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Tina Gleisner and Dennis Turmel

One of the things I love doing in January is reviewing where I am and what I'd like to accomplish this year.

Home ownership is still a sound financial investment but we've got to be patient. One way of looking at your home is to focus on where you would like to be in 5 years. Why not build a strategy that gives you flexibility so that you will be ready to sell your home when the market makes it feasible?


If your home needs painting now, maybe low maintenance siding is a better solution as it will look just as good in 5 years. Or, if your kitchen needs updating, why not make those changes now and enjoy them for a few years? Homeowners often say with a new counter top and hardware, they don't want to move.

To build your home strategy for the next 5 years, we've got a summary of the 2010 "Cost vs Value Remodeling Trends". Our goal is to help you find solutions to your home goals and dreams, while making sound investments in your home. We've also got fun ideas this month: actual projects that we have done for our homeowner clients.


Here's to a great year,

 
 
Tina and Dennis
 

Dennis Turmel, Mr Handyman of North Essex County MA
Tina Gleisner, My Handyman of Southern NH

 

.What's Your Home Strategy?

2010 Remodeling Trends


Remodeling is a great alternative to selling your existing home and moving. Remodeling means you get to remain in your community, the children don't have to change schools and your lives might be uprooted a bit during the actual remodeling project but afterward, you're able to continue with the routines you love like walking the dog, bike rides and more.

It pays to spend time researching and planning any remodeling project, big or small. Read more about 2010 trends...



Mudrooms Mean Business


Mudrooms provide the perfect place to store things you wear or take with you when leaving the house. By creating a mudroom, you can avoid morning stress that comes when you cannot  find the car keys, or the bills you paid and need to go into the mailbox or the homework you signed last night that didn't get into your child's backpack. Get ideas for your mudroom...



Technology to Try Bathroom Remodeling Ideas

  

Many homeowners want to update their bathroom but have no idea how to get started. I found this really cool website that makes the process really simple. Here are some of the things you experiment with to see how they would look in your bathroom.

 

Begin by selecting a design style: traditional, contemporary, cottage chic. Then choose vanities, mirrors, lighting, different wall and floor colors, decorative trim like crown molding and more. Have fun creating your dream bathroom...

 

 

 

Peanut Butter and Home Maintenance  butter-knife-peanut-butter-bread-a4who.jpg


You're planning to paint some rooms and need to make repairs to the walls but messing with joint compound (also called "mud") is scary an d suddenly you're not sure you're up to the job. Spreading peanut butter is easy because after you eat the sandwich, no one knows (or cares) how beautiful it looked. You spread both with a knife. Enjoy a fun article explaining how you can lay joint compound as confidently as peanut butter!


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 Installing Curtains, Where Do I Hang Them?

 

Hanging curtains isn't something we do everyday. We might see curtains everyday but most homeowners aren't experts at where to place them relative to the windows they frame. Every homeowner has their own decorating style and not everyone has curtains. Maybe it is time to get the advise of a decorator?  If you're up to hanging curtains, read these tips...
 

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Tina Gleisner, My Handyman of Southern NH
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