Home Buying Tips For First Time Buyers Purchasing a home is one of the most stressful and exciting things you'll ever do. I've been blessed with three homes. Two of them were built from the ground up and one was a pre-built home. With each home we've learned what works for us and things we'd do differently. Today I'm going to share home buying tips whether you've already owned a home or your a first time buyer. I'm not going to get into the finances just the details on what you should be thinking about when you're looking purchase a home. Be Realistic My biggest home buying tips include being realistic on what you can afford. Don't watch house hunters and think that in buying a home you're going to get lots of upgrades. Or that you're going to find the perfect home, you won't. You ... View Post
Save Money With This Painting Sponge
Save Money With This Painting Sponge I don't know about you but I really hate painting chairs. Especially chairs with spindles. It is a task that takes me longer than I want it to. I hate getting brush strokes and it's also difficult to use a brush around the spindles. Seriously if you've painted chairs or rails you know what I'm talking about right? I would rather shovel a driveway than paint a chair. If you know me then you know I hate the snow so shoveling would not be fun! That's how much I hate painting chairs! So if you're like me you like to save money you're going to love this $4.00 tool. It will not only help you save money but it will make your painting project much faster. I recently used this True Applicator sponge on a few projects. One was my dining room table set. It ... View Post
5 Of The Best Ways To Freshen Up A Home
5 Of The Best Ways To Freshen Up A Home Usually this time of the year we've all been stuck inside. If you're like me you start thinking about making changes in your home. I get so board with my home this time of the year. After the holidays after all the decorations are put away I starting thinking and dreaming of ways to make changes in my home. Are you with me on this? If you are keep reading because I'm going to share some tips on how to freshen up a home. This can be done with or without a budget. I'll share options for you so you can choose what you would like to do. 5 Ways To Freshen Up A Home Paint It! 1 Use paint to freshen up a room or a piece of furniture. This is one the easiest ways to update a room and give it a fresh look. Paint is inexpensive whether you're ... View Post
The Porch What We Learned From Building Our Dream
The Porch What We Learned From Building Our Dream The porch was a dream of ours for many years. When I was a little girl I had dreams of owning a home with a white picket fence, and a porch. I had dreams of sitting on my the porch, with a swing of course, drinking lemonade and admiring my beautiful well manicured front lawn and gardens. I would sit, swing and dream away, doesn't that sound wonderful! Well, nine years ago we bought our current home and my dream came true, I finally got my porch. It was a tad smaller than the one I dreamed about, so that swing didn't fit into the plans. Still, it was a porch that I could sit outdoors, and enjoy the fresh air, sunshine and my beautiful front yard, but that lasted a very short time. I'm not sure if you know this about me or not, but I ... View Post
Relocating To Another State What You Need To Know
Relocating To Another State What You Need To Know Before we get into relocating out of state and what you need to know. Let me share why we decided to leave our state and relocate. For those of you who know me you may be thinking it's the weather where we currently live. Although weather is high on the list of why we want to relocate it's not the only reason. The state we live in currently... Illinois is taxing us to death. The property tax alone is outrageous. Even if we wanted to stay here and downsize to a smaller home we'd still be paying the same amount of money for property taxes. What State To Choose For us the decision for relocating was easy . We have family that live in Florida the state we want to relocate too. Although we will be several hours away from them we will ... View Post
Selling A House How To Prepare Your Home
Selling A House How To Prepare Your Home I've moved several times in the years that we've been married as home owners. We've learned a lot about selling a house with each move. It's gotten much easier each time because we've learned from our mistakes. You have to remember that when you're selling your home it's no longer your home. It's time to clean it up and stage it to sell. If you're serious and want to get the most money for your home follow these tips on the checklist below. Get Ready To Purge When you're ready to get your home on the market it's time to declutter. Go through your closets, your kitchen pantry, cabinets, garage, basement and basically your entire home. People will be looking in your closets, and in your cabinets so things need to be tidy. If you have things you are ... View Post
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