2024 Wood Flooring Trends To Sell Your House
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2024 Wood Flooring Trends To Sell Your House

Whether you’re renovating your house to stay and enjoy, or are getting your house ready to sell within the next couple of years, installing new flooring in your home is a sizeable investment. You want to pick something that not only fits with your décor and family’s needs, but something that is going to be…

2024 Best Kitchen Cabinet Color Trends to Sell Your House
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2024 Best Kitchen Cabinet Color Trends to Sell Your House

The kitchen is the hub of the home.  It’s where the action is. We spend alot of time in our kitchen. We use the kitchen counter and dinner table for homework, to hang out and get caught up at the end of the day. We want our kitchens to be not only functional, but to…

Best Staging Paint Colors To Sell Your House
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Best Staging Paint Colors To Sell Your House

Without a doubt, the most popular question I get asked when conducting a staging consult is what color should I paint my walls?  And that’s a good question, because by far, hands down, painting your house before you sell, can be the BEST decision you make when you’re getting your house ready to sell. Its the…

How to Choose Exterior Trim Paint Color for your House
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How to Choose Exterior Trim Paint Color for your House

Choosing the correct exterior trim color for your house is important in how it will impact the overall look of your house. Likewise, choosing the right size of trim, can effect your home’s exterior and make it a show stopper or feel off if your trim is too skinny. There are currently two schools of…

How to Pick the Best Roof Color for Your House
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How to Pick the Best Roof Color for Your House

A reader asked me for help because she thought she ruined her house.  She had read one of my blog posts about curb appeal and asked me what she should do.  She has a house with light to mid-brown bricks and dark brown shutters & garage doors.  She had just installed a jet black roof…

7 Steps to Choose the right Exterior Paint Colors for Your House
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7 Steps to Choose the right Exterior Paint Colors for Your House

When you’re driving down a street and are looking at the front exterior of the house, you’ll notice that some house exteriors really stand out in a positive way. They’re absolutely stunning! They look like they belong on the cover of House & Home. Whereas others looks boring, they’re basically all one color, and some…

How I updated my powder room for under $1,000 in a weekend!
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How I updated my powder room for under $1,000 in a weekend!

In my most recent house flip, my powder room was not only ugly, lol, it was dated. It screamed make me over. I was on a time crunch and I didn’t want to spend too much money so I kept my budget to be under $1,000 and I made it! In my humble opinion, powder…

My Kitchen & Dining Room Makeover in my 9th House Flip
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My Kitchen & Dining Room Makeover in my 9th House Flip

Approximately 5 years ago, I bought a fixer upper. I needed to find somewhere quickly to live within a certain school district for my two teenagers and myself. I looked at renting and almost found something when my brother found two townhouses for sale in a complex across from one of the schools. I had…

How to Deal with your Neighbor’s Bad Curb Appeal

How to Deal with your Neighbor’s Bad Curb Appeal

A neighbour beside your house or even a couple of doors away, can have a positive or negative impact on the value of your home. If their house looks stunning, then their beautiful house will have a positive impact on your neighborhood and thus the value of your home. Likewise, if your neighbor’s house has…

Should I Renovate My House Before Selling? What’s my Profit Potential?

Should I Renovate My House Before Selling? What’s my Profit Potential?

Several years ago, I staged a stunning townhouse where the homeowner had spent a significant amount of money upgrading the kitchen before she moved in. Granite countertops, floor to ceiling cabinets, stainless steel appliances, and a chandelier in the adjacent dining room that was absolutely stunning. Around the same time I staged another home that had a gorgeous…