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Color Me Happy!

Colors have the power to change your mood and your outlook on life! Keep reading to find out how to color your home happy. Over the years researches have attempted to understand and harness the true power of color in the home

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Painting Surfaces That Don't Need Painting

This just in from the Paint Quality Institute: you can paint “maintenance-free” building materials. The same people who gave us a paint primer on using colors to manipulate moods and insight on slathering on acrylics to add action to seasonal decor also

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Natural Flooring Choices

Today’s market offers a welcome and growing range of green products. Many homeowners are on the search for non-toxic flooring choices, abandoning the formaldehyde drenched fibers of days past. Where does one begin on the search for new, green flooring? First, decide

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Incentives for Going Green

Are you thinking green this Spring? Not only can energy efficient windows, doors and skylights reduce energy bills they can also reduce your federal tax load!   Visit Energystar.gov to see how you can save! These incentives are rewards for making your home

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Top 10 Flowers for Curb Appeal

Are you fighting a bad case of cabin fever this Winter? If so you’re not alone! Dormant flower beds all across the nation are begging for some splashes of color. Here’s a list of the top 10 inexpensive, easy-to-maintain flowers that will

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Statistics Prove – Home Staging Works

Many  years ago, Barb Schwarz coined the saying “The investment IN staging your home will always be less than a price reduction ON your home!” And that statement is as true today as it was all the way back in 1973, when 

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Kitchens Sell Homes

It’s a tool used by house flippers all across the nation.  Stagers know its power. Real estate agents push its importance. What is this not-so-well-kept secret of real estate? A kitchen can sell a house.   A kitchen is the heart of a home.

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Winter Home Maintenance

It may be cold outside, but it’s no time hibernate when it comes to home maintenance. Have you ever wondered how some friends or neighbors live in older homes that are still in good working order? This isn’t just a lucky coincidence.