simply beautiful spaces: Get over the blah
- 01/11/08 05:31 AM
Winter! Oh the splendor of snow, fireside gatherings and good hair days! By now, we all should have our Christmas and Holiday decorations packed away, well, except for those who traditionally leave their Christmas lights up all year ‘round. If you're like us, this is the time of year that the house looks somewhat "blah." We spent pre-holiday weekends decorating, rearranging furniture so the tree will fit, and filling the house with years of collected ornaments. Now that everything is gone, it's well... b o r i n g. You may have taken advantage of post holiday sales and brought new … (5 comments)
simply beautiful spaces: News and Events
- 12/10/07 02:12 AM
Good Morning! Just 14 more days until Christmas! We're very excited and our biggest wish is for a white Christmas!
I just wanted to pass on some latest updates on the Candlelight Tour of Homes, our invitation to the Washington Hospital Center, and thank all of our greatest clients and supporters. We've been invited to the Washington Hospital Center 's "Stress Reduction" Open House on December 13th! Our presentation topic is "Reducing Stress Through Your Environment" and we will cover the aspects of your home as a retreat, how color and clutter affects mood and well-being, and the cost benefits … (1 comments)
simply beautiful spaces: Holiday Greetings!
- 12/04/07 08:41 PM
Happy Holidays Ya'll! As with most people, I've been busy sending out Christmas cards, quickly unboxing and wrapping presents that arrive on my doorstep, getting the house all decorated for the holidays, planning the menus for parties and sleeping arrangements for guests, attending various cookie and ornament exchange parties, helping with school holiday parties, vacuuming needles and broken ornaments off the floor from cat shenanegans, deciding if the traditional fruit cake recipe my parents created should be introduced to my family this year, making 2008 calendars for our relatives so they ALL can have pictures of the kids, answering calls to relatives … (6 comments)
simply beautiful spaces: Remodeling to Sell?
- 11/04/07 02:55 AM
I recently watched a segment on the NBC Today Show about remodeling to sell. It made me think about our remodeling experiences. We remodel not to sell, but to improve our home for ourselves. With the real estate market being in a lull, many people are updating kitchens and baths - a great decision to help them sell, but my question is - Why Wait? Many statistics show the return on investment for home improvements are more than 100% for kitchens and baths, but what are these statistics based on? Previous year or current year home sales? I say to homeowners - if you … (5 comments)
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Winter! Oh the splendor of snow, fireside gatherings and good hair days! By now, we all should have our Christmas and Holiday decorations packed away, well, except for those who traditionally leave their Christmas lights up all year ‘round. If you're like us, this is the time of year that the house looks somewhat "blah." We spent pre-holiday weekends decorating, rearranging furniture so the tree will fit, and filling the house with years of collected ornaments. Now that everything is gone, it's well... b o r i n g. ;)
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