New Home Kitchen Trends

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The kitchen is the core of your home and is essential to your living experience. It’s the place where you eat, do homework, share memories, have family discussion and entertain your visitors and guests. Ence Homes offers these new home kitchen trends for your St. George, NV homes.Have you thought about remodeling your kitchen? 2011 is the year for dark finishes with a rise in deep reddish-brown, espresso and ebony finishes for floors and cabinets whereas white, medium and glazed color finishes are on the decline.

The kitchen table is also making a comeback with families eating dinner at the table creating quality time and great moments for your and your family in your St. George, NV homes.

Kitchen recycling centers, trash pullouts and trash compactors are catching steam as well.

Lighting has always been a necessity in your home and is also a way to express your personality. Adding pendant, monorail or billiard lighting fixtures, chandeliers or contemporary drum shades to your kitchen can spruce it up. Energy efficient LED cool and warm lights can also enhance your kitchen décor.

Bright colors in your kitchen are also popular. Consider adding colorful appliances and accessories to infuse your St. George, NV homes kitchen. A vibrant accented wall can give your kitchen some extra splash.

Using one or all of these trends is a way to enhance your kitchen. After all, when you spend some much time in a particular room, why not make it comfortable, aesthetically pleasing and functional.

 

Decorate for Halloween

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Halloween is a time for creative and outrageous ideas. As you get your costumes ready and prepare for trick-or-treaters on October 31st, Ence Homes suggests these tips for decorating your Mesquite, NV homes for this fun and exciting holiday.

Line your driveway and walkway with glowing jack-o-lanterns to create a welcoming path to your home. Convert your front yard into a spooky yard by adding a scarecrow prop, bats on trees, a pumpkin patch, graveyard ghosts, witches’ cauldron and tombstones throughout. Create an eerie window scene by adding creepy window silhouettes.

Your doors and doorways are a quick a relatively cheap way to decorate for Halloween. Transform your front door by hanging a witches’ broom and garland or Halloween themed door cover over it. A Halloween wreath or small door decoration are always a nice and creative touch. Another idea is to hang up yellow Caution tape that you can easily put on your doors and have a sign that reads, “Enter at Your Own Risk.” Inside, cover some of your doorways with cobwebs or hang a drape or cloth in the doorway.

Use lighting to enhance the mood at your Mesquite, NV homes. Turn down the lights throughout your home, have them flicker or use a strobe light. Change the bulbs of your outdoor lights to black to produce mystery.

If you’re having a Halloween party, don’t forget the witch’s broom place card holders that are easy to make. They also make a great arts and crafts project for you and your kids. Add Halloween themed favors like Sippy cups, pens, skeletons and stickers around your house. Place play spiders throughout your home, especially in areas your guests would least expect them.

By following these tips your house should be the spookiest in your Mesquite, NV homes neighborhood without costing too much. But remember, Halloween isn’t Halloween without great sound effects so tune your i-Pod to play scary tunes. Have fun and enjoy!

 

Create Great Fall Curb Appeal

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The exterior of your home entices people to want to see what’s inside and is the first impression others have toward it. Here are some easy and relatively cost effective ways to create great fall curb appeal for your St. George, UT homes for sale.

Just because it’s fall doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care for your lawn. Rake up any leaves that have fallen and dig up those unwanted weeds. Your grass should remain cut short to avoid having your lawn mat down during these months. Consider planting fall flowers to add color to the front of your house, planting a tree or new bed near your driveway or on the sides of your George, UT homes for sale.

Take a good look at the exterior of your home to see if anything needs to be renovated, repaired or replaced. Installing outdoor lighting gives your home more curb appeal and provides you and your visitor’s added safety. Think about changing the trim, painting the outside of your home a different color or adding another coat of paint for protection. Putting a colorful wreath on your front door can give it the pop it needs to stand out while adding sculptures, wind chimes or a water fountain can provide your home with some extra pizzazz.

There are plenty of holidays to celebrate during the autumn months that give you more reasons to decorate. Be tasteful with your selections and simply chose decorations that accentuate your St. George, UT homes for sale rather than overdoing the holiday décor.

Following these tips by Ence Homes will help you create great fall curb appeal and maintain an aesthetically pleasing home.