Making your Calendar Work for You

Calendar

Guest Blogger:  Amy Tokos

The key is not to prioritize your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. ~Stephen Covey

Most everyone uses the planner or calendar to schedule appointments but there is so much more that it can do for you. How do you use your planner? Do you include details or just the time of appointments? With that, here are a few opportunities to have your planner help you be more organized. Read More


Home Remodel Tip: New Bedroom Floor

New Bedroom Floor

Replacing the flooring in a bedroom is a common project.  Many people put in new carpets but almost equally popular is putting hardwood floors in a bedroom. The choice of carpet or hardwood floors is a matter of personal preference. Carpets are soft and warm and can complement almost any design theme. Wood floors can become the design highlight of a room because of how dramatic they can look especially combined with wood furniture. What do you need for a new bedroom floor? Read More


Decorating with Sunshine and Smiles

What can you say about the color yellow? It is used often in baby’s rooms and often forgotten about in other rooms in a home. But yellow brings joy and happiness to a room. Yellow represents sunshine and smiles. The sunny side of yellow always brings so many smiles to people. It illicit feelings of happiness and warmth. It has a freshness about it and has been said that it can help boost metabolism. So if you are trying to lose weight, add yellow to your walls. Read More


Remodeling Project: Play Structure

Play Structure

Parents with kids often times invest in a play structure in the back yard. There are different sizes and types of structure and can vary based on the age of the children. These can be a great time for kids providing them an opportunity to play and exercise. And still allows the parents to be close by. Play structure come in all different sizes. Many of them come with a slide, swings and a tower for climbing. These can get very intricate with wooden bridges, balance beams, and hanging bars and rings. A key aspect of these structures is the base that they sit on. Read More


Five Home Staging Tips

Staging Tips
Staging your home for resale can make a difference of someone buying your home or someone else’s home. Additionally, staging your home can help support listing prices and can speed the process on selling your home.  Here are five staging tips to help you stage your home for resale.  Read More