More undecorating is also under way on the first floor, which is usually a carefully cluttered showroom filled with the kind of decorative accessories (peace buttons, Tibetan arts and crafts) unlikely to be seen in Mitt Romney's foyer.
They will keep the mirrored master bath, as well as the mirrored powder room that's tucked under the stairs on the first floor.
Under the new plans, the first floor will also be opened up.
The school was submerged and the first floor under threat.
When Ms. Alves-Keppel finally moved in with her toddler, she found the shag carpeting on the first floor under water.
One listing not yet under contract took on water throughout the first floor and "needs all new Sheetrock, doors and flooring," she said.
Rescuers found the victims, Tyanthony Duckette, 8, and Daniel Wilson, 17 months, unconscious and nestled under blankets in a bedroom on the first floor.
Orphans of the storm At an orphanage in Gonaïves, Ms. Farrow and Mr. Fisher visited 25 children who were safe and clean after the storm, but were cramped into the second story of their school while the first floor remained under several inches of water.
One survivor was pulled out at four o'clock this morning -- after a strong aftershock had suspended operations for several hours -- while rescuers were still trying to pluck out a man who was pinned under the second floor of his house.
Artillery shells had struck the hospital's upper floors, and patients had been moved to a hallway on the first floor, where they languished under dirty blankets.
