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Hello, hello! This week, we’re talking about how to add charm and magic to a cookie cutter home. There are endless ways to add personality and character to a newer home and this episode will help to get your creative ideas turning. You can stream the episode here on the blog or on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, TuneIn, Pocket Casts, and Stitcher. You can find the podcast posts archive here. Big thanks to this week’s sponsors! Be sure to check out the offers from Modern Fertility, BetterHelp, HappyDance and JuneShine! All of our sponsor codes can be found on this page. Show Notes:  -Elsie mentions @CheapOldHouses...

ss On the radio in the 1980s, between the latest hits by Richard Marx and Madonna, my eight-year-old voice told the tri-state area of Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa about our family’s pest control business. Dad thought a commercial would bring in new clients who needed peanut butter glueboards and termite inspections. One night after work he brought home a tape recorder with a plug-in microphone. We stayed up late at the kitchen table rewriting our script. I learned not to breathe too much or my voice was muddled. We taped over my mistakes. I tried again and again to sound...

Perched atop this week’s list of oldest homes on the market is an exquisitely preserved Colonial in Massachusetts dating to 1690. Right next to the waters of Gloucester Harbor, this beautiful old-timer has been updated in all the right places. The rest of the week’s 10 oldest homes also have a claim to pre-Revolutionary War history, but thanks to strategic face-lifts, many are looking better than ever in 2021. But if you’re in search of a renovation project, there are a couple of opportunities. A 14-acre estate with a farmhouse and stocked pond dating to 1750 is headed to the...

From the color scheme, lighting, storage, and bathroom fixtures that suit the limited space. And the important thing is don’t neglect the right tiles for the small bathroom. Because installing the right tiles will bring different nuance to your whole small bathroom look. There are many kinds of small bathroom tiles that you can use for your bathroom renovation, remodeling, or for those of you who want to start decorating your small bathroom. Here are some ideas that you can adopt. White Tiles for Opened Impression Opt for installing white tiles in your small bathroom. The white tiles will bring...

This can be for several reasons like budget, meeting a closing date goal, or simply not knowing yet what is needed from the space. That was the case with this Bettendorf, Iowa home built by Kerkhoff Homes. You may remember this amazing kitchen we featured in a past blog post. Stunning right? So, we were thrilled to hear back from this client soon after they moved in and got settled in the main level. We knew they would have great ideas for the lower level spaces. Lower level game room and bar with pool table. Design and select materials and...