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Posted on 02/20/2022
Multiple Disclosures: When & Why to Use Them in Your Home Sale
When selling a home, it’s not uncommon to get offers from multiple buyers. This is especially true in a hot market with low inventory. If you’re dealing with multiple offers, the question can arise about disclosing those offers. If you’re unclear about how and why to factor this into your negotiations, here is some basic info to help....
Cons
Offer Disclosure
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Posted on 02/13/2022
3 Things to consider about your door and energy efficiency
When climate-controlled air escapes or gaps allow non-climate-controlled air inside, heating and cooling system are forced to work overtime. Although frugal people often calculate the cost benefits of replacement windows to reduce energy loss, entry and secondary doors also have a significant effect. A poorly insulated door with even small gaps around the casing can create ongoing drafts....
Building Materials
Door Materials
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Posted on 02/06/2022
Small Kitchen Design Hacks You Need to Try
If you’re looking for ways to make a small kitchen seem bigger, it’s as simple as making strategic decoration decisions. Knowing how best to use the space and avoid clutter in a small room of any kind is a challenge. For a kitchen it can be especially difficult because of high traffic, the number of appliances and more....
Interior Design
Interior Design
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Posted on 01/30/2022
A Basic Guide to Growing Polka Dot Plants
If you want a pet-safe houseplant to add color to your indoor space, consider the polka dot plant. As the name suggests, the polka dot plant has delicately speckled leaves in high-contrast combinations of colors. You can find them in pink, red and white, and their compact growth habit makes them easy to plant several colors together in...
Home Living
Home Living
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Posted on 01/23/2022
Key Variables Affecting the Value of Your Home
The difference between home price and home value causes confusion for many buyers and sellers. Both price and value are a combination of many variables that are constantly changing. Understanding what can affect home value will help you understand and navigate the market. Here are the key factors that go into determining a home’s value: Comps “Comp” is...
Home Value
Home Value
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Posted on 01/16/2022
Garden Balls & Gazing Spheres: How to Make Your Own
You can find colorful, shiny or subtly decorated orb sculptures in gardens everywhere. Sometimes called garden balls, gazing balls or spheres, these globes have been a popular outdoor decoration for decades. They come in myriad designs, styles and sizes and are very simple to make yourself. Here we’ll go over a few ways to decorate your own garden...
Diy
DIY
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Posted on 01/09/2022
Digital Assistants: What Are the Trends and How Should I Utilize Them?
Digital assistants have become very intuitive, so much that they’re being integrated into a variety of people’s daily lives. From directions in the car to timers in the kitchen to dictation in the living room, technology, such as voice assistants, has become more reliable by the day, which leads to interesting trends in home entertainment. Let’s look at...
Alexa
Bixby
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Posted on 01/02/2022
A Beginner's Guide to Virtual Reality Headsets
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Virtual reality headsets make it possible for everyday people to enjoy the wonders of VR technology in their own homes. With the rise in popularity and availability, new options emerge in the market all the time. If you’re interested in trying out VR yourself, it’s difficult to know where to start. Luckily,...
Gaming
Home Living
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Posted on 12/26/2021
Ideas for Dividing Up an Open Floor Plan Layout
The secret to decorating an open floor plan is to create smaller spaces within a large space. While this sounds like something only a contractor could help you with, there are plenty of construction-free ways you can define areas of an open layout. Here are some ideas for breaking up a large open floor plan space into more...
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Curtains
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Posted on 12/19/2021
Simple Tips for Better Basement Storage
A basement can provide hundreds of square feet of storage for your home. However, there are important things to consider when using a basement for storage to ensure your belongings remain in the best possible condition. Here are some ideas and tips for basement storage. Use Vertical Space No matter the size of your basement, you can take...
Basement
Shelves
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Posted on 12/12/2021
How to Use Eclectic Design Style in Your Bedroom
Eclectic design is all about creativity and combining elements of other styles. This is one reason why it’s an easy design to implement in your own home provided that you follow some basic guidelines. No matter your interpretation of the eclectic style, whatever you come up with will be completely unique to you. This makes it an excellent...
Bedroom
Bedroom
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Posted on 12/05/2021
3 Ways Home Ownership Can Benefit You
If you’re trying to determine whether it’s better to own or rent a home, there are many factors to consider. Both options have their merits and downsides. Owning a home might seem like the more overwhelming choice of the two, yet there are lots of reasons to consider it. Here are some of the major benefits to home...
Buying
Buying
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