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5 Things That Will Totally Ruin Your Bathroom Remodel
There is one paint color you must avoid at all costs (see #5) A clean, well-planned, and stunning bathroom is every homeowner’s goal. But creating it can be a bit of a sticky wicket. All that water, humidity, and artificial … Continue reading
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Tagged air, bath, bathroom remodel, bathrooms, clean, color, cord, data, design, event, floor, flooring, floors, gray, green, home, house, houselogic, light, lighting, look, moisture, mold, money, moving, national association of realtors, new, open, paint, polish, realtor, room, spa, tile, water, work
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10 Bathroom Materials That’ll Withstand Any Abuse
We don’t ask much from bathroom surfaces. Just that they be beautiful and withstand every cleaning chemical invented, steamy showers, piles of damp towels, and, did we mention, tantrum-induced line-drives with bath toys? Oh, and they should be easy to clean. … Continue reading
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Tagged air, bath, cabinetry, cabinets, chemical, clean, Cleaning, color, damage, days, design, DOE, dust, fancy, floor, furniture, hairspray, heat, home, house, houselogic, kids, kitchen, light, lighting, look, luxury, maintain, moisture, mold, money, national association of realtors, neighborhood, offer, paint, quality, realtor, remodel, room, sealed, spa, spring, stainless, tile, time, water
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9 Things Real Estate Agents Wish You Knew About Selling Your Home
By Julie Ryan Evans | When it comes time to sell your house, having a great listing agent is one of the keys to making it happen. And yet, the agent can’t do it all—your help is needed. Help your agent help you! Ideally, you will have … Continue reading
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Tagged air, appraisal, bath, buyers, clean, color, data, days, dust, emotional, family, fixtures, floor, floors, furniture, home, home inspection, home sale, homes, house, increase, increase value, kitchen, leaky faucets, look, market, money, moving, national association of realtors, offer, potential, potential buyers, price, properties, property, real estate, real estate agent, real estate agents, realtor, remodel, remodeling, remodeling project, remodeling projects, renovation, repair, repairs, room, Sale, Sales, seller, sellers, selling, selling a home, selling your home, time, toilets, trends, upgrades, WA, work
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12 Simple Home Repair Jobs to Lift You Out of Winter’s Funk
Accomplishments — even little ones — go a long way toward a sunny outlook. Fortunately, there are plenty of easy, quick home repair chores you can do when you’re mired in the thick of winter. For max efficiency, make a to-do list … Continue reading
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Tagged air, bath, bathrooms, building, clean, damage, days, design, drywall, dust, fast, floor, heat, home, house, houselogic, increase, jobs, kitchen, look, maintain, moisture, open, outside, paint, potential, quality, quiet, repair, room, supplies, time, toilets, tools, water, winter, work
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16 Useful Rules Every Organized House Follows
Homes don’t clean themselves. But these rules (wake and make!) will make you feel like they do. Here’s the thing you may have noticed about houses: They don’t clean themselves. Which is unfortunate, because if houses cleaned themselves you could … Continue reading
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Tagged air, appliances, bath, bathrooms, clean, Cleaning, cord, countertops, days, decluttering, dishwasher, dust, family, fancy, food, free, fresh, hike, home, house, household, houselogic, Houses, insurance, IRA, kids, kitchen, mailbox, maintain, mom, national association of realtors, realtor, Recycling, restore, risk, room, spa, time, tools, work
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11 Easy-Up, Easy-Down Décor Hacks for Stress-Free Holidays
Give or take a Scrooge or two, everybody loves the holidays: Decorating the tree, hanging lights, hanging holly … all those things! But you know what nobody loves? Taking all those things down. Because, wow, what an unorganized mess. Before you go all … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, branches, bright, clean, Cleaning, color, days, decluttering, favor, front porch, garage, gray, green, holidays, home, house, houselogic, light, lighting, lights, look, maintain, national association of realtors, new, New year, open, paint, realtor, remodel, risk, room, Snow, supplies, time, winter, work
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6 Tasks That Every Smart Homeowner Does in October
The temps are starting to drop; the smell of wood smoke is in the air. Temps are more chilly than warm. That’s when veteran homeowners know it’s time to do these six things if they want to avoid grief or … Continue reading
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Tagged air, chimney, clean, Cleaning, contract, contractor, damage, days, dishwasher, dust, event, Fall, family, free, heat, holidays, home, homeowners, house, houselogic, maintain, national association of realtors, November, October, prevent, realtor, repair, risk, sunshine, time, WA, water, weather, windows, winter, work
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Flooded Homes Can Be Fixed But…
Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, August 30, 2017 As Hurricane Harvey moves off the coastline of Texas, it’s leaving massive flooding in its wake that has destroyed homes and businesses. Until the floodwaters recede, cleanup efforts are mostly on … Continue reading
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Tagged air, clean, cleanup, concrete, damage, data, event, family, flood insurance, flooding, floods, furniture, Harvey, home, homes, house, hurricane, infestation, insurance, moisture, mold, national association of realtors, News, open, prevent, real estate, repair, repairing, repairs, restoration, restore, sealed, sheetrock, size, Summer, Texas, tile, time, treated, water
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