Wow! It is crazy how fast time flies. It feels like we were just putting away our holiday decor back into storage, and it is already time to think about how we will be decorating this holiday season. Some of the biggest challenges our clients face during the holidays is figuring out how to display […]
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Winter Wishes design trends uses the colors of an early morning winter sky. It uses verdant foliage and frozen shades interwoven together to create a feminine, elegant theme. It works great for both a romantic or contemporary interior design style. This is soft contrasting theme, but be bold by adding in green to give a bit
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According to the Iowa Association of Realtors, in August 2020 there was a total of 4,448 listings sold with an average days on market of 56. Compare this to last winter in January 2020, the Iowa Associations of Realtors said there were only 2,132 listing sold with an average of 70 days on market. These
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It’s the time of year where we are thinking about family gatherings, hosting events, and eating really yummy foods. Whether you’re the one going to a gathering, hosting an event, or just there to eat the yummy foods, I think we can all appreciate a good dining table. Dinging tables are places for good conversation,
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One of my favorite holiday traditions is putting up our tree. It started when I was born and my great-grandmother Fullerton would make all the great-grand children homemade ornaments and put a dollar bill in them. It was something I looked forward to every year and I still have most of them. Every year in our
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WOOHOO! You survived the craziness of hosting Thanksgiving. Pat yourself on the back, friend! You can finally have a well deserved break or finish all the bottles of wine… I choose both. Curled up on my sofa watching the the final season of Scandal on Netflix. Mhmm. That’s my well-deserved award! I actually really love
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How is it already the week of Thanksgiving? There seems to be a million things on the to-do list that need to get done by Thursday. Totally not freaking out here! How about you guys? Are you ready for the chaos to begin? Are you one of the lucky ones who only has to show
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“Maybe Christmas, he thought doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.” (The Grinch). I could not have said it any better myself. Christmas is a time to spend with those around you: friends, family, loved ones. Two of our family traditions do involve gifts, but not in the typical way.
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One of my favorite Christmas memories is decorating the tree with my grandma. She is well known for her “themed” Christmas trees. Some of her past themes have been: red and gold, santa, angels, homemade, Iowa State, etc. Over the years she has collected so many ornaments that she could probably pick any theme that
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