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Significantly improving the appearance of the interiors, Villarreal installed wireless LED spotlights on her artwork and rechargeable battery-operated motion-sensor lights under the kitchen cabinets that turn on when she walks inside.

On a kitchen cabinet door, Merritt pinned a multicolored turkey her 3-year-old grandson crafted out of a brown paper bag at Thanksgiving.

Rosseter, 68, thought his home was worth saving — even if all the doors, drywall and lower kitchen cabinets needed to be replaced.

Everything that was in the kitchen cabinets — dishes, glasses, pots and pans — fell out and became a two-foot high pile of debris.

He said the kitchen cabinets were filled with plates, pots and cooking utensils.