People are working from home more and more these days. This trend is from both large corporations who have work at home policies and remote employees to small businesses and start-ups. The ability for people to be productive at home often times depends on creating a dedicated work environment in a spare room or space within the home. Furnishing a spare bedroom into an office environment is a major part of effectively working from home. A desk that works for a computer and an office chair that provides the proper support is a major part Read More
I Want to Remodel My House. Can I Get Financing?
Guest Blogger: Gerri DetweilerMaybe you’re hoping to sell your home sometime soon and it needs sprucing up. Maybe you just can’t stand the look of your kitchen cabinets anymore.
Whatever the reason, you may want to remodel your home without depleting your bank account. Or you may be short on cash. That’s where a home remodeling loan comes in. You may have more options than you realize for financing home renovations.
Low-Rate Credit Card
If you have a credit card with a low interest rate (or perhaps even a 0% balance transfer option), charging your remodeling purchases allows you to pay them off over time at an attractive interest rate. (Lower rates require good credit.) But you’ll need some discipline to avoid charging more than you can afford to pay back in a reasonable period of time.
Brighten your Home and Summer with Floral Prints
Summer brings about bright and sunny days, beach weather and bouquets of delight. Sometimes it feels like everything is better in summer with the colorful landscape of flowers. Yards and parks are in full bloom. Why not bring the floral concept indoors to create a lighter, summer feeling. Summer time home decor can also get everyone in the mood to celebrate the weather and enjoy this time of year.
Fresh Flowers
Adding fresh flowers is the most immediate way to introduce the floral concept. Whether you can create a bouquet from your backyard beauties or you take a quick trip to your local florist or grocery store, adding fresh flowers to a room brightens the area. And also brings in the Read More
The Dynamics of Baby Boomers and their Homes
Most people define that Baby Boomer generation as those born between 1946 and 1964. Which puts them in the age range today between 50 and 68. As with any generation, there are people with varying degrees of financial security. Which means different things regarding how boomers view their homes. Let’s take a deeper look at a few different trends. Read More
Home Maintenance Tip: Inspect Roof
Summer is the perfect time to inspect your roofs. During the summer, you generally have good weather which makes it safer to climb on ladders and walk the roof. Summer also is the time of year when roofing companies are less busy. So you can get a good rate on using a service company for inspections. Roofs can be damaged by various elements including high winds, heavy snowfalls, tree branches, debris from storms. And if you need to climb on your roof, walking on it could cause damage. Read More
