Transplanting a family of eight from a Woodlawn tenement to a Darlington bungalow would seem like going from Earth to Mars but that's what happened in the summer of 1968 with the Masse family. My dad bumped out a wall to maximize a bedroom and removed a door to a stairway as well as other major improvements before we all settled in. This small house served as hard-working living quarters for our rather large family for many years. Join me as I take you on a journey to home improvement and the start of a new life in the suburbs of Pawtucket.