Managing Homes with Confidence!
When we bought a new house, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to use chalkboard paints. Wrong! This is the first house (15 houses and counting) I've owned with bumpy, technically knockdown textured walls. Several people have since suggested I flatten the wall. But after running a handyman …
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Newburyport, Massachusetts is an old town so there are hundreds of really old houses. Homeowners love their homes and accept the challenges that come with maintaining them. Many of the walls are original horse hair plaster, and they're difficult to finish during the prep phase of any painting …
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A few years ago I had trouble finding photos of kitchens with bright, bold colors. That's no longer true as you'll see from the amazing photos captured at the 2017 Kitchen & Bath Show, currently underway in Orlando, Florida. These home color trends are exciting for someone like me loves (really …
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Painting is the most popular and practical home improvement project for most homeowners. It's not without its challenges though, like picking the right paint color, investing in good house painting tools or working on a ladder. But the sense of accomplishment once you've painted a room or maybe your …
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We're all too busy today, juggling more activities than we can fit into our schedule. As women, we also tend to put the needs of others ahead of our own, and live with that nagging list of things we need to do ... tomorrow. The problem is that tomorrow never comes, until we find ourselves in crisis …
If you were walking along the street and saw people in white suits, what would you think? We generally associate white coats with doctors, but they're not the only ones in white. Interesting that these painters are wearing protective white body suits (available from Amazon for under …
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