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Curb Appeal

A Pretty Snappy Garage Floor

March 17, 2010 Curb Appeal

My garage floor needed attention. Its light taupe sealer coat was peeling and, aside from the fact that it looked bad, my shoes were tracking the loose bits of paint into my house. Definitely not a good thing.
The thought of having the floor sandblasted to get all the paint off and then having to clean [...]

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Is Your Home Ready For Its Closeup?

February 15, 2010 Curb Appeal

In the past few months Use What You Have has been working with more and more clients who are interested in updating their homes in preparation for resale – when the real estate market strengthens a bit more. Perhaps the fact that spring will be arriving in a few weeks has something to do with [...]

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Up Front

July 17, 2009 Curb Appeal

Today, after I finished redecorating several rooms on the first floor of my client’s home, she walked me out to my car. As we strolled down the front path I stopped to look around and noticed that the exterior of the house needed a bit of help, too.
When she saw my expression she said, [...]

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It’s Getting Better All The Time

December 23, 2008 Curb Appeal

I’m excited. One of our cars will finally be getting its special “antique” license plates, next week! My husband and I purchased the two-door when we got married and we’ve taken very good care of it over the years: It has always been garaged, it doesn’t have a bit of rust, the interior and exterior [...]

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