Are your light switches & wall plates up to date? Updated: August 3, 2020 Small details like light switches can make a big difference to the value of your home. When a potential buyer walks into a home, the light switches are very visible. They are one item that can set the “tone” for the…
Your trim can make or break the overall appearance of your house. If your trim is too skinny, your house may just feel off and you’re not sure why. If you have cream or earthtones on your exterior, and your trim blends in too much into the same color as the brick, siding or stone,…
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…
Whether you’re decorating to stay or staging to sell, your front curb appeal says alot about your house. Your curb appeal can make a positive or negative statement. Landscaping can have a HUGE impact on what your house looks like. Overgrown shrubs or trees and unkempt gardens gives the impression that the inside of the…
A few years ago, I staged a house for a single mom that had a gorgeous en-suite bathroom in the master bedroom. Beautiful tiles, nice new vanity, great shower including a trendy rain shower head. The en-suite was stunning. Who wouldn’t like that right? The cost of the reno, unfortunately, was equally as stunning. She…
Top 5 Inexpensive Renovations To Sell Your Home Updated March 23, 2020 When you’ve made that decision to sell your house, your house no longer becomes the home where you’ve raised your kids, or started out as a new young couple or was that first home which you were so proud of being able to…
Updated March 1, 2020 The garage door should complement your front door but not compete for attention. Your garage door CAN make a statement but it needs to be a subtle one. Your front door and entrance is the focal point of your home. NOT your garage door! Your garage door can make a statement…
Aging In Your Home Safely & Gracefully 5 Things to Consider With seniors being more active and healthier than the previous generation, they want to age in their own home safely & gracefully and delay moving into a retirement home as much as possible or avoid it altogether. This is called “Aging-In-Place”. Your Home …
NO More Popcorn Ceiling! In the fall of 2015, I joined almost 200 Designers/Bloggers in the One Room Challenge hosted by Linda of Calling It Home where we have 6 weeks to transform a room of our choice from boring to stunning! I picked our Master Bedroom & En-suite because it was, quite frankly, dated,boring…
Add $20K+ to the Value Of Your Home by Converting a Closet in a Shower! If you’ve ever watched Love It or List It on HGTV, when they’re looking in the master bedroom, there are two things that will either make them interested in the house or want to see more houses. Can you guess…
10 Hallway Lights under $100 Most people do some upgrades or small renovations to get their house ready to sell. Some homeowners do amazing renovations to their house in order to get top dollar for their home. Homeowners do extensive basement renovations, bathroom transformation, complete kitchen renovations and most home owners nowadays totally renew…
Everyone knows that if you put an extension on your house, you will require a building permit. But what about for the smaller renos like a new kitchen, a new bathroom, installing larger windows or a new basement? Do you need a building permit for that ? Do I Really Need a Building Permit for Renovations? When…