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Home Staging: Closet Edition

Welcome to our closet edition of home staging!

While potential home-buyers will hopefully not be snooping through every closet in your home, some of the major closets your home features will be looked into. People want to see what kind of space they would be working with. That being said, do not think that when your home is being shown you can stuff all your miscellaneous belongings into the closet and never look inside it again.

The great thing about staging your closet is that not only will it be beneficial when it comes time for you to show off your beautiful property, but it makes keeping your things organized so much easier. Give yourself and your home a helping hand and stage your closet. Here are our top 3 tips:

1). De-cluttering. This…

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DIY Indoor Herb Garden

What is the hottest trend for this spring and summer? Do-it-yourself indoor herb gardens. One need not look far on Pinterest or in home decorating magazines to see that the herb garden craze is blowing up this season. Why? Because herb gardens are useful in every single way imaginable.

First off, herb gardens are extremely cheap to make. Later on in this article we will walk you through how to make your own. Herb gardens are extra cost effective because it will prevent you from ever having to purchase herbs from the store. Furthermore, indoor herb gardens make homes look fresh, the liven up bland living spaces and they make the room they are in smell amazing.

There are so many benefits to making your own indoor herb garden! So, here is how you can…

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Your Painting Project

Sooner or later, whether it is today or thirty years from now, your home will require a fresh coat of paint. Multiple factors contribute to this need for a facelift: dents, sunspots, your toddlers latest permanent marker creation, etc. The list is extensive and inevitably unavoidable.

Do not fret—painting can be quite enjoyable if you know what your doing! Not only will it give aesthetic value to your property, but it will give you pride in your home and will be a great fresh start! You have worked hard to be able to own your own home, and now you get to do whatever you want with it! Remember when you were a child and you wanted to paint your walls an outrageous color that your mother would never allow? Now you can!

Ready to get painting? We have a…

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Condo Gardening

Even if you live in a condo doesn’t mean you have to give up gardening. But it does mean you have some unique considerations when it comes to exercising your green thumb.

For starters, be sure to read the governing documents to see what restrictions you might face: there may be limits as to how much weight you can have on your balcony, certain kinds of plantings that may be prohibited (due to their attractiveness to pests), and/or you might not be allowed to affix anything to your balcony, such as hanging baskets and planter boxes.

You’ll have to carefully consider your choice of plants given your unit’s location. If you have a north-facing balcony, or one that’s simply steeped in shade due to a large overhang, you aren’t likely to have much success…

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DIY: Stainless Steel Cleaner

Do you have a stain in your stainless steel kitchen sink that won’t come off no matter how diligently you wash and rinse? Try this remedy for getting the sparkle back. Shake some ordinary baking soda onto the stain; let it sit for two minutes, then wipe with a soaking wet, non-abrasive cloth. Ta-da! 

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