Bringing the Outside In...
No drapes. No blinds. No shades. Look closely at this home and you will soon see that there are no visual barriers between what’s indoors and the great outdoors. A summer home is meant to be enjoyed inside and out. It’s a place for relaxation, where one can escape the everyday routine. This bright and airy waterfront home provides a refuge for the couple who lives there, as well as their extended family. Designers...Realizing the Essence of Place...
Forty years ago, when Geoffrey Cridland and his wife, Val, first rented one of a pair of run-down nineteenth-century workers’ cottages located in an English village near Petworth in West Sussex, he didn’t dream that the garden he would make there would change the direction of his life. As far as they both were concerned, this rural setting was no more than their weekend escape from the madding crowds of London, where they...Reduce Clutter & Restore Order in Your Closet...
Even when the rooms in our homes appear tidy, many of us let disorder run rampant in our closets. After all, closeted messes are tucked away behind closed doors, and what’s out of sight is often out of mind—at least until that ill-organized closet starts affecting your daily life. A disorganized closet can leave you feeling strapped for storage and breed stress in your home. “The storage in our house plays a vital role...Landscaping to Add Curb Appeal...
A well-landscaped yard creates curb appeal and helps your property retain maximum value. Here are a few tips and tricks for sprucing up your outdoor spaces yourself. A beautiful yard is a head-turner, no doubt about it. The good news is that even if you can’t tell a tulip from a turnip at the garden center, you can still create eye-catching curb appeal by paying attention to the basics of good landscaping. Ignoring your...Open House! Saturday, April 16 from 2-4 PM!...
Open House This Saturday! 2-4 PM! 3300 Springwell Drive Mesquite, TX 75181 Offered at $174,900 One owner, extremely well kept Highland Home. 4 Bedroom/3.5 Baths/Study/Gameroom & large yard in one package! Kitchen is open to Family Room and has lots of light streaming in from the Backyard. Wood flooring in Entry & Family Room. Tile added in Kitchen and all Baths. Master has two closets and is separated from...Turning an Outdated Home to an English Tudor Maste...
ANGELA AND TODD NEWNAM BECAME ENGAGED, they had been living in separate condos in South End, formerly an old textile mill area and then an up-and-coming neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. With a wedding just around the corner, the couple began looking at homes in Myers Park and Dilworth, two of the city’s most popular and well-known neighborhoods. But something was missing. While the homes they viewed were...Home Improvements for $1,000 or Less...
Make Over Cabinets, $1,000 Give your dowdy kitchen cabinetry a lift with paint and new hardware. Proper preparation — cleaning, sanding, priming and painting with an oil-based or 100% acrylic paint — is key to a good-looking, long-lasting result. Using a paint sprayer helps, too (rent one from a paint or home-improvement store). Pros charge an average of $547 to do the job with one coat of paint on 150 square feet...3 Fresh Ideas for Your Bed...
In this New York City apartment, designers Alan Tanksley and Adrian Gilbey of Alan Tanskley Inc. placed a favorite painting at the head of the bed, above a headboard that was selected to blend into the wall’s paint color. “This was the perfect spot for the painting,” Alan says, “because the scale was perfect, the color against the wall was very dramatic and the placement at the far end of the room...Popular Architectural Styles...
When beginning your home search, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the onslaught of both real estate terminology and architectural descriptions. For the uninitiated, phrases like “French Colonial” or “post-war bungalow” seem like another layer of jargon designed to confuse the average buyer. The overview below will help you familiarize yourself with the basic characteristics of some of the most...Connect with Brenda Mancil
