Joe Sells The Poconos
Spring will soon be in full bloom, so it’s time to start thinking about how you’re going to prepare your home for the season. While we tend to spend more hours inside during winter, spring is a great time to get outside and enjoy our outdoor spaces. Here are some tips to help you prepare your home’s exterior for the season ahead.
Check for winter wear and tear
Winter often brings lower temperatures, and many people around the country face ice and snow. While this can make for a fun winter day,...
Most homebuyers start their search for a home online, so beautiful photos are key to making sure your listing gets noticed. Follow these tips to make your home picture-perfect on-screen and ready to sell.
Declutter
Remember that less is more when prepping your home for photos. You want your home to look clean and spacious. Try to reduce the number of furnishings you have in your home since cluttered rooms tend to look smaller. For instance, you can show off a spacious bedroom by only leaving th...
When it comes to major home remodeling, there is more involved than money. Your home is more than your largest investment—it’s where you and your family live. If you love your neighborhood, your school district and your commute, and you plan to stay for many years, then remodeling to improve your family’s daily life makes sense.
But unless you plan to stay for the long haul, it pays to know which renovations will add the most resale value when you sell. From the 2018 Cost vs. Value Report publ...
Have you ever found yourself busy in the kitchen preparing the meal while your guests are outdoors enjoying themselves in the fresh air? The solution to never missing such an occasion may be an outdoor kitchen. This can be as simple as a grill with a storage cabinet for supplies or as sophisticated as a full kitchen complete with grill, refrigerator, sink and eating area.
In the planning stage of the outdoor kitchen, you will need to consider how your outdoor appliances will connect to electri...
Plenty of homeowners have made mistakes when remodeling. It's worth learning from those challenges to avoid making them yourself. Let's take a close look at a handful of the most common bathroom remodeling mistakes as well as how you can avoid making them.
Bad ventilation
Having inadequate ventilation in the bathroom causes more than just steam buildup. It can lead to significant challenges with dangerous mold and air quality problems. Moist rooms like the bathroom need proper ventilation, so...
In the fast pace of day-to-day living, a well-organized kitchen is a necessity. However, finding the time to design an efficient kitchen is another thing all together. Where to begin? The kitchen pantry is the best place to start. This kitchen element provides storage for groceries, spices, kitchen utensils and small appliances. The first thing you will want to do is to assess your cooking needs and the space you already have to store it.
To start with, you might remove all the items from the p...
The fall often brings cozy decor, tasty food, and fun celebrations into your home—but it can also be a time for tracking in wet leaves, mud, and other markers of the changing weather. Keeping up with maintenance in your mudroom or entryway is of the utmost importance to prevent any potential damage to your interior.
If you don’t already have a dedicated mudroom, you can still reap the benefits of upgrading your entryway for the season ahead.
Wipe your feet
The top reason why outside elemen...
