Houses take a lot of furniture, paint, and planning to furnish. It can be overwhelming taking on the task of decorating an entire house. This is why many people consider using the services of an interior decorating professional. Interior decorators can decorate entire homes, all while following the preferences and interests of the owner. Interior decorating professionals also provide many additional benefits to the home decorating process. Full of unique ideas You may find that after decorating a couple of bedrooms, they all begin to look the same. It can be difficult to come up with multiple unique ideas for…
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Do you love to shop for special pieces of furniture? Were you aware that after purchasing a car and a house, furniture is often the third most expensive item Americans will choose to buy? Since 1992, furniture and home furnishings stores have experienced a consistent growth in sales. In 1992, for example, sales were approximately $52.34 billion. By 2013, however, sales of furniture and other items for the home amounted to approximately $101.41 billion. Some home furnishing stores experienced $44.36 billion in sales. In 2012, Baby Boomer households purchased 42% of furniture and bedding. During the same year, Millennials, only…
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When your home is ravaged by a flood, it’s important to take the right measures to restore it. These measures will largely be dictated by the extent of the damage that your home has suffered. That said, some measures are crucial regardless of the extent of damage including getting a mold inspection done. Flood-damaged houses will typically call for extensive measures to make sure that they stay in the best shape after the event. Generally, it’s best to hire a professional to help you restore your house. That’s because they’re aware of details such as the best way to go…
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When people are coming over to your house it’s pretty normal to want to make sure that everything is just so for them. They say you never clean more than the ten minutes before someone is coming over. If you have kids, you especially know how true this is. As the host, you usually want to make sure that people have enough food, drinks, are comfortable and generally having a good time. Here are a few other things you can do in order to make sure that guests have a pleasant visit whenever they come to see you. Let’s start…
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When you are looking to do something new to your house, anything from fixing a heating boiler to remodeling an entire room, you need to make sure that you have a trustworthy and experienced general contractor that will do a good job. Several years back we had a job done where the general contractor residential experience must have been extremely low. There had been a flood and they had to tear out the floors and two feet up into the drywall. When we moved back in after they were done, the job was so shoddy, we had to call another…
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Everyone knows that heating and cooling your home costs money, but did you know that these bills are the largest energy cost of your home, totaling 48% of your monthly bill? It’s for these reasons and many more that proper maintenance and use of your home appliances and infrastructure can save you a great deal of money. For example: Electrical wiring is an important part of your house that you may not think about, especially if your house is relatively new. But an inspection of your house’s wiring can save costs in the long run. The statistics surrounding poorly wired…
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Have you recently been thinking about selling your home? Well, you came to the right place. Home selling can be a tricky thing. You should usually use a local realtor to help you get the most when you sell your home. You might think that using a realtor to sell your home is outdated and old fashioned but it’s not. Realtors have a lot more access to things that you would have no idea about if it dropped in your lap. You can even get more for your house because of the things that realtor would know to look for…
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You’ve probably seen the signs and websites saying “we buy houses” and “sell your house in 7 days” and wondered if those were legit. Who buys houses for cash? How does it work? Is there a catch? The answer is that these are legitimate opportunities for someone looking to sell their house in a hurry. The buyers are professional real estate investors, who will either flip the house or use it as a rental property. And there are no catches but there are certain differences from the process when you use a realtor to sell your house. Who are the…
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Do you have all the tools and equipment you need for an upcoming or ongoing project? If not, have you considered renting, rather than purchasing, these tools? One of the well-known rules of thumb in the construction industry is that you should consider renting equipment when you only need it 60%-to-70% of the time. This can cut down on your overhead as well as give you peace-of-mind because you know it will be in good working order. Over recent years, approximately 51% of new construction equipment can be found at rental companies. In general, this is because the original purchaser…
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There are certain things about owning a home which sets the experience apart as special. Not only do you have a place that you can call absolutely your own, you can also exercise total control over how you want to design and modify the space available to you in any manner you please. This kind of control does not come into the picture in many other situations, and as a homeowner, there are a lot of things you can do to ensure that your space remains yours in a way that you want both functionally and aesthetically. One of the…