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Renovations Are All About Clients’ Heritage & Culture on HGTV’s ‘Revealed’ | Entertainment News
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Renovations Are All About Clients’ Heritage & Culture on HGTV’s ‘Revealed’ | Entertainment News

A house isn’t just a house — it’s a piece of the people who live there. And in designer Veronica Valencia’s new HGTV series, revealedrenovations are based on clients’ heritage and culture.

“I learned early on the importance of honoring your past,” says Valencia, who is of Mexican and Native American descent and was raised amid heirlooms and objects linked to important memories. “We used my grandma’s tortilla maker and thumbed through family photo albums scattered everywhere. I don’t think homes are meant to be precious or perfect; they’re meant to be lived in.”

According to the Extreme Makeover:

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These 6 Renovations Are Worth the Yearly Cost
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These 6 Renovations Are Worth the Yearly Cost

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How much do you spend on yearly home maintenance? In GOBankingRates’ 2023 real estate survey, nearly 30% of existing homeowners surveyed said they spend between $500 and $2,000 per year. Of the age ranges who respondents, the highest percentage belongs to homeowners ages 65 and over, at 48%.

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It’s OK not to conduct certain types of home maintenance each year, but some types of maintenance and renovations should

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#DreamTeam linky – 11th June 2023
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#DreamTeam linky – 11th June 2023

June 11, 2023

Hello and welcome to a very sunny edit of the #DreamTeam linky! A fab place to share your writing, read what others have been up to, and share a bit of blog love! Come join us…

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Isn’t the weather BEAUTIFUL!!! We are currently basking in 29 degrees in London, and, with a lovely breeze it’s been all smiles and ice cream. I’m crossing my fingers that the blue skies keep coming now. What’s the weather like where you are?

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This week I’m linking up with a brilliant summer STEAM toy review. It’s

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Couple bond over ‘worst house in best street’ renovation
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Couple bond over ‘worst house in best street’ renovation

A full-on renovation – regarded as stressful by most – has been the perfect project over which to bond for young Wellington couple Tu Greenland and Natalie Hone.

Both painters, furniture upcycling enthusiasts and homeowners in their own right before they met, Greenland, 31, an IT manager, and Hone, 30, a police detective, turned out to be just the right fit for each other.

The pair met on Tinder – Greenland’s first ever online-derived date – and took each other off the market after that first meeting.

“I deleted Tinder after 24 hours and the rest is history,” Greenland says.

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Five Fab Things – 29th April 2023
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Five Fab Things – 29th April 2023

April 29, 2023

Life has been a bit pooptastic of late with the little ones leg being really, really tricky. However, things are now getting better so I really do have some lovely things to share that come to mind right away *finally… she says.

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Here are my Five Fab Things from this week.

1. Getting some greens

Oh my goodness! I didn’t know how much we missed seeing green until we saw it. Now the little is much more mobile on her crutches *and much, much better in general, we were able to take a trip to

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Helical piles can speed up a home renovation
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Helical piles can speed up a home renovation

Published April 25, 2023 • 3 minute read

Mike Holmes with Jake Ward from TechnoMetal Post installing helical piles to support a new deck being built on Holmes Family Rescue, Season 1, as it is a great alternative to sonotube or concrete footings.
Mike Holmes with Jake Ward from TechnoMetal Post installing helical piles to support a new deck being built on Holmes Family Rescue, Season 1, as it is a great alternative to sonotube or concrete footings. Photo by The Holmes Group photograph

With warmer weather on the horizon, residential construction and renovation projects will increase, and many projects will need structural support.

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#DreamTeam linky – 16th April 2023
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#DreamTeam linky – 16th April 2023

April 16, 2023

Hello and welcome to the #DreamTeam linky! A fab place to share your writing, read what others have been up to, and share a bit of blog love! Come join us…

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We hope you’ve all had a fab Easter break and way too much chocolate 🙂 We left over bits of chocolate have found their way into a new one, and even quicker fudge recipe that I’ve tried out. I’m linking it up to the #DreamTeam. Let me know what you think!

Cadbury's mini egg fudge recipe

Thank you to everyone who is joining in with our little community. Please

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#DreamTeam linky – 16th April 2023
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#DreamTeam linky – 26th February 2023

February 27, 2023

Hello! You’ve popped into the #DreamTeam linky for bloggers- a fab place to share your writing, read what others have been up to, and share a bit of blog love! Come join us…

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The little one breaking her leg and having to have surgery has really thrown a spanner in the works these last few weeks. I’m a bit *tons and tons – behind with everything, so please bear with me, and I’ll get my host post as soon as possible. Thank you for being so understanding 🙂

Thank you to everyone who is joining

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