10 Winter Landscaping Ideas You Can Do Right Now!

Winter has its own unique beauty, but over time, the gloomy days and seemingly endless nights can wear on you. The longer it goes, the more you dream of long, warm summer nights and beautiful, bright colors all around.

If you’re feeling a bit of cabin fever, seeing nothing but gray and gloom around you for what feels like days on end, there’s something you can do about it. Right now!

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The Landscaping Features That Harm Your Home’s Value

The Landscaping Features That Harm Your Home’s Value

After improving the yard, go through one more time to ensure the lawn doesn’t have one of these landscaping features that harm your home’s value. Upon removal, the property value goes up, and you give homebuyers a chance to envision their future in every square inch of the house.

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8 Tips for Renovating a Tiny Bathroom

We all want a bathroom that’s clean, uncluttered, and shiny. The trouble is that keeping your space clean and inviting can be challenging. 

Add to this the constraints of a small bathroom and you only add to the difficulty of decorating in a way that’s both uncluttered and functional.

Read on for some tips on how to create a stylish bathroom with these simple ideas for decorating small bathrooms.

1. Choose a soothing palette

Opt for bathroom decor that uses neutral colors such as whites, off-whites, and tans to create a calming effect.

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6 Ideas on Remodeling your Flat on a Shoestring Budget

6 ideas on remodeling your flat on a shoestring budget

Do you need to be rich to feel good when you step into your living room? Luckily, the answer is no, you don’t. Arranging the living space is something like cooking – it can sometimes be expensive, but the secret ingredient is love and dedication.

So, let’s say you finally settled, and now you want to make the place a bit more personal and cozy. Or, you’ve been in that one place for a long time, and now you long for a change. Another case could be that you are planning to sell the place, but you want to renovate to improve your investment gains. The problem: your budget is limited. 

Don’t worry, because there is actually no problem. If the budget is limited, your imagination isn’t. Here is what can be done.

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5 Home Renovations with the Highest ROI

5 Home Renovations With the Highest ROI

While a renovation can make your home more attractive and more valuable in the eyes of home buyers, not every project actually offers good value. One way to measure how much value a renovation is worth is to look at ROI (return on investment). ROI is especially useful if you’re planning on selling your home soon and just want to maximize the sale price.

For example, the top item on this list has a ROI of 102% — which means it actually raises your home’s value more than it costs. On the other end of the spectrum, an upscale master suite addition recoups less than half its cost.

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