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curb appeal for dummies: Three Exterior Door Color Prescriptions - From CurbAppealForDummies.com - 11/21/09 10:59 AM
These three door colors are very versatile, and work beautifully with stainless steel hardware.
Not only do they look beautiful with contrasting hardware in brushed stainless steel, they are interesting, inviting, and best of all, somewhat unexpected.
Fiery Opal is Benjamin Moore color that qualifies as a very intense cinnamon. It is strong and bright, and is a great tweak off of the traditional bright red, barn red, or burgundy red front doors that are all too common. It is a step in a more youthful direction. We use it most often when a property has a strong … (8 comments)
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curb appeal for dummies: Stinky Stenches....Not a Blog for the Faint of Heart - 06/08/08 12:38 PM
Seen a lot of posts about houses with an aroma so unpleasant, it can prevent a sale?
People are taking drastic, expensive, and unnecessary measures to eradicate stench.
There is a fast, easy, and affordable, solution that works on every possible stink one can ever run in to.
Not to get too gruesome, but even crime scene cleanup pros know exacty how to attack a malodorous dwelling, and have the odor and it's originating bacteria destroyed permanently and without chemicals.... SWIFTLY!
You have probably heard of it, and dismissed it. Or maybe you have used it, improperly, and not acheived the purported results. … (27 comments)
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curb appeal for dummies: TRIM THAT BUSH! - 06/02/08 06:40 PM
Here's some hygenic curb appeal tips from our latest project from our Curb Appeal Strategy Plan for Realtors and Stagers!
Bald in some places, and outta control in others! Feature This offers virtual fertilizer and a few other cosmetic suggestions to tame the bush, and enhance the pathway and driveway to appear less distracting to the overall appeal of this house!
We also addressed the dark and cavey garage, as well as the white plastic mailbox. The total cost of this do-it-yourself Curb Appeal Strategy:
$45 for two gallons of paint for garage interior.
$2.00 for a gallon of bleach cut … (14 comments)
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curb appeal for dummies: When Whites Attack! - 05/06/08 11:58 PM
Subtle difference, I know. But it's there. Can you see it?
White can say too much. It can distract, and subtract. Or it can be crisply sophisticated and snappy. Coordinating a white for trim carefully so it is not competitive to the color scheme is EASY! Just consider the body color and factor it in. Most paint companies offer over 100 off-whites in their particular brand, so finding a taupe-tinged white is a breeze, or a peach-tinge, or a green-tinge, they have them all.
Most of them will read as "plain white" when they are up, because they do not scream. But put the wrong … (7 comments)
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