Top 10 Energy Saving Tips for the Holidays

Now that the holiday season is upon us, many people have already begun preparations for entertaining friends, visiting loved ones and enjoying the spirit of the season.  But as most of us know, the holidays are not without their own set of unique concerns.

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3 Tools for your Pinterest Interior Design Projects

Once upon a time you had to pour over magazines and pin fabric swatches to a bulletin board when you were planning your home decoration projects. Luckily, those days are over, and there is a myriad of programs you can use to simplify this process for you.

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Three great tools for your upcoming Pinterest interior design projects.
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Home Data Installation is a Great Thing

If you take a look underneath any desk that holds a computer or behind the setup holding audio and video equipment, you’re very likely to be confronted by a snarl of wires and cables. These wires have been added over time in order to meet the needs of various new types of communication. These lines compose the other wiring in your home—low-voltage communication lines.

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Top 10 Bad Home Design Mistakes, 2014 Edition

Over the years I’ve written a whole slew of Top 10 articles, several hitting on good home design, such as these:

But I’ve never posted on what not to do. Bad home design mistakes are everywhere! Believe me, I see it on a daily basis when I’m out showing my clients homes in Louisville. So let’s have some fun and talk about the worst of the worst. From the more common design mistakes to the ones that really make you cringe.

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Louisville KY Foreclosures Map Updated through August

It’s been quite some time since everyone was up in arms about how many foreclosures there were and how they were affecting all Louisville real estate transactions. But it hasn’t really been that long ago, maybe 3 years?

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The picture just keeps getting better as foreclosures in Louisville continue to decline.
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Natural Gas for Homes on the Rise

Environmentalists around the world are bemoaning the recent popularity of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” as it has become known, as it is a process that forces a slurry of chemicals underground to break up geologic formations containing fossil fuel deposits, ranging from natural gas to good old-fashioned black gold.

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Natural gas can do more for your home than simply cooking.
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