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7 Fall Fix-Ups to Prep Your Home for Winter
BOULDER – Cooler temperatures and mountain snow are reminders that it’s time to prepare your home for winter. Here are steps to take to get ready for falling leaves and freezing temperatures, as recommended by House Beautiful. 1. Prepare your gutters Clean and...
Fall Decor Tips – That Have Nothing To Do With Pumpkins
Driving down a city alley the other day, a flash of fur caught my eye. Nope, it wasn’t another chimpanzee-sized rat. It was a formerly prized possession: a faux Moroccan Beni Ourain-style rug, pale and shaggy with a dark diamond pattern, a once-bold accent that had...
Design Recipes: How to Use Fabulous Fall Colors in Your Decor
When you think of fall colors, what comes to mind? Red, yellow, green, orange? While there are certainly a number of fabulous fall colors, for many the challenge lies in how to use these colors purposefully in decor. Brown Brown is a great foundation color and to...
Miracle Method Gives New Life to Dated Kitchens, Baths
LONGMONT - Grout got you grumpy? Tired of scrubbing mold or mildew? Craving a show-stopping countertop? Refinishing a bathtub, tile wall or countertop not only costs 50 to 70 percent less than new installations, it also banishes mold by locking the refinished surface...
High Tech Home Security Tools
LOVELAND – Technology tools can improve the security of your home while also increasing its value. If you’re thinking about modernizing your home and enhancing its security, here are some high-tech home security tools to consider. Video doorbell During this past...
Design Trend Going to the Dogs
BOULDER – Here’s a “creature comfort” that keeps your home and the family pup clean while adding that something extra home buyers love: a dog wash. Having a dog wash in your home is becoming as common place as a powder room or upstairs laundry. Homebuyers find value...
ShelfGenie of Fort Collins Eases Life for Homeowners
FORT COLLINS - We often talk about “dream homes” and even “dream kitchens,” but do we think about creating “dream spaces” inside our homes? Crafting custom pullout shelves and drawers, the ingenious designers at ShelfGenie of Fort Collins help homeowners create the...
Design Recipes: The Do’s and Don’ts of Decorating with Gray
The color gray is often considered to be drab and gloomy, but the reality is, gray is one of the most versatile colors in home decor. Why? It's a foundation color that can easily be paired with other colors and can be used for foundation pieces such as sofas, beds and...
How to Clean Your Outdoor Furniture
Summertime's in full swing. You've put the finishing touches on your outdoor living area and you're enjoying Sunday barbecues and evenings relaxing by the fire pit. But are you thinking about the maintenance of your outdoor furniture? Regularly cleaning your outdoor...
Stress-Free Moves with Taylor Moving in Boulder
Boulder’s Preeminent Moving, Packing and Storage Company Simplifies Local, National Moves BOULDER – The best way to reduce the extreme stress of moving? Partner with a reliable, trustworthy and time-tested moving company. “Moving is one of the most stressful things in...
Home Safety Tips for Summer
LOVELAND – It’s summer time! This means barbecues, parties, and summer vacations. With so much time spent away from your home, be sure to take steps to keep your home safe from burglars and other intruders. Here are some helpful home safety tips for summer. Lock doors...
Should I Add a Mudroom to my House?
A mudroom is one of those household additions that delivers exactly what it promises, but it’s more than just a spot to keep outside dirt and mud from getting into your home. Mudrooms were originally envisioned as a place for those in cold climates to shed their heavy...
Save Time in the Kitchen with the Latest Smart Technology
How much are a few extra minutes worth to you in the kitchen? If you’re racing to get out the door in the morning, maybe to catch the 7:27 train into the city or to get the kids to school, they’re probably worth a lot. Likewise, if the extra minutes are the difference...
Budgeting for Three Common Remodeling Projects
It’s easy to imagine the end result of a remodeling project – an updated spa bathroom, an open-concept kitchen with new cabinets and countertops or a basement converted into a convenient guest apartment. But it’s harder to imagine just what these renovations will cost...
Design Recipes: 10 Design Hacks for Using Mirrors
A frequently used secret weapon of interior designers and home stagers, mirrors can help to trick the eye in a way that can be aesthetically pleasing to overall improve a room. Small spaces can especially be helped through the creative placement of mirrors. Looking...
Style At Home: The Art of Downsizing
If there is anyone who can share some wisdom on the art of downsizing, it’s my friend Marsee. In the 41 years she and Mike have been married, they have moved a whopping 18 times. A few years ago, they decided it was time to downsize. So they sold their lovely...
This Popular Design Trend is the Secret to Creating a Happy (and Chic) Home
There’s a reason the minimalist trend has been so popular among interior designers and design enthusiasts alike for so long. Yes, minimal interiors are aesthetically pleasing (not to mention seriously pinnable), but beyond their good looks, they have major benefits on...
Design Recipes: How to Find Inspiration for Your Home Decor Ideas
Whether it's in nature, pages of a magazine, a friend's home, hotel or designer show house, design inspiration is wherever you find it. Recently, more than 60 top designers met at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York to create one-of-a-kind vignettes to benefit...
Mac Equipment, Inc. Powers Up Your Maintenance Work
Serving the Power Tool Needs of Homeowners and Professionals for 23 Years Up and down the Front Range, homeowners and DIY landscapers are firing up their mowers, blowers, tillers and edgers. It’s hands-on Spring cleanup time. At Mac Equipment, business is brisk....
The Decorating Mistakes Everyone Makes in their Living Room
When entering a meticulously designed living room, we feel it right away: the perfect proportions giving the space a certain grandeur, the plush seating drawing us in, each well-appointed seat suggesting long lazy afternoons spent without having to leave the living...
Manstone: Custom Colorado-Made Bathroom Systems
LOVELAND - When you walk into the new Manstone showroom in Loveland, you will see everything from a traditional bathroom setup with shower stall and vanity, to a more customized look with a tub-shower combo, pony wall (half wall), and bench top seating inside the...
Understanding the Pros, Cons and Costs of Popular Flooring Materials
Choosing flooring can be intimidating. Not only are there dozens of options to choose from, but there are also a number of important factors to consider with each material. This summary of the pros, cons and costs of popular flooring types will help you choose the...
Design Recipes – How to Lighten, Brighten Your Home this Spring
Spring can be a time of transition in more way than one. Yes, the days are longer and brighter, but your home can be transformed as well. If you are looking for some ways to brighten and lighten your home this spring, here are some of our top Design Recipes tips. DO...
Dahl Decor: Elegant Fixtures, Home Decor and More
LOVELAND - Dahl Decor, northern Colorado’s boutique kitchen and bath showroom, has been a part of the Loveland community for 12 years. The company’s motto—“expert knowledge, quality products, and first class service” – is a testament to the quality one can expect in...
The Best and Worst Paint Colors for Every Room
Colors have a proven psychological effect on our moods. And the colors we choose for our homes have a proven influence on our overall quality of life. Using color psychology, we can create a home that relaxes, energizes and focuses us where and when we need it most....
The essentials for a modern farmhouse design
Modern Farmhouse design is one of this year's hottest trends – and for good reason. The style combines the warmth of a traditional farm home with a streamlined, minimal aesthetic. And the result is not only stunning; it's timeless. There are lots of ways to achieve...
Traegan Industries: Creating New Loves from Old Treasures
Sustainable is the new sexy. Maybe we don’t typically think about it quite like that, but there’s no doubt about it: our booming, overcrowded, busy, technological world is bursting with incredible invention, but we need to change the way we consume. With Earth Day...
Interfaith Quilters annual show and sale takes place this weekend
LONGMONT – Interfaith Quilters of Longmont is celebrating its 32nd Annual Quilt Show and Sale this weekend, March 2 and 3. It will be held at the First Lutheran Church located at 803 Third Ave. in Longmont. A special show preview will be open to the public on Friday,...
7 Subtle Mistakes that Instantly Cheapen Your Bathroom
A spacious, well-organized bathroom is truly life-changing. Take it from an editor who’s moved 10 times in 10 years and tested out all kinds of bathrooms to varying degrees of amazingness (or lack thereof). A great bathroom should, of course, be visually pleasing, but...
Design Recipes – How to Get Your Home Photo-Ready Before You Sell
When it comes time to sell your home, photos may make all the difference. The reality is many potential buyers spend a lot of time perusing photos online before even deciding if they wish to see a property in person. This is where the power of photography comes into...
