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Home Improvement Projects to Tackle Before the Holidays
The holiday season is right around the corner in Chicagoland. Is your house ready? The approaching holidays are one reason fall is one of the most popular times of year for home improvement projects. Let our real estate agents be your guides to the best pre-holiday DIY projects.
DIY projects before the holidays
These home improvements are all relatively easy, inexpensive, and DIY-ready. Best of all, they'll help you get ready to host guests and show off your festive side in time for the holidays!
Choose areas to repaint
Few things can completely transform a space like a fresh coat of paint. It's an affordable and easy way to add personality to your home while making it feel fresh and updated. And you don't have to repaint the whole house — just pick a key area or two that wi...
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Preparing for Back-to-School: Organizing Your Home for the New School Year
These final days of summer offer a chance to get organized. Rather than succumb to the chaos of another school year, our real estate agents are here to share their best tips for organizing your home ahead of back-to-school season.
- Start with decluttering.
Chances are, your house has accumulated quite a bit of clutter throughout the summer months. Step one before the kids go back to school is to get the house in order, which means eliminating clutter wherever possible. Be sure to take special care to declutter the closets; eliminate old outfits that are worn-out or no longer fit to make room for new back-to-school clothes. Donate what you don't want, or set up an end-of-summer yard sale. - Organize your entryway.
One of the most important places to create space and keep o...
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Create a Home Gym: Converting Unused Space for Your Fitness Goals
Having a dedicated home workout space is on many homeowner's wish lists, right up there with a fenced-in backyard and plenty of parking. If you're ready to transform part of your house into the home gym of your dreams, our real estate agents are here to share some tips for creating your ultimate DIY fitness room.
- Understand Your Goals. First and foremost, decide how you want to use your home fitness space. Are you looking for a place to practice yoga? Work on weight training? Get your cardio in? All of the above? The size of the space, coupled with your intended use, will set the foundation for how you bring your gym to life.
- Start With the Right Space. If you already know exactly where you want to set up your home gym, then you can skip ahead. Otherwise, don't gloss over this...
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End-of-Summer Deck Maintenance Tips
Spring vs Summer Deck Maintenance
There are two seasons when you really want to pay attention to outdoor deck maintenance: early spring and late summer. In early spring, the challenge is repairing your deck after a long, hard winter.
End-of-summer maintenance is often less intensive but no less important. The purpose of deck maintenance this time of year is to make sure your deck is ready to weather...
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