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DIY Dutch Door – French Country Cottage
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DIY Dutch Door – French Country Cottage

There is just something about a dutch door that has a whole lot of charm.

Dutch Doors

Dutch doors have long been something I have loved-

I think the love affair with them probably started with an illustrated storybook that was a favorite to look through when I was little.

And that love has continued along with my obsession with all things home.

DIY Dutch Door – French Country Cottage

and I can’t tell you what a difference it has made in how our home feels.

Though we aren’t opening the top currently since it is a bit chilly to have the doors or windows open in

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Tips for choosing White Paint Colors
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Tips for choosing White Paint Colors

Back in the day when my daughter was in high school, I was talking to her about needing to choose a color for a room makeover I was working on. And she said ‘Are you choosing another shade of white? Our house is nothing but shades of white.’

Tips for choosing White Paint Colors

I frowned a bit and said ‘No it’s definitely not only shades of white… I have color in the house…like…
everywhere. I have a green bench in the living room for example. That is colorful.

And then there is the bathroom– I mean- red toile wallpaper… come on. That is definitely
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Cozy Winter Decor – French Country Cottage
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Cozy Winter Decor – French Country Cottage

January is one of those months that brings chilly winter temperatures outside and a whole lot of cozy touches inside. Cozy winter decor is a definite thing over here. Especially after the holiday decorations are full of so much ambiance- filling the house with warmth after the twinkle lights are packed away is key. While we all enjoy the clean slate a less busy house brings, it can tend to feel quite stark and lackluster. For lack of a better word.

Cozy Winter Decor – French Country Cottage

Today is all about simple, easy and quick ways to warm up the house for winter.

Fairy Lights

Those

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Tax tips for homeowners 2022: Tax credits and breaks
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Tax tips for homeowners 2022: Tax credits and breaks

Homeownership comes with a lot of financial responsibility and a never-ending list of home improvement projects.

But for anyone who pays a mortgage, the good news is that you can deduct several home expenses come tax time — especially if you itemize your taxes — or enjoy other tax breaks as a home owner.

Here are the top tax tips for homeowners.

1. Mortgage interest deduction

While you can no longer deduct the cost of homeowners insurance premiums, you can write off what you paid toward mortgage interest — if you’re eligible and you itemize your deductions.

Start by looking

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Our MFCH tours for 2023
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Our MFCH tours for 2023

MFCH Lifestyle Tours

Oh my goodness, it feels so good to be back with a full schedule of MFCH Tours this year! In the Spring we took clients to Provence, and to Dordogne, and in the fall we covered Normandy and Paris. Still remaining is a private trip in October.

MFCH may tour to dordogne

All our clients this year have said the same thing, “it feels so good to travel again!”, especially on a luxury tour where every tiny detail is taken care of, and where clients are whisked away to private homes and gardens, and see things that tourists would never have access to.

Traveling is

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Dwelling enhancements to keep away from when including property worth, in line with property brokers
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Dwelling enhancements to keep away from when including property worth, in line with property brokers

3. Putting in a brand new kitchen

Most assume that placing in a brand new kitchen with state-of-the-art fixtures and fittings should be a no brainer when desirous to up the property worth, however in line with the property brokers, this isn’t the case.

They mentioned: “Whereas it is actually true that everybody loves an exquisite kitchen, not everybody agrees on what constitutes lovely. It is also not possible that your purchaser will need the identical home equipment that you just do, even when they’re the bee’s knees in your thoughts.

“So, whereas it might be tempting to overtake your

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How purchase now/pay later loans are renovating the house enchancment market | Funds Supply
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How purchase now/pay later loans are renovating the house enchancment market | Funds Supply

Main renovations that value 1000’s of {dollars} sometimes aren’t impulse purchases. However the home-improvement {industry} nonetheless welcomes the pace and ease that made purchase now/pay later loans common.

The US residence enchancment {industry} will attain $600 billion by 2025, in line with Statista. Larger prices include larger dangers, which in flip add friction to the method of making use of for financing. However as BNPL lending step by step revolutionizes shopper financingthe chance for BNPL specialists to chop into conventional private-label bank card home-improvement financing — together with by way of big-box retailers like Dwelling Depot and Lowe’s —

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the vacation season when the empty nest will get busy once more
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the vacation season when the empty nest will get busy once more

The vacation season is upon us, and it is a second once I cease to consider the best way that the empty nest has modified our day by day dwelling right here.

I believe that lots of you’ll know in regards to the empty nest. That uninteresting feeling within the pit of your abdomen as your ‘little ones’ fly away to seek out their very own paths and construct their very own lives. However after the preliminary shock, a brand new period comes: a reassessment of the day by day routine; reappropriating of house in the home, and little by

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