Chip and Joanna Gaines continue to add to their collection of properties this month with the purchase of a historic museum in Waco, Texas. Last month the power couple purchased a castle in Waco. According to the Waco-Tribune Herald, the Gaineses purchased the 151-year-old Fort House from the Historic Waco Foundation on Friday, March 8…
Flipping houses is not an easy process. On TV shows like Flip or Flop or even Fixer-Upper, they make the process appear to be seamless. These made for TV flips are nothing what it is like to get involved in house flipping. However, the most time consuming part of house flipping surprisingly isn’t the actual…
HGTV announced it is launching a new show this fall called Rock the Block. The show will feature four of HGTV’s home renovation experts who will compete with each other to see who can revamp and add the most value to a home. The experts will be given four weeks and $150,000 each to take…
Spring is so close I can smell it! Spring is the season when life is renewed. Soon we will see some colors and green, the birds will be chirping and animals and people will be coming out of hibernation from the long winter. If you are anything like me you are anxious to get your…
Chip and Joanna Gaines have been busy—on Friday, Feb. 22 the couple’s company Magnolia closed on a historic castle in Waco, Texas. According to the Waco Tribune-Herald, on Friday Chip was seen on top of the 6,700 square-foot building and there also appeared to be a film crew on site. (See photo below). The historic…
Over the past 15 years it seems as if the tiny house movement has taken the world by storm. Homeowners have moved into everything from tiny house trailers, buses converted into tiny homes, container homes and just plain old tiny houses. Some people just want less to worry about and maintain, some want to downsize,…
The little guys in the photo above look cute, don’t they? They won’t look so cute when they spray your dog or cat though. My dog got sprayed by Pepe Le Pew a few days ago. I have never had a pet get sprayed by a skunk, and I hope you never have to either….
According to the Zillow® Home Trend Forecast, for 2019 the design trends are leaning more towards a modern aesthetic with clean and simple industrial materials. Zillow Design Expert Kerrie Kelly said, “The overtly rustic, farmhouse chic design trend is easing up.” She added, “It may not be gone altogether, but it’s shifting toward a more…
