You can absolutely enjoy the look of your bathroom without spending thousands of dollars on a remodel. Making small, inexpensive changes can make the room feel new again without requiring a large investment of time or money. Here are five of our favorite DIY tricks to transform your bathroom.
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Amazon Home Decor Hacks
If you’ve ever logged on to Amazon to buy home decor items, you know how tough it is to wade through the endless amount of products that are available on the site! Luckily, we’re here to help with some great home decor hacks and gems from the deep recesses of the Amazon product jungle. More on this in our article below.
The first hack isn’t even a specific item; it’s about secret areas of the site!
Tips for Making Your Home More Appealing to Young Families
Chicago might be nicknamed the “Second City,” but it’s the number one place to live for young families. Top-ranked schools, world-class museums, great transportation, and plenty of family and dog parks are millennial magnets. The trick is making your home just as appealing for these young families.
Where to Score Local Art Online
If we’ve learned anything over the past 12 months or so, it’s how to shop and order items online from the comfort of our own homes! But what about something besides Netflix and Amazon? Supporting local Chicagoland businesses and creative artists is always a cool idea, and everyone loves handmade, unique art for their personal spaces.
So we’ve rounded up some good ways to buy local and unique art and décor online. We’ve started with some more well-known options and also included some regional boutiques and spaces for you to browse through. Enjoy!
Dead of Winter, Meet Cozy Staging: How the ‘Hygge’ Style Can Help Sell Your Home
When the depths of winter settle in and the outside becomes a vast sea of snow and frigid air there is nothing more appealing than curling up on a soft chair next to a warm crackling fireplace. Denmark finds this scenario so appealing that they have a word for it: “hygge” (pronounced hue-gah.) Hygge is a lifestyle and a part of Danish culture that dates back to the 18th century. It is defined as coziness or a feeling of warmth and security.
DIY Halloween Decor
Christmas? New Year’s? For some people (and we all probably know at least one) neither of these holidays can compare to Halloween. Crazy costumes and parties, candy, pumpkin pie, for a lot of people ‘fall has it all!’ So if you or your kids have some Halloween spirit, show it with these great do-it-yourself ideas for Halloween decor.
5 Best Uses of Color in Staging
So you’ve decided to move to a new home or apartment. Congratulations! Whether you’re buying or renting, you’ll surely spend a lot of time looking for a new place that suits your lifestyle perfectly. But one has to also remember to optimize the decor of your former home. This is called ‘staging,’ and it helps you sell your old place quickly and for maximum value.
One of the biggest decisions in staging comes down to the color schemes of your walls and decor. In this article, we’ll speak about the 5 best uses for color in home staging, and what types of feelings and ideas are expressed from these design decisions.
3 Ways To Style Your Bookshelves
Oftentimes, a bookshelf is at the center of home, housing the collective conscious of those living inside of it. However, as much as the bookshelf serves a very simple and direct purpose, it can also be turned into a creative masterpiece that adds to your home’s decor. if you’re an avid reader, you may have dozens or even hundreds of books to store, so here are three ways to style your bookshelves.
Everything needs a place to go, and we have some tips and tricks to make your personal library look great and fit into the decor of your home.
5 Flowers Fit for Lasting Summer
Summer is in full bloom in Chicago, and whether you have a yard to landscape, or a window box to decorate, don’t we all love to enjoy the burst of color that flowers bring? Summer’s late-season wonders are for the most part nectar-friendly perennials, annuals, and shrubs. We’ve done the research for you and have compiled a list of 5 various but equally beautiful and sturdy flowers that we guarantee will brighten up your home during these hot summer months. Continue reading
Home Features That Millennial Homebuyers Love
A sellers’ market doesn’t guarantee millennial homebuyers will be sold on your house. People between the age of 22 and 40 make up 37% of the home buying market, so it’s crucial to market to millennials when selling your home.