
Thursday, December 03, 2009

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
How to make a festive Christmas wreath
1)Gather evergreen pieces about 40 cm long. (Be sure to ask permission from landowners first.)
Use wire cutters to cut pieces into hand-size lengths.
2)Pile three or four pieces together to be wired to the wreath form.
3)Attach one end of your floral wire to the wreath frame and holding a length of greenery on the front of the frame, wind the floral wire around the end of the boughs and the frame.
Don't cut the floral wire. The idea is to use a continuous length of wire to secure the lengths of evergreen to the form.
4)Next, secure a second length of evergreen on the back of the frame, several centimetres further along the wreath form. Tie it in place with the floral wire.
5)Secure a third bunch of greenery on the front, overlapping the first, the fourth on the back, overlapping the second. Continue in this manner until the wreath is complete.
6)Secure the final length of evergreen with an extra twist, and cut floral wire.
7)Trim uneven pieces with wire cutters.
8)Decorate with ribbons, cones, or other items
Friday, October 09, 2009
Sell now avoid the spring rush. Sunridge/Queenswood remains a very attractive area for many buyers. Many owners have in fact done major additions to there homes rather than move away.
Setting The Stage To Sell
Your home will sell. There’s no question about that – in today’s market or tomorrow’s, good or bad. However, if you put your home on the market without preparing it for sale, you may have a long wait for an offer. You also may not realize your home’s greatest return on investment.
You don’t have to turn your pockets inside out to get it ready to sell. Some outlay may be necessary for painting, for replacing worn woodwork, carpeting, cabinet doors, or for repairing broken fixtures or appliances.
There are, however, many fix-ups that cost absolutely nothing – except a little time and elbow grease. This fix-ups will make all the difference in whether or not your home makes the most of itself.
Here are a few tips for getting your home ready to show itself off to your pocketbook’s best advantage:
Outdoors
1. Spruce up all around the house. Keep lawn and shrubbery trimmed and free of bicycles and other clutter. Keep the garden beds weeded and mulched.
2. Put a flowering pot on the front step and keep it watered and trimmed.
3. Fill potholes in your driveway and tidy up walkways.
4. Clean off your outdoor furniture; remove any rust (or toss out the rusted item).
5. Clear out the garage of everything but cars. If yours has become a two-car attic, throw out the excess.
6. Straighten gutters, the mailbox, the fence – and other things that sag.
7. Fix doorbells, tighten loose door-knobs, and oil squeaking hinges.
8. Repair broken windows and shutters.
Indoors
9. Clean everything in and out of sight. Shampoo rugs and wax floors. Wash or brush walls. Wash windows and clean blinds and draperies.
10. Weed clutter out of closets and cupboards.
11. Create space by storing some of the extra furniture you’ve found useful (bureaus, bookcases, storage chests, oversized chairs) but which makes a crowded impression.
12. Place the remaining furniture so that traffic can flow easily from room to room.
13. Unless you’re a skilled artist, scale down your personal art work (portraits, landscapes), posters, signs, and family photos, especially in teenagers’ rooms. Create a feeling of spaciousness.
14. Keep shades and draperies open, to admit as much light as possible, but screen out unappealing views.
15. Let your kitchen look warm and welcoming, not a hectic workplace. Keep your sink shining and free of dirty dishes at all times.
16. Organize cupboards.
17. Clean the refrigerator.
18. Keep counter tops clear, but not empty (as if unused); adorn them with your most attractive canisters.
19. Completely degrease your oven. Let the kitchen smell fresh and fragrant (with cinnamon warming in the clean oven, if you have time).
20. Remove debris (dust, flies, moths, etc.) from all light fixtures.
21. Keep bathrooms scrubbed, tidy and equipped with fresh soap and neatly hung towels (matching, if possible).
22. Get rid of all stains and install new washers on dripping faucets.
23. Feature (with lighting or furniture arrangement) your home’s best characteristics (a fireplace, a picture window, a balcony, ceiling beams, a kitchen eating area, etc.)
24. If you’ve repainted (preferably in safe neutral tones), add bold splashes of color (with your brightest throw pillows, crockery, pictures).
25. Place plants in strategic spots in any room – the bigger the more glamorous, if space permits.
26. Light the whole house, especially dark corners and hallways.Hang mirrors where they will reflect outdoor light – as well as make a room look larger.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Brief Update-
The Spring selling season is nearly on us. From now to the end of the summer 50% of the total 2009 sales will take place. Already we have seen some early sales in Sunridge, a couple of homes on Wildflower and Leclair have sold. 139 homes sold in 2008 in real estate board areas 1104 and 2011 of which Sunridge is a part. It is expected that fewer homes will sell in 2009.
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