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Savor The Last Days Of Summer

8/31/2017

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Don’t let one of the most beloved seasons slip away without giving it a proper send-off! Hosting a gathering of your closest friends and family is a great way to slow down and top off all the great memories made over the summer. Choose a setting that most appeals to you: a beach party to savor the delights of the seaside one more time, a harvest party to celebrate local food, or a best-of-summer party to share memories and reminisce on everyone’s travels. Here are some ideas that will help you put the perfect crown on a beautiful summer.
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Seaside Spree
Go to the beach for one last hurrah and do all of your favorite summer beach activities in one afternoon. Collect shells or rocks, build a sand castle, take a dip in the water, and go for a walk. You could also bring a football, frisbee, or volleyball to toss or bump around! When the hunger pains strike close to dinnertime, head home for a savory seafood feast. Fresh grilled fish, shrimp pasta, carmelized scallops.. enjoy a meal with your favorite seafood as the main focus. Crusty bread, grilled veggies, or roasted potatoes are great sides that complement seafood.
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Harvest Party
Meet up after your local farmer’s market for some canning fun!  Ask each person to come to the party with a bag of their produce of choice, and a mouthwatering recipe they’d like to use to preserve it. Find out ahead of time which recipe everyone is using so you can make sure you have all the necessary ingredients.  Jam, salsa, and pickles are always a win! Once the last can has been sealed, settle in for a simple dinner outdoors.  Keep it fresh and simple with ingredients found at the farmer’s market that can be made quickly. Serve a simple fruit and cheese tray for an appetizer, and then fire up the grill for dinner. Grilled peaches topped with ice cream or honey for dessert sounds amazing!
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Best-Of-Summer Soiree
Gather friends and family together so all can share their travels, funny stories, and favorite events of the summer.  Ask each person to bring photos so they can take a turn to share where they’ve been.  They may also want to bring mementos and an album to put everything in.  After sharing favorite places and memories, you can use the photos to make scrapbooks or albums of that favorite summer trip.  As host, provide a workspace with a selection of pens, glue, photo corners, and scrapbook paper.
Your guests may want to help set up the party - delegate party tasks to each guests.  Email a sign-up sheet to your guests in advance and ask your guests if they’d like to pick food, drinks, or party decor to bring.  Some people don’t like to cook, but might love to bring decor like a mason jar of garden blooms or a string of outdoor lights to hang over the table.  It’s a fun way to involve your guests and at the same time makes hosting the party a bit easier for you!

Do you have a bash planned for the end-of-summer?  If you were to use one of these ideas, how would you add to it?
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Signs That You're Ready To Remodel

8/11/2017

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Remodeling is not just a weekend project..so how do you know when you’re ready to take it on?  These 5 signs tell you loud and clear that you’re ready to renovate.
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  1. You can already picture the completed transformation in your head.  Whenever you have down time, you sit there with your cup of coffee and contemplate exactly what you will eventually do.  Break down that wall.  Add on a four seasons room so you can enjoy outdoor living more.  FINALLY get that sauna you’ve wanted for years.  Update your amenities with the latest and greatest.  Whatever your plans for remodeling are, you’re constantly researching new ideas.  Maybe a friend recently finished a beautiful renovation and you’re always coming up with new questions to ask them.  If you’re doing one or more of these things, it’s a sure sign that you’re ready to talk to a professional like Michael’s Homes to find out how you can start making your remodeling dreams a reality!
  2. You’ve found the perfect “fixer upper”.  Every now and then an old or rundown house comes on the market at a bargain price.  Maybe you didn’t feel ready to take on a project like that in the past, but this time you feel confident that this is the one.  Or maybe you inherited a property that has sat unused for decades.  Either way, it seems positively providential.  Your new neighbors will love you for turning the local eyesore into a freshly beautiful home!
  3. Your family is outgrowing your current house.  You’ve known for awhile that you’d eventually have to move so you could have more space for your growing family, but every open house that you go to leaves you feeling disappointed - it’s never quite right.  Besides, you know how expensive and disruptive moving can be.  You love the location of your current home, but there’s just not enough room anymore!. You want more space to breathe, entertain, and raise your family - especially during the wintertime!  You have particular ideas about exactly what you want, and with a renovation, you know you can have just that.
  4. Your pinboard is packed.  Whether you’re using a site like Pinterest or doing it old-style with magazine cut-outs and paint swatches on the wall, you’ve surrounded yourself with great ideas.  They’re practically coming out of your ears.  You’ve gleaned inspiration and ideas from a dozen sources.  This is the first step to any big project like this, and perhaps the most important as well!  Once you’ve discovered your vision for your home remodel, it’s time to get to work and make that a reality.
  5. You’ve renovated a home in the past and loved it.  Many times those who’ve completed a renovation in the past and survived it come back to do it again.  We all learn best from experience, and as with any project or achievement in life, there are things you’d do a little differently when remodeling the second time!  You don’t get a lot of second chances in life, but this is one of them.

If there are one or more signs telling you it's time for a remodel, then the next step is choosing the right partner for your project - someone who will work with you every step of the way.  At Michael's Homes, our entire team are experts at combining design with function so that your new renovation project or addition will never look like an afterthought.   Contact us today!
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