How Do I Choose the Right Size Rug for a Room?
Choosing the right rug for a space can be tricky if you don’t know the rules that interior designers live by.
After lightning destroyed home, owner rebuilt $1.9M Prior Lake estate
Not many homeowners can say they built the same house twice. Mike and Kathy Viola can. In 2007, the couple built a large “European country casual” home on 2.5 acres in Prior Lake overlooking the Credit River basin.
iBuyers: What you need to know about selling your home with an online investment firm
Key insights:
Large online investment firms known as “iBuyers” provide automated offers to home sellers.
Before selling with an iBuyer, homeowners should know how their algorithms work to generate offers — and how these offers may differ from a traditional buyer’s offer.
New data shows that selling to an iBuyer could cost the seller 2-3 times more than when they sell with a traditional real estate agent who earns a commission.
How to Help Elderly Parents Downsize or Stay in their Homes
Key insights:
As parents and relatives age and become less independent, it’s important to proactively discuss their future living arrangements.
While decisions about aging can be emotionally taxing, removing some of the logistical concerns can help minimize the overall stress.
It may be important to set up a Power of Attorney (POA), which names a designated decision-maker in the event that your parent is unable to make their own choices.
Easy-care Ornamental Grasses for Your Garden
Perennials are a lot like people. Some require a little more love and attention to live their best life; others are fine, and even thrive, left out of the limelight. Ornamental grasses fall in the latter category. They don’t ask for much, aside from an annual spring trim, but can deliver high drama in the landscape by way of striking color, textural plumes, and varying height.