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Newly Married & A New Home
I'd like to formally give a warm 'welcome home' to my wonderful friends Hayley and Clark. They just recently got married and closed on their house! I thought I’d share with...
Full Apartment Tour (With Before Photos)
Many people have been asking us over the last year how we've been able to "survive" in the little upstairs area of our house that we call it our apartment. The truth is...
Weekly Highlights: This Week’s “Dirt”
Over the past month, Brandon had about 800 cubic yards, or in other words over 32 truckloads of dirt hauled into our front yard. For some unknown reason, our front yard had...
30 Years and 7 Acres
Congratulations to my wonderful client Harriet who recently sold her house! This week I had two closings, and one of them was for this lovely lady right here. Harriet owned...
Fireplace Inspirations
As you know, Brandon and I are in the middle of re-doing our fireplace. What started as a "simple" scale down of our fireplace stone, turned into a complete makeover of the...
5 Easy Tips to Stage Your Home to Sell: Exterior Edition
Spring is officially here and the peak of the real estate market is quickly approaching. If you are considering to sell your house this year, now is the time to begin...
Our Fireplace Transformation Part 1
OK, so Brandon and I got ourselves elbow deep in another transformation project at our house. I admit, this was supposed to be really simple (it always is!) but like all the...
Framing the First Floor
Brandon and I have been making some serious progress on the first floor of our house so I wanted to share a quick update of what our space currently looks like. The photo...
Putting Together the First Floor
The last time we left off on our house update, Brandon and I completely ripped out the first floor. It's been a long crazy couple months here, but I'm pleased to tell you we...
An Encouraging Business Review
I recently read this really interesting article about home sales last year in the Albany area where I live and do business. This feature published by the Albany Business...
New Beginnings
With the new year brings new beginnings and today I want to share with you a personal story of some career developments in my life. I'm excited to announce that since the...
Tearing Out The First Floor
The first floor of our house was in really rough shape. Last year, when we were doing the demolition, we knew at some point we were going to replace the sub-floor...
Welcome Home Matt & Kristen!
Meet Matt and Kristen. I recently had the pleasure of helping them find their dream home right around the corner from both their parents in an adorable little neighborhood....
Thankful
It's crazy to think that last Thanksgiving Brandon and I were living in the basement of our friend's house. I think back and remember how naive we were to think we would be...
DIY Subway Tile: Bathroom Edition
I really like the look of subway tile on a bathroom wall. Since we live in what used to be a chicken coop, I thought having a farmhouse style bathroom would perfectly fit...
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Quick & Beautiful DIY Thanksgiving Centerpiece Idea
With Thanksgiving right around the corner (it feels early this year, right?) now is the perfect time to plan your table centerpiece. You're probably thinking: "Really? On...
Best Practices For Winterizing Your Home
Now that it's officially November, Brandon and I are starting to prepare our home for winter weather. No, I don't mean hanging Christmas lights!! I'm talking about the down...
Kitchens That Influenced Our Final Decisions
I literally cannot believe that Brandon and I are nearing the end of this full house renovation journey. Brandon recently described it as approaching the light at the end of...