by becky | Mar 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
When your home value goes through the roof, you may end up with capital gains when you sell. Here are tips to limit tax liability. Most homeowners aim for a substantial increase in home value – and many are achieving it when they sell their primary home. But that...
by becky | Feb 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Messy junk drawers. Unorganized spices. Your overflowing dresser. Drawers and cabinets are supposed to keep you organized, not hide what you need. Don’t despair. Whether you choose a DIY solution, an inexpensive store-bought fix, or even a custom-made...
by becky | Feb 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
A mud-remediation plan. That’s No. 1 on this short list. That dark time when winter just won’t go is like that friend who can’t take a hint to leave. Give a push with these four easy tasks that’ll help usher in spring. #1 Deep-Clean Your Entryway...
by becky | Feb 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Building a new home can be stressful. But my three-peat experience taught me some new-construction tips to ease my way to the finish line. Over 15 years, I’ve experienced the new-home process three times in three states — and I’d be tempted to do it again when I move...
by becky | Feb 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Out: Ordinary. In: Extraordinary. That’s how Krisztina Bell, a designer and home stager with No Vacancy Home Staging in Atlanta, sums up new home décor trends. Homes are morphing beyond all-white or gray interiors to highly personalized, colorful, and memorable...
by becky | Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Besides your blankie, you’ll need emergency food and water. And a shovel. When freezing temps seem to seep into the marrow of your bones, know that the same thing is happening to your home. And like you, it needs protection from the elements or the results will be,...
by becky | Jan 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Guilty of buying cheap stuff? Pack-ratting? Here’s how to change your ways Bad habits are so easy to fall into. But in the end, we know they only make us miserable. They’re “the opposite of what makes you happy. They’re what make you...
by becky | Jan 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Homes don’t clean themselves. But these easy-peasy rules (wake and make!) will make you feel like they do Here’s a thing you may have noticed about houses: They don’t clean themselves. Which is unfortunate, because if houses cleaned themselves, you could...
by becky | Dec 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
When you’re cleaning for the holidays, you want to make every minute count. Home cleaning professionals see firsthand where mistakes are costing us nonpros. Debbie Sardone, owner of SpeedCleaning.com, shares hosting tips that will dodge some holiday prep missteps. 5...
by becky | Dec 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
A couple of these DIY-able projects even add precious storage There’s a reason one-way conversations are called “talking to a wall.” Walls rarely have anything interesting to say — even with a coat of paint on them. But your walls don’t have to...
