Summer Outdoor Decor Ideas

Sunny days, warmer temperature and longer daylight are luring you outside. Rethink your backyard, front porch, back patio and get inspired by the bright colors of summer.  No matter how large your space is or how much money you can spend on this. Work just with what you already have, redecorate, repaint and replace. Even …

Home Staging Tips: Techniques That Really Work

Home staging is all about methods of decorating your home to highlight its strengths and downplay its weaknesses. A survey found that the average time a staged home spends on the market is 4 months. Still, an unstaged home will have SOLD sign in the front yard only after 6 months. Many sellers do not …

Luxury Home Staging Tips

Selling a luxury home involves more than just slapping a sale sign on or posting to an Internet real estate portal.  Whether you plan on selling your luxury home yourself or using an expert realtor, there is a right way to go about getting your luxury home sold. Staging is not decorating. In fact, it …

Energy-efficient Home Design Ideas

The U.S. Department of Energy has developed a national rating system for the Home Energy Score. It shows how energy-efficient the home’s structure is and whether it is heating, cooling, and hot water systems are considered to be energy saving. This day and age you should definitely consider investing in energy efficiency when building or …