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Check out this video on how to stage your kitchen. For more staging videos, check out ExpertRealEstateTips.Net or ThinkGlink.com.

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June 7, 2008.

Baby boomers expect more active retirement living that the generation before them. Baby boomers look at amenities available for use during retirement living. Boomers require for retirement living: social networking, volunteering and learning. As homeowners, Boomers also want home design that better…

A couple asks if they should tear down their ranch house while they still have a mortgage. They say many of their neighbors tear down their houses so their street has many new brick homes. They think they can rebuild and increase their home value by several hundred thousand. To determine is it's…

Happy Memorial Day! Join the Ilyce Glink Show for another take of her interview with Sergio Palleroni, sustainable design expert and architect as they take your calls on how to reduce your environmental footprint.

We're celebrating earth day a little early today. My guest on the show will be Sergio Palleroni, a sustainable design expert, architect, and professor at the University of Texas. Join us for some interesting information on the state of Green Design in the U.S., as well as an update on New Orleans…

Will a new tub or shower increase the value of your home? Some readers of Ilyce's column prefer having a bathtub, regardless of how it affects a home's value. Some people want a bathtub no matter what. Does having a bathtub affect a home value?

Will a new tub or a shower increase the value of your home? Read here to find out what readers of Ilyce's newspaper column think. Many readers think having a shower will increase the value of a home, regardless of whether there's also a bathtub. Including a shower in your home design may increase…

When you're buying a home you may look at older vintage homes that need repair. These vintage homes may be fixer-uppers but it take the right kind of home buyer to renovate them. For people who appreciate vintage homes, it may be a shock to see a vintage exterior with completely modern interior.

I went to see a $15.5 million house for sale last night in a fancy San Francisco neighborhood. The owner had taken a very nice house, bumped up the third floor roof, and redid the home in a very nice style. There is a wine cellar (natch!), and a lovely master bathroom with a closet to die for. The…

For disabled veterans who are returning home, and need remodeling done to their homes to accommodate their disabilities, help is on the way.

Serving Those Who Serve is a subsidiary of Rebuilding Together (www.rebuildingtogether.org). This year, Rebuilding Together will marshall the forces of 225,000…

Clare Cooper Marcus's eye-opening study of people's emotional ties to their houses, apartments, cottages, trailers and other dwellings offers useful, often startling perspectives on what makes a house a home. Maintaining, as did Carl Jung, that one's home is a symbolic mirror of one's inner self, of…

Many new gadgets for the kitchen and home made their debut at the 2006 International Housewares Show in Chicago. Some of the kitchen gadgets featured retro colors and innovative design. In addition, the housewares show featured new lighting and cleaning tools for the kitchen and the rest of the…

I've been flipping through Not So Big House creator Sarah Susanka's newest book, written with landscape and garden designer Julie Moir Messervy.

Outside the Not So Big House: Creating the Landscape of Home is a lush, coffeetable sized color book, big enough to make you wish you could spend a few…

The devil is in the details. "Inside the Not So Big House" by author Sarah Susanka, explains that a key takeaway for new homebuyers is to think quality, not quantity. Susanka believes architectural details can transform your home into your dream home, and she shows you exactly how to do it.

The Bathroom Idea Book by Andrew Wormer. The bathroom is a quiet, comfortable, private place within the home, so it's no surprise that modern Americans, stressed out from demanding jobs and a hectic pace, spend more time in their bathrooms than ever. Which means that it's also no surprise that…

The Real Estate Minute with Ilyce Glink

Five ways to boost your home’s value: Part 5 – Edit your furnishings

How can you boost your home’s value? I’m Ilyce Glink with your Real Estate Minute, brought to you by HouseValues.com.

When you're a new real estate agent and you're selling a fixer-upper, you may need to work with your client to adjust the listing price. While your client may want a certain listing price, what ultimately matters is what comparable homes are selling for in the same area. Research listing price…

Own a Chicago Bungalow? Homeowners can get bungalows certified -- for free -- by the Historic Chicago Bungalow Association. Then they qualify for a number of grants for home improvement and home repair.

At the 2005 International Housewares Show in Chicago, Kitchen Aid displayed mixers in every color of the rainbow. Other products you could find at the show included cleaners that would not streak and a book to help you with redecorating or home design. Learn about the 2005 International Housewares…

Each year Chicago hosts the International Housewares Show. Learn about the newest coffee tools that emerged at the 2005 housewares show. The coffee machines featured at the housewares show included espresso makers and a new take on the percolating coffee pot from Hamilton Beach. The 2005…

Overall, the number of new homes being built with basements has declined. More homes are being built in the southeast or west, where basements often cannot be built because the ground won't support it. Basements can offer a great place for storage, a home office, an extra bedroom or a children's…