So you have this great new house that you love but either you don’t have enough furniture to fill it or it is a completely different style from your last place and the traditional oak and brass dining set doesn’t fit your awesome new contemporary pad.  Or, you are ready to upgrade from college furniture…

Increase efficiency, not size. If you can reorganize and equip your kitchen for maximum utility, you may not need to blow out the walls to gain square footage. Start by replacing space–hogging shelves with cabinet–height pullout drawers 8 inches wide, containing racks for canned goods and other items. “You’re getting three or more horizontal planes…

So you’ve just moved into a great house in a new neighborhood.  You used to have such great friends at your old house but now it’s time to start over and begin a new chapter.  How do you do this?  Sometimes it just happens naturally, sometimes it can be awkward.  On the flip side, you…

  As housing and hotel rentals get more expensive, we need to think of creative ways to house our incoming onslaught of holiday visitors. I have collected a handful of reputable resources that are affordable and realistic for the already compounding expenses that come with the season. On the flip side, if you are traveling…

Let’s face it, hiring an interior designer is a luxury item. Unless you have an innate talent or interior design degree, how to design your entire house can be a bit overwhelming. Its easier now that we have sites like Houzz and Pinterest to help us farm some ideas, but which ones? Can I afford…

You don’t have to put your life on the back burner to give back to others in need! You don’t have to part with your hard earned money while you are trying to make ends meet! You don’t have to live in Peruvian rain forests to make a difference! Here are 8 easy, cheap and…

How your financial advisor gets paid DOES impact you and your money. We would like to think that all financial advisors only have our best interests at heart, but unfortunately that is not always the case. Like everything, being informed will save you time and perhaps a lot of money. There are four different ways…

In the current competitive real estate market, it is easy to get frustrated with multiple offers on properties we would like to purchase. Here are some important things to know before making your offer. The agent for the seller is going to not only look at the amount of your offer, but also it’s strength….

  Have you ever gone through listings on MLS or Zillow and thought to yourself, “What the heak are those sellers thinking listing their home like that?” I know I have, a lot. However, I am a professional stager. I turn dumps into dreams. Of course, that’s the worst case scenario. For the majority of…