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Home Staging Tips: Spruce Up The Entryway

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

When staging your home to sell, focus on getting your door in tiptop shape. This is the first door that buyers will walk through when viewing your home. Studies have shown that the one place buyers stand the longest is at the front entrance, waiting for their agent to open the door. Potential buyers have [...]

Home Staging Ideas: Staging A Child’s Room

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Everyone on a budget today knows how hard it is to decorate a home, or even just a single room. A child’s room can be one of the most challenging rooms in the house to stage. With a few easy home staging ideas and some creativity, anyone can stage their kid’s room to present well [...]

10 Green Updates That Buyers Want

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

1. Compact Fluorescent (CF) Lights
One and only inexpensive and easy-to-implement idea is to consider converting the light bulbs the home from incandescent to compact fluorescent (CF). CF lights will save the homeowner $30 in energy costs over the lifetime of a single bulb. CF bulbs use 75% less energy to produce the same amount [...]

Real Estate Agents By the use of Window Boxes as Secret Weapon

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Real estate is big problem and it’s a business where curb appeal is usually the main attraction. The most important allowance of a home can often be the exterior where originally impressions can set the entire mood for the rest of the home. Let’s just face it, no lone wants to buy an [...]

3 Easy Ways to Dress Up Your Window Treatments That Won’t Seize a Lot of Time or Break the Bank

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Whether you have custom or store-bought window treatments, you can do something today to dress them up, make them look different, and enhance the whole look in the process.
Here are 3 quick and easy tips.
#1. Add Beads. Beaded trims are available in 100’s of choices at many local stores: from mass market [...]