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This Just In: TLC Premieres Over Designed Sept. 20
Saturday, Sept. 20, TLC will premiere another new series, Over Designed, hosted by design expert Kenneth Brown. Brown will help overzealous homeowners who have taken a motif to the extreme, by enlisting the help of their family and friends to create more livable and inviting spaces.
Five Tips For Increasing the Property Value of Your Home
In anticipation of the new TLC series Hope For Your Home, which premieres this Saturday, I thought I'd share with you host Kirsten Kemp Becker's five tips for increasing the value of your property. A veteran Realtor, author and real estate company, and owner of a successful design company, Becker knows a thing or two about acclimating your home to the current economic climate. Here's a few ways she says you can do so yourself:
This Just In: TLC Premieres Hope For Your Home This Saturday
This Saturday, TLC will premiere its new series, Hope for Your Home, about the harsh realities facing homeowners in the US today. In each half-hour episode, host and real estate expert Kirsten Kemp Becker will help one family in financial need make improvements essential to increasing the value of their property, with the help of a contractor, of course.
"In a slow, or dare I say declining real estate market, it is important to set yourself apart from other homes on the market when yours is listed for sale.
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Before and After: A Sophisticated and Glamorous Nursery
Su Casa member mianakao recently moved into a new home, and turned this dull room into something absolutely spectacular. Her fabulous results prove that even the most dull room can be transformed into a gorgeous, glamorous space with a little imagination and a lot of hard work. She writes, "We just moved into our new house (a sprawling foreclosure), so I had free reign with this room!
Casa Verde: A Handmade Home Gets Some TLC
Last year, I told you about my brother's handmade home, which he built in an eco fashion for a surprisingly small amount of money. However, nothing much had been done with the home's interior. This year, he and his wife made a lot of interior changes in the home to spruce it up.
Roundup: Element-Withstanding Outdoor Furniture
If you're going to invest in outdoor furniture this Summer, you want to know that it will withstand the elements. Choosing furniture made from teak is always a good idea, since this wood is highly resistant to the wear and tear of sun and rain. In addition, look for outdoor fabrics from Sunbrella.
Casa Verde: Jon and Kate Plus 8 Go Green
This Sunday, the Gosselin clan of Jon and Kate Plus 8 will welcome Planet Green's Renovation Nation host Steve Thomas into their home to retrofit it with some eco-friendly upgrades. Steve and his crew will help install electric solar panels and solar thermal panels onto the house, as well as solar powered lights along the driveway. They'll also build a picnic table for the family using reclaimed wood.
How-To: Repair a Hole in the Wall
Like us, our homes are living, breathing creatures that need a little TLC every now and then. Just as we might stub our toes or nick ourselves shaving, our homes suffer some occasional battle wounds. But recovery calls for little more than a band-aid of sorts.
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- Ferm's new wallpaper collection is nice and new.
- TLC premieres its new show Over Designed tonight!
- Bored? Turn your spare Netflix flap into a popcorn tray.
- HGTV's Rate My Space host Angelo Surmelis's kitchen was in the news.
- One Su Casa member achieved a gorgeous dining room transformation.
- Feeling lopsided? Why not get the look of symmetry?
- Throwing a party or getting hitched?
Before and After: From Rundown to Revitalized
This 1936 moderne triplex, which was designed by architect Andrew Rebori, needed a lot of TLC to bring it into the 21st century.
To see what it looked like after rehabilitation, read more
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