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5 Kitchen Color Schemes You Need to Consider for Your New Home
When it comes to building a new home, choosing paint colors can be one of the most time-consuming and frustrating parts of the entire process. This is especially true for kitchens. Kitchens are the heart of the home, the place where you and your family gather to cook, eat, and spend time with each other.
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How to Pack for a Move the Right Way
When it comes to moving to a new home, one of the most stressful and time-consuming tasks is packing up your belongings. It may seem overwhelming, if not downright impossible at first. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be. There are many simple ways to make packing for a move a pleasant
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5 New Kitchen Trends to Look Out For
It may seem hard to believe now, but there was once a point in time when the kitchen wasn’t exactly a social space. In fact, a hundred years ago, the kitchen was a space for preparing meals, washing dirty dishes, and not much else. Today, kitchens are the heart of our homes; the place that
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Sourcing The Best Materials For Your Homes
Every year we see new developments in the products we are using on and in our homes. With the popularity of all the home improvement shows and DIY websites, many times that is where these products are showcased. It gives visibility to the market trends. Our customers love these shows and ask for things they
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Builder Profile – Don Klein
We are excited to share the Builder Profile in Home Builder Executive Magazine (Volume 22, No. 9 | July 22, 2019). Featured is an interview with our very own CEO, Don Klein. Click here to read about Chesmar’s milestones, initiatives, and the outlook for business! “What is exciting is our strong team, which we
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Are You Prepared? What To Do In Case Of A House Fire.
Sometimes unexpected events happen that can change the way you live forever. We never leave home for work and expect to get in a car wreck, but we wear our seat belts anyway. The likelihood of getting struck by lightning is less than 1 in 3,000, but we seek shelter in a storm, just in
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What to Look for in a Planned Community
What to Look for in a Planned Community If you have been searching through real estate listings for a single-family home that doesn’t require extensive updates and fits your budget but haven’t had much luck, then you might want to consider looking for a home in a planned community. What exactly is a planned community?
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What Makes New Homes More Energy Efficient?
They just don’t make homes like they used to. In fact, they’re even better these days! With advancements in technology and innovations in home building, building a new home provides homeowners with more efficiency and less energy consumption, which could mean big savings in utility costs over time. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA),
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Townhomes vs. Single-Family Homes
It’s no secret that buying a home is one of the biggest investments you’re ever going to make in your lifetime. If you’re a first-time home buyer, chances are good that you’re feeling overwhelmed by the number of options available to you. For example, one major decision you’ll have to make is whether to purchase
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Tiny Concepts: Making it Work
Have you noticed? Tiny is the new big thing. Tiny living and decluttering in an effort to achieve internal order has become a huge social movement. Need proof? Just scroll through the millions of occurrences in which #minimalism shows up on Instagram. Kudos to those choosing to downsize, unburden and live with less. As they