Ready, Set, Sell Your Home

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The Elements That Make Up a Good Ceiling Fan

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8 Home Decor Tricks to Brighten a Dark Room

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Rehab Addict’s Nicole Curtis and Hackers Agree : Open Hardware Rules

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Ready, Set, Sell Your Home

By Barbara J. Harris 4 days ago

The Elements That Make Up a Good Ceiling Fan

By Barbara J. Harris 2 months ago

8 Home Decor Tricks to Brighten a Dark Room

By Barbara J. Harris 2 months ago

Rehab Addict’s Nicole Curtis and Hackers Agree : Open Hardware Rules

By Barbara J. Harris 2 months ago

Ready, Set, Sell Your Home

By Barbara J. Harris 4 days ago

The idea of selling your home in today’s market is more than a little bit daunting. Every day it seems there is new information on the horizon telling you that you shouldn’t sell.

But don’t be discouraged! If you follow some basic strategies and steps and take some time to plan before you place your home on the market. You may find yourself pleasantly surprised and find you can maximize your home’s value to get top dollar on your investment.

Presentation And Staging

One of the most critical aspects of your sell my house fast jacksonville plan is presentation and staging. Think of the model homes you have visited. You want your home to be inviting, welcoming, and want the buyers to be able to see themselves living there. If your house is painted in bold colors, consider enlisting the services of a painter. Neutralizing the tones of your home … Read More

The Elements That Make Up a Good Ceiling Fan

By Barbara J. Harris 2 months ago

Living in an older home comes with its share of joys and grievances. The creaking fourth step soothes you as you head up the stairs for bed. You can catch the wave in the original glass paneling if you tilt your head just right. But be it the summer or winter, the temperature in the house is never right. It’ll cost thousands of dollars for rewiring and new installation. You don’t want to tear apart your Craftsman home, but you also don’t want to endure another hot summer and freezing winter. Is there any relief from this torture?! There is. All your troubles can be solved with Sell my house fast Jacksonville a well-placed ceiling fan.

A Good Ceiling Fan is Hard to Find, or is it?

Interior design magazines and how-to blogs have been telling us for years that ceiling fans are eyesores. They’re wonky, loud and take up

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8 Home Decor Tricks to Brighten a Dark Room

By Barbara J. Harris 2 months ago

If you’re looking to brighten up a room that feels more like a cave (or even just a little on the dim side), try this mix of beginner tips and advanced ideas for bringing in more light and maximizing what you already have.

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1. Start with white. When trying to brighten a dark space, many people look to mirrors to reflect light around a room. But that’s actually a bit of a design myth. The best way to scatter light is by using lots of white, because the non-hue doesn’t absorb any color. Instead, white sends as much light as possible bouncing indirectly back to other surfaces. So if it’s brightness you seek, the first thing you should do is paint your walls and ceiling white.

And if you really want to be aggressive, don’t stop with just the walls. Consider bringing in other

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Rehab Addict’s Nicole Curtis and Hackers Agree : Open Hardware Rules

By Barbara J. Harris 2 months ago

They say necessity is the mother of invention and it also happens to be responsible for transforming Nicole Curtis from a waitress/real estate agent into the TV star of Rehab Addict. Much like the dozens of high-tech makers highlighted in Thomas’s book Making Makers, Nicole’s early challenge of “I had no money” galvanized her to find ways to turn beat up old houses and trash into high-value treasures.

Her approach has been enormously successful. Nicole routinely shows her Rehab Addict fans how to remodel their homes and save a fortune. For example, she redid a bathroom by upcycling what others discarded for a tenth of the cost of putting in a new bathroom. Her videos provide the how tos for anyone with similar problems -they represent the “source code” to rehab a house.


Nicole using a torch to patina a wood makerspace sign. Photo credit: Bernzomatic

Interestingly, this factor

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