How do you Entertain at Home

Entertain at Home

Oftentimes you might need to host a family get together or a child’s birthday party. How do you leverage your home’s design to entertain at home for events like these? Can you serve appetizers in your kitchen but leverage a bar or drink area in your family room?
Are you having a sit down event or one that allows everyone to mingle in your home? Read More


Rotisserie Grilling

Rotisserie Grilling

Did you know that May is National Grilling Month?  Let’s talk rotisserie grilling.  Rotisserie Grilling involves slow roasting meat to achieve a juicy and moist flavor.  This technique is similar to using an oven to braise meat. Many rotisserie units are available on the market. Including using a charcoal fire or smoker and gas units. By all means make sure you have the necessary items to insure safety whenever you are grilling. Read More


Oh the Uses of Chalkboard Paint and How it Can Get You Organized

Chalkboard paint is all the rage. It is easy to apply and can be used in most places and on most surfaces. In a garage, on a door, on a cabinet or wall even on labels and serving pieces. Chalkboard paint on walls can be used to entertain children or to provide to do lists. It is so easy to see a list or take a picture with your phone as you are running out the door. Using chalkboard paint can help the whole family focus on the day’s activities. A great way to keep the family organized. When you assign tasks and your have lists, you identify where everyone has to be during what time.

Try These Uses

Look at these great uses of chalkboard paint. Walls, cabinets, and chairs get this treatment. Label jars with paint and now everyone knows what everything is and in what container. Get a grocery list organized on your refrigerator door. Or take the children’s locker system to the next level with daily activity details. Maybe you are in constantly telling your family where items are in the house. Trying using paint to write what can be found in each drawer, cabinet or closet.  With so many uses, you can get out of the box and have fun with small or large projects.  Read More


Gardening Benefits for a Better Lifestyle Infographic

In an effort to continue celebrating Earth Day, let’ take a look at how gardening benefits and supports a healthy lifestyle. By growing your own vegetables and using no pesticides, you will have less toxins in your body. Your home grown vegetables become tasty and healthy.By gardening, it can reduce your expenses and actually help you make a little money. With your own vegetables, you spend less money at the grocery store. You can also take your vegetables to farmers markets to make money. With gardening, you can maintain your home’s landscape and create a better view. And thus, the value of your home increases. Not to mention, gardening makes for a greener lifestyle. In support of Earth Day, making little changes can support our environment. Gardening benefits provide more value than you originally thought. Read More


Pre and Post Moving Home Inventory

Moving can be a very stressful time. Getting your possessions packed and ready to go while also figuring out what you need for your next home adds more to your move.  Determining what to keep and sell or donate adds more effort to moving. One thing that can help you when you do arrive at your new home, is to create an inventory. This inventory tracks the items you moved into your home called possessions.

Take Photos

Take photos and descriptions of your belongings to help you recall what you decided to move into your new home. These photos can also help you place the items in each area of your new home for easy unpacking. Taking a home inventory can also help you understand what you might need for the new home. It can also help you identify what new projects or design fun you would like conduct in the new home.

Track Details

Taking a home inventory can be as simple as taking photos or a video. Or you can add as much detail as you like. Details like make and model numbers while also tracking manuals. Using HomeZada to track your home inventory can be done by simply taking a video. This video can be uploaded it in the property documents section of HomeZada. Or you can take photos using your camera phones and the HomeZada app. Or you can add as many details to the description like make, model or even manufacturer of your possessions as you like. And tracking manuals and other hard copy documents now just became easier. By including the information in one central location, you now know where everything is. This gives you the ability to recycle all your unwanted paper.

Managing your home inventory, necessary information and documents about your home and it’s possessions in a cloud based solution like HomeZada can help you make your moving process more organized.