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Magnetic Curtain Rods are Fabulous
Did you buy blinds for your home and forget about doing something with the full view back door? I have an easy solution- Magnetic Curtain rods. A quick Google search will turn up a dozen varieties and prices. You can find them anywhere from $7.98 to $20. I recently bought one for my back door which is [...]
I Made Soup Y’all!
Have you noticed that although the weather in North Texas has been very Bipolar of late, we only get the cold and dreary stuff on the weekends? I’m all stuck inside working while it’s bright and sunny and warm and then the weekend comes and I can’t bring myself to get out of bed because [...]
I Want To Buy A New Home, But I Already Own One. Help!
Most folks only sell 2 or 3 homes in their lifetime. In order to sell it quickly and for the highest price, and buy the home you really want, you’ll want to appeal to the most people possible in the marketplace. Below are some great tips that our selling experts can teach you about selling [...]
DIY Halloween Decorations
Looking for some great DIY Halloween decorations and a good laugh? Look no further!
As the heat goes away, some of our unwanted guests are on their way back…
The record-breaking summer heat helped keep pesky bugs away. Now that cooler weather has finally arrived, they’re baa-aaaack!
Cleaner Glassware
Here’s a great tip I learned from a friend of mine: Add Lemon juice to your soap dispenser in your dishwasher for cleaner glassware. All of my glasses and glass vases were building up this unsightly scuzzy film that I could not remove no matter how hard I tried. My friend told me that there [...]
Help is Here!
Do you need help just figuring out if buying a new home is an option for you? Do you need help planning to save money for a down payment? Do you need help understanding why your credit score went down instead of up after all that work you did? We have answers for you! We [...]
Curb Appeal
We often have buyers who have a home to sell. The most common advice that their Realtors tell them to do to sell their homes quickly is to work on their curb appeal. Now to some people that might sound like a huge task, but it can be pretty easy and fairly inexpensive if you [...]
The Trials and Tribulations of a Shady Gardener
Let me begin with the disclaimer that I am an absolute novice gardener and I have been known to have a black thumb on occasion. I do take an interest in what goes in my flowerbed, but usually I pay someone to bring the plants and plant them. But this year I decided to do [...]
Third Party Home Inspections, Are They Worth it?
All my life I was always told when buying a car take it to the mechanic before you buy it or when buying a home always hire a professional home inspector before closing. I have found this advice to be very good and it has saved me many times. Home inspectors are excellent at finding [...]
Property Taxes
The tax bill is due by Jan, 31, 2011 for the 2010 tax year. You are responsible for making sure that your taxes are paid even if your taxes are escrowed by your mortgage company. You can request a receipt from the county to make sure they were paid if you are the type that [...]
Painting a Room
About a year ago, I decided to paint my master bedroom. I have lived in my house for about five years, but I had never got around to painting any of the rooms. While my home was under construction I had so much fun daydreaming about what rooms I would paint what colors and where [...]
Top 10 Reasons Antares Homes Salespeople Are the Best!
1) We are present at our sales offices during operating hours: We have heard from our customers that Builder A is never open, or Builder B never has a salesperson at the office even though it is open. We are in the business of selling homes and that can’t be done without a salesperson to [...]
Holiday Decorations
Over the long weekend a lot of families were in their yards placing their decorations and Holiday lights. It seems like every year the scenes in the yard and the decorations in the front windows get more and more elaborate. I am not talented at decorating anything including my living room and I rarely decorate [...]
Staining Your Fence
It is soooo exciting to get your new house keys and begin moving all of your things into your brand new home! Decorating and housewarming parties are all you can think of. But wait! Don’t forget about your fence. Unless you chose to upgrade to a stained fence at the Selection Studio you will need [...]
Green Cleaning
As a company we have many conversations about Green Building. We are very concerned with being Green and have made many choices about the construction of our homes based on a Green focus. As the Green Marketplace is evolving there are lots of opinions about what makes something Green. For us, as a builder [...]
Caring for Your Countertops
Our Standard counter tops are Wilsonart Laminate. These are wonderful because they are so durable and they come in so many beautiful colors. We have over 20 colors in our Standard Options to choose from in our Selection Studio and our buyers really love the choices that we have. But, how do you care [...]
Winterizing Your Home
It’s that time of year again! The heat has been turned down outside and your dog’s coat starts to thicken up and all of a sudden you can sleep with your windows open. Most people start to think about winterizing their homes as the weather stops being brutal for a minute. Since this is Central [...]
