By: Chris Brubaker

In an article by the RealEstateJournal.com author Ruth Mantell gives a list of 6 great ways to take your apartment from bland to shazam. Following a few of these tips will make the place look more charming and it won’t break the budget.

Here’s a summary of the 6 low cost touch ups:

1. Painting
The number one rule to remember when painting is to use colors that will be easy to paint over and won’t require multiple coats, which will cost you in the future. Try using whites and neutral tones, but remember to ask your landlord for the go ahead before you start throwing on that wet paint.

2. Decals
A great way to get around painting if your landlord wont allow it is wall decals. Companies such as whatisblik.com and modernwallgraphics.com provide an assortment of different shapes sizes and colors. These will definitely allow you your artistic freedom ready to bust out at any moment, or at least make your walls less boring.

3. Rugs
Simple, quick, and easy to change, is why rugs ended up on the list. Expressing yourself through different patterns and fabric types can really bring out the “you” in your apartment.

4. Plants
Not really much to say about plants, but they can really bring the place to life. Unless you opt for the easy to keep alive plants (the fake ones).

5. Hangings
As with the decals this is another way to express yourself and give those boring walls an upgrade. From paintings to posters you find at the thrift store, anything will work.

6. Lights
Last but not least are lights. Lamps come in all kinds of different shapes and sizes along with the multitude of different colored lights to change the mood and setting of a room.

What other cost conscious apartment touch ups have you used in the past?

By: Chris Brubaker

The M500, is it a watch? Yes. Is it a mobile phone? Yes. The M500 CellWatch is being announced as the world’s smallest mobile watch phone.
 

The phone features almost all the luxuries of a modern phone but it’s worn on your wrist instead of carried in your pocket or purse. […]

By: Chris Brubaker
 

You might have noticed a few changes around the HouseFront site recently; we’ve been working hard to bring you some great new features. One of which is Confidence Level, providing you with information on how accurate our valuations are.
 

HouseFront’s system was developed through appraisers with an average of 30 years experience, […]

By: Chris Brubaker

Moving can be a costly expense that many people overlook, especially if this is your first move. Moving can cost thousands of dollars whether you’re moving in state or out. As a real estate professional providing resources about moving can be an invaluable tool for clients. Here are few different […]

James, over at A World Discovered wrote a follow up post about HouseFront and our customer service.
Check it out:
http://aworlddiscovered.blogspot.com/2007/09/websites-with-personality.html

By: Chris Brubaker

It’s been a slow week in the ever changing world of celebrity properties with only a few hot properties to report on this week, so enjoy.
 

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have made real estate news already this summer when they sold their home to singer Christina Aguilera for an undisclosed amount, they’re now […]