In light of the recent series of real estate oriented posts and the recent July 4th holiday, we're partially reposting a pertinent topic on What Makes a House an [American] Home? Now that you own your new house, how do you make it your home? This can be a really subjective question because "home" has specific and personal meanings to each individual but the National Continue Reading
Engage a Buyer, Sell a House
Engaging a Buyer If you are selling your house or even renting a property, you want all prospective buyers to view your property in its best light. You'll clean your rooms, declutter the space, fix any to-dos that have been on the list forever. You'll even paint the place white, if you have to, but read here first. What can you do beyond these things? If you engage a Continue Reading
How Does a Real Estate Agent Deal with Wallpaper?
The Scenario You're a top-selling real estate agent and you've just secured a listing that could be very profitable. However, the place has wallpaper. This "sticky" situation makes you wonder,"How does a real estate agent deal with wallpaper?"You don't want to offend the homeowner by asking them to remove it. You also don't want to take the costly chance that the Continue Reading
Studio Q a Design Mind for DC Design House
We are pleased and honored to have Quintece Hill-Mattauszek of Studio Q Designs, based in Alexandria, VA, share her design insights in our Design Minds series. Studio Q will be participating in the upcoming fall DC Design House, in which proceeds benefit Children's Hospital. Please scroll down to read the full interview with Quintece about interior design and how she Continue Reading
Rowing Through My Internship
My name is Giulia Pastore and I am two and a half weeks into my internship with Casart Coverings. I am a senior at T.C. Williams High School and have the pleasure of participating in something called “senior experience.” That is the time of the year when seniors get to venture off into the “real world” and see if they are truly interested in the field that they Continue Reading
