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Take a Walking Tour of Historic Genoa Nevada

22/07/2024 Kartika

Spend a perfect day and take a walking tour and discover historic Genoa Nevada. Park your car (anywhere is a good spot really) and start your visit at the park with the reconstructed 1851 trading post. You can’t miss it…it’s smack dab in the middle of beautiful peaceful historic Genoa.

A Brief History of Genoa Nevada

Genoa is the site of the first non-native permanent settlement in Nevada. Starting as a trading post in 1850 along the California Trail, Genoa provided supplies to travelers before crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Often cited as beginning in 1851, that is because that is when the second and ‘permanent’ trading post was built. That one grew to include a blacksmith shop, livery, flour and saw mills… and voila.. a town was born!

Genoa has another claim to fame as it was a stop for the pony express. Each year that is honored and

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This $3.4 million, six-bathroom Wychwood home was once a small bungalow

03/02/2024 Kartika

House Renovation

House of the Week: This $3.4 million, six-bathroom Wychwood home was once a small bungalow

The 4,000 square foot property comes with a brand new kitchen, backyard fire pit, small street garage and parking space for two cars.

Environment: Wychwood
Agent: Richard Himelfarb, Forest Hill Real Estate
Price: $3,489,000
Size: 4,000 square feet
Last renovated: 2018
Bedroom: 4+2
Bathroom: 6

The place

A four plus two bed, six bathroom detached home a short walk from Wychwood Barns.

History

The owners purchased the original property—a two-bed, one-bath bungalow—in 2013. Five years later, they gutted the place, added another two floors, and lived in it for several years. Now they have bought another fixer-upper and want to sell it.

The place

The facade is a combination of wood veneer, metal cladding and some bricks from the original bungalow. The front porch with glass railings overlooks the landscaped terrace.

The entrance gives way

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Ree Drummond’s Home Renovation Project Has The Tile Floors Of Our Dreams

17/07/2023 Kartika

House Renovation

When Ree Drummond isn’t in the kitchen or overseeing her Merc store downtown, she can be found out on the property walking the dogs or pitching in to help with the work on the ranch. It’s no wonder that she’s decided to create a beautiful oasis at home, where she manages her different business ventures as well as creates new recipes to be included in her successful cookbooks and TV show.

As for her ongoing home renovation project, Drummond’s caption on the image of the new tiled flooring (seen above in a sample from Casa Castillo) read, “The dogs will get mud all over this but you only live once,” accompanied by a crying , laughing emojis. In fact, you can see one of Drummond’s dogs from a recent Reel, relaxing on another intricately patterned tile floor — this one outside the home.

Drummond’s bustling home life is centered on

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Ace of Clubs House renovation progressing

04/07/2023 Kartika

House Renovation

TEXARKANA, Texas — The Ace of Clubs House does not have any plans to open this summer, but the historical museum’s face lift continues, and the Museum of Regional History is open to tour.

“This is a massive project,” said Emily Tarr, executive director for the Texarkana Museum Systems, about the renovation happening at the Ace of Clubs House.

Last week, the removal of the plastic sheets surrounding the cupola took place and the installation of windows and frames in the house began. The museum is in the process of doing an entire interior and exterior renovation.

“The exterior is going to happen first,” Tarr said. “In the next couple of weeks, you’ll see scaffolding going up on the entire house.”

Tarr said next the plan is to start painting and patching the plaster.

“It has gone through basically 10-plus years of total neglect,” she said.

Six inches of rainfall

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Here’s How Much Money You’ll Save Using Costco’s Home Renovation Service

28/06/2023 Kartika

House Renovation

Maybe you’ve decided it’s time to install a new carpet in your home, especially after years of pets and toddlers have taken a toll on your floors. If you choose Costco to help you complete this project, they will contract with a selection of third parties, such as Shaw Flooring, to send a representative to measure your space. This initial step is the first way that Costco will save you money on your project. The flooring representative will provide a professional in-home consultation for free, completing a professional measurement as well as providing a number of flooring samples to consider in your home.

Many home improvement stores will charge a non-refundable fee for this same type of service. The deposit can later be applied to the cost of the flooring installation, but if you decide to choose a different provider, that fee will not be reimbursed. These other stores also

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How to Increase the Value of Your Home

21/06/2023 Kartika

House Renovation

Home improvement is practically an American pastime, with millions of homeowners completing projects each year. while renovations will generally improve your quality of life, many don’t actually provide a financial return.

“In most cases, only home projects that add additional functionality or livable square footage add to the home’s value,” says David Steckel, home expert at home services marketplace Thumbtack.

The exceptions are kitchen and bathroom upgrades, as well as extensive enhancements to the exterior such as a new roof, windows or landscaping because these projects can elevate the home’s feel.

To identify projects that can increase your property value when you sell—or at least save you money while you live there—we spoke to home improvement experts and shifted through return-on-investment data. Below, a look at five popular home improvements and tips to make sure they pay off.

Do solar panels increase home value?

Interest in solar has been growing

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Home Renovating While Black: The Very Real Costs That Nobody Tells You About

20/06/2023 Kartika

House Renovation

About six weeks after she moved into her Dutch Colonial in Beekman, New York, Alyse Archer-Coité’s excitement shifted to hesitation. Her anxiety peaked when she started reaching out to contractors to start home renovating discussions. “I felt like they would come to the house with an expectation, and then I would open the door,” she recalls. Archer-Coité didn’t want word to get out that the ivy-covered brick home on the hill of a predominantly white and middle class neighborhood was owned and occupied by a single Black woman—she would often wait for cars to pass before getting the mail. “I had a fear that I was going to end up with a burning cross in my yard.”

Fifty-five years after passing the 1968 Fair Housing Act—a law preventing discriminatory practices around renting, buying, selling, or financing a home in the face of redlining—racism continues to pervade the house buying experience.

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Tips to Increase the Value of Your Home

12/06/2023 Kartika

House Renovation

Was your home a bit of a fixer-upper when you bought it? Have you been meaning to make updates for months … or even years? If the delay is financially-driven, it may be hard to get started — or know where to start. These tips can help.

Life is expensive — and so are renovations! When it comes to fixing, updating or remodeling your home, it’s important to use your money wisely.

To get the most bang for your buck, here are four renovations to prioritize and four ways to pay for them:

Renovations to help add value

1. Fixing what’s broken

The first priority when renovating should be to protect your investment. If the roof is leaking and threatening to stain your ceiling, weaken the foundation or cause other expensive damage, it’s time for a new roof. If your furnace is unreliable or appliances don’t work, it’s time to

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Chip And Joanna Gaines Reveal The ‘Biggest Challenges’ They Face Compared To Some Other Home Renovation Shows

08/06/2023 Kartika

House Renovation

Chip and Joanna Gaines are continuing to take over the home makeover market, from their Fixer Upper spinoffs to their own network and more. They’ve previously opened up about the major problem with their homes now that their shows are so popular, but now the duo is getting candid about the biggest challenges they face compared to other home renovation series.

The Gaines have been pretty busy between running the Magnolia Network and working on major renovations such as Fixer Upper: The Castle. They first made their marks in 2013 when Fixer Upper premiered on HGTV, fast forward a decade, and they are now well-known faces in the world of home renovations. So, considering this vast world of renovation shows, Chip Gaines opened up to Deadline about what sets him and his wife apart from other series, explaining the role authenticity plays in their work:

I think what’s been

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Keltie Knight’s Re-Done Bathroom Will Inspire Your Home Renovations

25/05/2023 Kartika

House Renovation

You’re invited to be part of this lady gang’s at-home spa.

With a schedule as busy as E! News‘ chief correspondent Keltie Knight‘s, it’s no surprise she transformed her bathroom into an oasis. the LADYGANG podcast host’s space offers a calming ambiance with light Beachwood cabinetry, an Earthy-tone marble wall, modern appliances and floral décor. Plus, she also included glamorous touches.

Keltie’s vanity set-up not only adds extra oomph to her bathroom, but it’s the perfect area to get camera-ready.

“I spent a lot of time getting glam done at my house,” she explained, “so it was my dream to have my own ‘glam room’ like all the Real Housewives have.”

The dream-like experience doesn’t stop there.

“We placed upright lighting on a dimmer behind the tub, so it really becomes a mini-spa at night when I soak,” the 41-year-old shared. “Throughout the space, we used Delta taps

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