Buy Now Thank Us Later – 5 Reasons to Buy Your Home Now
We recently shared a few articles sharing 8 steps toward buying the home of your dreams. You are itching to start your home buying process but may be worried that the timing is off. What are the reasons to buy your home now? Now might feel like one of the most...
8 Steps to Buying a House in Alaska – Part Two
As we discussed in part one buying a house in Alaska doesn’t need to be scary. We previously discussed 4 ways to prepare to buy a house. Now that you’ve become friends with your money, chose your neighborhood, found an ally and partner in a real estate agent,...
Curb Appeal Boosters to Help you Sell
When you’re working to sell your house, sometimes the ‘to-do’ list can feel longer than the hands on the clock allow. Our brains are easily overwhelmed if we look at everything as a giant task. It’s actually recommended that you tell yourself you only have to spend 5...
Bonding with Children in the Garden during our Alaskan summers
Technology often kidnaps our kid’s attention. Many of us find ourselves in a battle with phones, televisions, tablets, and gaming consoles. Tech has taken over our lives in so many ways. In many homes, gone are the days of kids playing outside in tree forts,...
How to Know if a House has “Good Bones”
If you’ve ever watched a home design or house-hunting show you’ve probably heard the expression “This house has good bones.” What exactly does that even mean? When you’re buying a home sometimes the process can feel overwhelming, and the terms can seem like a foreign...
10 Ways to Give your Home a Free Home Makeover
Spring fever can hit at any moment, it doesn’t have to even be spring! Have you ever been sitting in your living room and suddenly you have the urge to redecorate? Maybe you think it’s time for a new rug, or to finally clean up that clutter, or find a way to organize...
Teaching Children Moose Safety in Alaska
Whether you live in or visiting Alaska, if you have children, it’s important that they know the basics for safely interacting with wild animals safely – especially moose. During the winter moose often enter our cities to avoid the deeper snow that is harder to...
8 Steps to Buying a House in Alaska – Part One
Buying your own home is the American Dream. It’s an exciting process, but it’s not always easy. There are many things that can impact the type of home you can buy and how much it will cost, such as the local economy, housing market and your financial state. The more...
The Pandemic Taught us to Avoid These 5 home Design Mistakes
Open floor plans have often been on top of the must-have list on home design shows. People desired open living rooms and kitchens for entertaining with lots of light. Doors were highly underrated. The pandemic helped us to reevaluate our housing priorities and change...
How to Incorporate Pantone’s Annual Colors of the Year into your Décor
After a tumultuous 2020 we are all looking for a way to brighten up our outlook and keep a positive eye toward the future. Pantone’s annual color of the year helps us to define the next year with a timely hue or shade and do a refresh or reset on our home décor....
The Health Benefits of a Snow Day
Here in the Anchorage, Eagle River, Wasilla and the Mat-Su Valley we are no stranger to snow, and sometimes that can make us lose sight of the simple pleasure of a snow day. Winters in Alaska can often feel long and depressing, so we need to find joy by changing our...
“Flower Power!” is Real – 5 Health Benefits of Flowers
Even though Spring may still feel far away in Alaska, we can still enjoy flowers by growing some at home, buying them at a local grocery or stopping by your local nursery. Flowers have a way of brightening our moods and they have other health benefits as well. Our...