is not a fun way to spend a weekend! After experiencing one or two storms like this, many often think, “what is the chance that we will be flooded again?</span><span style="font-size:130%;">”</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> Even with safety features like French drains or correctly positioned downspouts in place, the worst can still happen. Around here it is best to </span><span style="font-size:130%;">prepare for the worst,<br />yet hope for the best ...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vs4gT8gw5bqECXxKLcW0Y0zRkzV3hg9LJnk8aS3SFH5THeVU-9_WFqbJ8nBbid3oRe_fXB4ryFuR_StWeFze9BqLgjBfpApHEeID84yoCMS_srggM-SvrduGdNwMdOjgsjV2pQt61uk/s1600/highchairJeC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170546777489314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vs4gT8gw5bqECXxKLcW0Y0zRkzV3hg9LJnk8aS3SFH5THeVU-9_WFqbJ8nBbid3oRe_fXB4ryFuR_StWeFze9BqLgjBfpApHEeID84yoCMS_srggM-SvrduGdNwMdOjgsjV2pQt61uk/s400/highchairJeC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 331px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">With that in mind, I have chosen some great pieces of indoor/outdoor furniture </span><span style="font-size:130%;">that I saw recently at the</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> <a href="http://www.bostondesign.com/showrooms/janus-et-cie/overview/">Janus et Cie showroom</a> in the Boston Design Center that would look very stylish in a finished basement and could certainly replace the waterlogged pieces that I have seen out on trash day. While these pieces may be more expensive than hand-me-down sofas that often find a home in downstairs playrooms, they are great investment pieces that you know will survive an inch or two of unexpected water (or 8 or more as some of us have recently witnessed!) With a grouping of these pieces on a tile floor made cozy with outdoor quality rugs, one could have a very chic downstairs dwelling that could easily survive the wrath of Mother Nature!<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixU5vqzKdghCJO8WBgkhRRWxZhQ9H0yrRpSVYKRpBp4cvPpV1VnDq2WYEwwfFR0oucD7dUpht3JRI7WKWUNVgM69EEGyw3fMGKIqKu7_QeH7lBKw1U1H0P0GO7kIJNymkE7oZSkdIiXIY/s1600/roundarmcouchJeC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170857068030274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixU5vqzKdghCJO8WBgkhRRWxZhQ9H0yrRpSVYKRpBp4cvPpV1VnDq2WYEwwfFR0oucD7dUpht3JRI7WKWUNVgM69EEGyw3fMGKIqKu7_QeH7lBKw1U1H0P0GO7kIJNymkE7oZSkdIiXIY/s400/roundarmcouchJeC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Almost too pretty to be outdoors.</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSk_jx4hKhpzY4SPiqZ28kPWKm6ch7cZ-yfLENK9KHl3YNXG6lE0FAV_vysNXHU2JpB_IgEfkYB6JuVwB_Fia6cXaa97CO8q_R-qkW9T06exTwgLI1W7i5AkOBrflmzSGdGKyopQHuVfw/s1600/darkopenweavechairJeC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170539099381602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSk_jx4hKhpzY4SPiqZ28kPWKm6ch7cZ-yfLENK9KHl3YNXG6lE0FAV_vysNXHU2JpB_IgEfkYB6JuVwB_Fia6cXaa97CO8q_R-qkW9T06exTwgLI1W7i5AkOBrflmzSGdGKyopQHuVfw/s400/darkopenweavechairJeC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 329px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Water would go right through<br />an open weave piece like this.</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9aL2_taKw6jTl1YiypYCh4wgMEGh0irMuk9qD-K9mcp1JObSJ_pLzkc7Y1WbFqrRcyIH3l7spiWOatk11vdDl-B_6vJ1PihPd3l4CjWIgSaUi9Rs6sprFlGR0PUQWLg34V2_LxReCQI/s1600/tablewithchairsJeC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170878089073138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9aL2_taKw6jTl1YiypYCh4wgMEGh0irMuk9qD-K9mcp1JObSJ_pLzkc7Y1WbFqrRcyIH3l7spiWOatk11vdDl-B_6vJ1PihPd3l4CjWIgSaUi9Rs6sprFlGR0PUQWLg34V2_LxReCQI/s400/tablewithchairsJeC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >A stylish place to eat, do paper work</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >(file insurance claims?) or play cards.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzORcoZOp_k56yrys7OvmwlVrXCJh0FL3jOK1VbcPc1jAkE6xZ5vNTNfxw9KpCklZT28azBZnSSN7d2rfrvtVSp3kpNFWKbwcyc4GZFVE4sTO8bKPqdOdbhigekijz7jghUVeyVnVz6A/s1600/sticks:benchJeC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170865877337138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzORcoZOp_k56yrys7OvmwlVrXCJh0FL3jOK1VbcPc1jAkE6xZ5vNTNfxw9KpCklZT28azBZnSSN7d2rfrvtVSp3kpNFWKbwcyc4GZFVE4sTO8bKPqdOdbhigekijz7jghUVeyVnVz6A/s400/sticks:benchJeC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >This bench seating was super comfortable and could<br />easily support a crowd of tv viewers or gamers.</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhheoPnB6wvRVZdhOgLixrO11j8mPKUM_tU0Pz0hxycofVcrzuP03doczdX7xgNzMOU-wHErmztgYWNO17yxTlVsNqsp0lvtHZNxThlRJwhMm3SdQgTrKcBKAnU_XAeP1f4xwZXHSA78/s1600/silverwbrownchairJeC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170863854060370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhheoPnB6wvRVZdhOgLixrO11j8mPKUM_tU0Pz0hxycofVcrzuP03doczdX7xgNzMOU-wHErmztgYWNO17yxTlVsNqsp0lvtHZNxThlRJwhMm3SdQgTrKcBKAnU_XAeP1f4xwZXHSA78/s400/silverwbrownchairJeC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Avoiding any type of porous wood is key.</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Cast aluminum frames like these are ideal.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSh5aGwV_LIplWMwo5c1r0_cFZSbz2RJQADthw1l_h08rPk0rDaP4L3EWmWj1zu3ZT93Zvo834O7io1eDvJxYUkHAdUwDH-F4l3tPmTDw-bedcOnWVDYfa4DvnmL1AgjqrlMviGQN7K-Y/s1600/whitechairsilverlegsJeC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170985715065874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSh5aGwV_LIplWMwo5c1r0_cFZSbz2RJQADthw1l_h08rPk0rDaP4L3EWmWj1zu3ZT93Zvo834O7io1eDvJxYUkHAdUwDH-F4l3tPmTDw-bedcOnWVDYfa4DvnmL1AgjqrlMviGQN7K-Y/s400/whitechairsilverlegsJeC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixU5vqzKdghCJO8WBgkhRRWxZhQ9H0yrRpSVYKRpBp4cvPpV1VnDq2WYEwwfFR0oucD7dUpht3JRI7WKWUNVgM69EEGyw3fMGKIqKu7_QeH7lBKw1U1H0P0GO7kIJNymkE7oZSkdIiXIY/s1600/roundarmcouchJeC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKmPMuY0JsXiQlz6HThgCXjvjJsF4IeICu-u014zuioTMQVQmV7n1swJJX3Hw84L74LR09Kps1vKK9190Jh0H5z9jCVjPg6R8rYXuJfJnB1zDTelM9R-u0l9DuWNqVmDbGSKYh-idWrU/s1600/openweavechairJeC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170853353220962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKmPMuY0JsXiQlz6HThgCXjvjJsF4IeICu-u014zuioTMQVQmV7n1swJJX3Hw84L74LR09Kps1vKK9190Jh0H5z9jCVjPg6R8rYXuJfJnB1zDTelM9R-u0l9DuWNqVmDbGSKYh-idWrU/s400/openweavechairJeC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Not afraid to get wet.</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Kz8L_tl49Lwy9EYfnYE8JfEzw6YWp4HWPRjnJFMQBTX6wk7Zl4mwv8bu8fiF2ObMnc6uBnmXmp0eBVE9ELOVmI35B15lkarGo7gOXZXSB63LeJq5x-E_9UmsGceGS3F-G_BqVNq9T7A/s1600/laqueredwhiteset2JeC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454178789923916882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Kz8L_tl49Lwy9EYfnYE8JfEzw6YWp4HWPRjnJFMQBTX6wk7Zl4mwv8bu8fiF2ObMnc6uBnmXmp0eBVE9ELOVmI35B15lkarGo7gOXZXSB63LeJq5x-E_9UmsGceGS3F-G_BqVNq9T7A/s400/laqueredwhiteset2JeC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >A wide variety of water-repelling </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.sunbrella.com/" style="font-style: italic;">Sunbrella</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br />fabrics</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > are available to create a custom look.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQc8E90Ch_3sHxB4wwhVQkZNUrjJaxUkzBuymRIV8JzOcUQP1newZw_YuE5wm0vZtuv2cJWCi7n33AtDEpp88x7KtKlNB3L7xxfinYx_3FXKJQdNMzL8GqBbutoOvJs1PLphuyCrjoXqk/s1600/barcartJeC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170532246256754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQc8E90Ch_3sHxB4wwhVQkZNUrjJaxUkzBuymRIV8JzOcUQP1newZw_YuE5wm0vZtuv2cJWCi7n33AtDEpp88x7KtKlNB3L7xxfinYx_3FXKJQdNMzL8GqBbutoOvJs1PLphuyCrjoXqk/s400/barcartJeC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Kick back and celebrate knowing that</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> your<br />investment is well protected (hello bar cart!)</span><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bostondesign.com/showrooms/janus-et-cie/overview/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454170543777417778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStG6yany-l7Ou6DYcvpntkIgv1FULhNevX4NPwJ7WAE84vQqDrlgS0AnLRc_OhajN-oKs5uW0UEv4hqXN-jx3ACq87R2EtGmkoN36l_x0XzWqISikF_W2MgS1qpWYMhc1AexvyKMMAmk/s400/goldtreeJeC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a href="http://www.bostondesign.com/showrooms/janus-et-cie/overview/">Janus et Cie</a><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0QwywN269afH1R0ChGGJyQjXhLtczJ2jH9L29ZjkDme0yZN8wtawacobNZTNK3V4juwTuwRpj4mcG_P4OYfVTAj3j75ai_FEd53e2kFhbuqvxZgahcEEvlQUlR0Z3_YxEeon2JBpK-A/s1600/SupinoInsurance.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.bostondesign.com/about-us/">Boston Design Center</a></span><br /></div><br /><br /><a href="http://supinoinsurance.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454179492556551170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41aZOJ1Po1KLpwFq52zN3m0k_F_B-NMwo_B7QuZoJPsGx0CaNH34XVB-xtRw2ZOVV3hEocZsBnFMJrhGQd-Zn5XZQC-ueZFs1Yzs0C6XorXWbZMyXsL89IghiB6dgqtTalAc_v6LI4wA/s400/SupinoInsurance.jpg" style="display: block; 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