Meet Mike Olson, May’s guest contributor. He is an owner and real estate agent of GO Colorado Homes of Keller Williams Advantage Realty. He was voted 2015-2018 “Best of the Best Real Estate Agent” by Colorado Community Media and voted a “Five Star Real Estate Agent” by 5280 Magazine. _ Home-selling season is upon us.…
Virtual Consultations for Carpet & Luxury Plank There’s nothing quite like forced isolation to open our eyes anew to certain inadequacies in our homes. After all, being confined inside four walls and a roof for days on end leaves a fair amount of time to ponder said four walls and roof. And while there are…
When you’re renovating or flipping a home, there are a seemingly endless number of decisions to make. Paint colors, appliances, drawer pulls, bathroom fixtures, wall sconces, and so on and so on. Carpet is no different. Carpets come in so many styles, textures, colors, materials, and patterns that it can be overwhelming — especially if…
Maybe you just bought a house that could use some sprucing up. Maybe you’re flipping a house to sell for profit, or you’re a realtor trying to sell a home to a new family. Or maybe you’ve simply been living in your home for a while and want some new flooring. In any case, one…
Selling a home is one of the biggest financial decisions your clients will ever make — on the other side of the coin, buying a home is one of the biggest as well. As a realtor, you want to make sure that your sellers are getting the best price they can for their house, and…
We don’t recommend trying to carpet stairs yourself — there are a lot of finicky details that are better left to the professionals — but that doesn’t mean you can’t measure! When you start shopping for carpet, you’re going to see prices by the square foot, which means you’ll want to know how many square…
Hardwood has become much more popular in recent years, but the debate between hardwood and carpet isn’t going away any time soon. Most people agree, however, that there are some places in the house that are simply better suited to a soft flooring surface. Bedrooms are one of them. So why use carpets in the…
Everyone has that room in their house that they wish was bigger — a spare bedroom or an office that you don’t know quite what to do with. You can’t physically make the room bigger, and you’ve already pared down the amount of furniture that you keep in it, but it still feels cramped. What…
In today’s connected world, home offices are more common than ever. Lots of people work from home, and even those that don’t generally prefer to have a separate area of the house where the computer and workspace can live. But the style of carpet you have elsewhere in your house isn’t necessarily suitable for your…
Not everyone likes wall-to-wall carpet, but we certainly do! It’s soft, warm, comfortable, and feels great under bare feet. That said, full rooms of carpet tend to be pretty neutral colors, and they can take some work to decorate in a way that adds some pizzazz to a few hundred square feet of tan or…