Elizabeth Colton Walls

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Real Estate Trends to Watch Or What You Hate About Your House!

May 27, 2020

Reconsidering your home’s location, functionality, & amenities Trends in home buying and new construction typically take a few months or years to gain traction, but below are a few post pandemic forecasts. LOCATION Single family homes rule! With shared lobbies, mail rooms, and elevators, ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Real Estate Tagged With: home buyers, home office, home sellers, open concept, post pandemic trends, Real Estate, renovation

How Does a Remodel Affect Resale?

February 14, 2017

Nashville has remodeling fever. Partially deconstructed houses, their muddy yards overflowing with pickup trucks, can be found in every neighborhood. And with our hot, hot, hot real estate market, (in Davidson County the average sales price increased 12% from 2015) you’d think that any home ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Real Estate Tagged With: cost vs value, curb appeal, home buyers, home sellers, interior design, kitchen, Nashville Real Estate, remodeling, renovation

How Much Paint Do You Need?

July 13, 2016

Paint is the cheapest and fastest way to spruce up a room,   but buying too much or too little paint can derail what should be a speedy, one weekend project. So from Houzz here is a quick guide to calculating exactly how much is enough! How Much Paint Do You Need? ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: House Proud Tagged With: interior design, remodeling, renovation, staging

Kitchen Trends from Houzz

March 2, 2016

Transitional Kitchen by Seattle Interior Designers & Decorators Studio 212 Interiors Houzz, my absolutely favorite platform for home remodeling and design, recently released the 2016 U.S. Houzz Kitchen Trends Study, an analysis of kitchen renovation projects by savvy Houzz readers. WHY ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: House Proud, Real Estate Tagged With: dining room, interior design, kitchen, remodeling, renovation

Is Open Plan Living Right For You?

February 14, 2016

Traditional Living Room by Minneapolis Home Builders Kyle Hunt & Partners, Incorporated Open plan living is all the rage! Hey, Joanna and Chip are always knocking down walls! (This is an HGTV reference for those of you not addicted to Channel 44.) In Nashville, almost all speculative ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: House Proud, Real Estate Tagged With: interior design, kitchen, renovation

Books Everywhere

August 29, 2015

Despite what your interior designer or stager says, there is always room in your home for books! In this post from Houzz, I especially like the bookshelves in the kitchen island. In my newly renovated kitchen (more about this in a later post!) I have an island bookshelf -nothing like the giant ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Books & Reading, House Proud Tagged With: bookshelves, interior design, renovation

Renovated Ranch House

July 3, 2015

Wow! What a transformation. This 1940s-era ranch house is located in Minnesota,  but it could just as easily be  West Meade or Forest Hills. I especially love the bold blue cabinets in the kitchen. With their long, low lines and big lots, a ranch house is a great candidate. for a ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Real Estate Tagged With: forest hills, renovation, West Meade

11 More Home Renovation Tips

April 7, 2015

11 More Home Renovation Tips   In the second of my two part series on home renovations, my talented sister-in-law Amy Colton offers her tips for DURING CONSTRUCTION. (See BEFORE RENOVATION tips here) DURING CONSTRUCTION  1-Plan For The Pets     If you are living in the home during ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: House Proud Tagged With: interior design, remodeling, renovation

11 Home Renovation Tips Part 1

March 30, 2015

11 Home Renovation Tips   My sister-in-law Amy Colton is the most organized person I know, having  successfully managed everything in town (The Antiques and Garden Show, The Swan Ball,  her husband!) but even so when she announced a  MAJOR HOME RENOVATION,  I wondered about her sanity! Of ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: House Proud Tagged With: interior design, kitchen, laundry room, master bath, remodeling, renovation

The Property Brothers Do Not Live In Nashville

March 26, 2015

The Property Brothers Do Not Live In Nashville Everyone knows The Property Brothers, Drew and Jonathan Scott, the tall identical twins from Canada who host several "reality" shows on HGTV, which while entertaining, bear no resemblance to reality or at least the reality of the real estate market ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: House Proud, Real Estate Tagged With: HGTV, home buyers, home sellers, interior design, renovation, staging

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