House Staging Ideas To Sell Your House Faster
The rug in our kitchen wasn’t doing us any favors when it came to selling our house. So out it went!
Moving, Selling, & Buying Ideas and Projects
Want tips and tricks for smoother moving, selling, and buying? We've got you covered. From how to pack better to how we sold our house quickly (and by owner, so we didn't have to pay realtor fees) we've covered a lot of "we're moving!" details.
House Hunting: The Cottage In The Woods
We’ve been passively house hunting for a few weeks now (driving around different neighborhoods, checking out pics on MLS, and popping into …
How To Spackle Uneven Drywall
This morning, while the kid was doing this: I attempted to tackle this: A few days ago I slapped some spackle on the walls in the bathroom …
Cleaning & Mulching To Stage Our Home To Sell
If it’s true that cleanliness is next to Godliness, then selling our house is practically turning us into saints. Not that we weren’t teete…
Adding A Baseboard Heater For More Finished Square Footage
How did we gain a ton of extra square footage to take our for-sale casa from 1300 finished square feet to 1550 in the last 48 hours? We’ll …
Decluttering Tips To Try Before A House Showing
How do we learn around these parts? By doing. And sometimes by panicking. So when someone called us to see our house out of the blue, and w…
Mo Mortgage, Mo Problems
One of the first steps we took when we officially dubbed ourselves “house hunters” was to find out how much house we could afford. Sure, we…
We’re Selling Our House
Holy bananas. We just stuck the For Sale sign in front of our house (the one in this post was photoshopped in case you couldn’t tell). Big …
Blogiversary III: On The Move
And now for some news that falls in the “big” category: we’re in the market for a new Casa . That’s right, after tons of thoughtful deliber…
What To Look For When You Buy Your First House
We’ve devised a system of lists and brainstorming to find the perfect house for you. Here’s how to approach one of the biggest decisions of…
A House Hunting Story
On our three year anniversary of owning This Young House, we offer up a look back at how we found our house (or perhaps how it found us).