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6 Home and Lifestyle Trends That Will Dominate This Fall, According to Pinterest

Trending: vintage, 1920’s, green, and bread. Check out the link below for more. https://www.marthastewart.com/fall-home-and-lifestyle-trends-2025-pinterest-report-11793505
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7 Quick Tips to Declutter Your Kitchen Countertops

Are your kitchen countertops cluttered? Do you want your home to look show ready? Check out the link below for more. 7 Quick Tips to Declutter Your Kitchen Countertops
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5 Common Entryway Mistakes That Make The Wrong First Impression

Are you making these mistakes in your foyer and turning buyers off? Check out the link below for more. https://www.southernliving.com/entryway-mistakes-11785658
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9 Clever Ways to Use the Space Above Your Kitchen Cabinets

That space at the top of your kitchen cabinets can be more than just a space that collects dust. Check out the link below for more. https://www.marthastewart.com/ideas-for-space-above-kitchen-cabinets-11790593

Design and Decor 6 Home and Lifestyle Trends That Will Dominate This Fall, According to Pinterest Trending: vintage, 1920’s, green, and bread. Check out the link below for more. https://www.marthastewart.com/fall-home-and-lifestyle-trends-2025-pinterest-report-11793505

Sellers 7 Quick Tips to Declutter Your Kitchen Countertops Are your kitchen countertops cluttered? Do you want your home to look show ready? Check out the link below for more. 7 Quick Tips to Declutter Your Kitchen Countertops

Sellers 5 Common Entryway Mistakes That Make The Wrong First Impression Are you making these mistakes in your foyer and turning buyers off? Check out the link below for more. https://www.southernliving.com/entryway-mistakes-11785658

Sellers 9 Clever Ways to Use the Space Above Your Kitchen Cabinets That space at the top of your kitchen cabinets can be more than just a space that collects dust. Check out the link below for more. https://www.marthastewart.com/ideas-for-space-above-kitchen-cabinets-11790593

Sellers 9 Daily Cleaning Habits That Will Keep Your Home Spotless It’s the problem we all have, how do we keep our house clean?!?! Check out the link below for more. https://www.southernliving.com/daily-cleaning-habits-11789860

Design and Decor Valspar Just Dropped Its 2026 Color of the Year—and It’s the Calming Shade You Need It’s Here!!! And the Valspar color of the year is…… Check out the link below for more. https://www.marthastewart.com/valspar-2026-color-of-the-year-11785707

Sellers Wallpaper Trends That May Actually Help You Sell Your Home When you think of wallpaper it probably brings you back to your grandmother’s house. But what if I told you it could make your home more appealing to buyers? Check out the link below for more. https://www.nar.realtor/blogs/styled-staged-sold/wallpaper-trends-that-may-actually-help-you-sell-your-home

Design and Decor 8 Bedroom Décor Mistakes That Make it Hard to Relax Do you know what’s worse than a bedroom that hasn’t been decorated? A poorly decorated bedroom! Check out the link below for more. https://www.marthastewart.com/bedroom-decor-mistakes-11787488

Design and Decor 6 Porch Design Trends That Will Transform Your Outdoor Space Are you for or against front porches? Check out the link below for more. https://www.marthastewart.com/porch-design-trends-11784407

Sellers Housing Shortage Tracker: Notable Improvements in Major Markets in Q2 2025 The reason our area’s home prices continue to increase is due to a lack of supply. In fact, our area is among the top areas experiencing a housing shortage. Check out the link below for more. https://www.nar.realtor/blogs/economists-outlook/housing-shortage-tracker-notable-improvements-in-major-markets-in-q2-2025

Sellers Beyond Curb Appeal: Have the Backyard Tell a Story You impressed a buyer with your curb appeal. They picture themselves in your organized home. But what does your backyard say about your home? Check out the link below for more. https://www.nar.realtor/blogs/styled-staged-sold/beyond-curb-appeal-have-the-backyard-tell-a-story

Sellers 10 Things You’ll Never Find In An Organized Home Decluttering your home is key when getting it ready for the market. Look around, is your home organized? Check out the link below for more. https://www.southernliving.com/things-youll-never-find-in-an-organized-home-11767358

Sellers 6 Porch Design ‘Upgrades’ That Will Lower Your Home’s Value—and What to Do Instead Uh oh! Did you just reduce the value of your home? These front porch “upgrades” are really downgrades. Check out the link below for more. https://www.marthastewart.com/porch-design-upgrades-lower-home-value-11777323

Sellers 8 Porch Ceiling Ideas That Instantly Upgrade Your Outdoor Space So you have done some landscaping and touched up your front door with paint. Now it’s time to tackle the porch! Check out the link below for more. https://www.marthastewart.com/porch-ceiling-ideas-11765124

Sellers 6 Budget-Friendly Front Yard Staging Tips Staging doesn’t just happen on the inside. You should also stage the outside of your home. Check out the link below for more. https://www.nar.realtor/blogs/styled-staged-sold/6-budget-friendly-front-yard-staging-tips

Design and Decor 9 Backyard Pond Ideas That Will Transform Your Outdoor Space Can’t get grass to grow in a shady spot in your yard? Turn the area into a water feature! Check out the link below for more. https://www.marthastewart.com/backyard-pond-ideas-11769276

Buyers The U.S. Foreclosure Map You Need To See What do we keep saying? The big national headlines are NOT reflective of our local real estate market. Don’t expect a flood of foreclosure properties hitting the market soon. Check out the link below for more. https://www.keepingcurrentmatters.com/2025/07/23/the-us-foreclosure-map-you-need-to-see/

Design and Decor 11 Kitchen Island Décor Ideas That Add Style and Elegance to Your Cooking Space Kitchen islands are functional, but they can also be beautiful. Check out the link below for more. https://www.marthastewart.com/kitchen-island-decor-ideas-11757971

Sellers The Case for Home Staging—and How It Pays Off Boost the value of your home with home staging. It actually works! Check out the link below for more. https://www.nar.realtor/blogs/styled-staged-sold/the-case-for-home-staging-and-how-it-pays-off

Sellers 8 Things Home Stagers Always Remove Before A House Hits The Market Staging is not just about adding, it’s also about taking away. Check out the link below for more. https://www.southernliving.com/things-home-stagers-remove-before-house-hits-market-11750427