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Want to Upgrade Your Kitchen on a Budget? Capital Distributing's Floor Model Sale is Your Solution

By Joanna England / September 26, 2013 /

In his keynote address to the Texas Realtors Conference, HGTV remodeling hunk Carter Ooosterhouse said that if you’re looking to upgrade or remodel on a budget to shop floor model sales. Well, you can put Carter’s advice in action starting today at Capital Distributing. North Texas’ best source for high-end appliances is having their floor…

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On The Final Day of the Texas Realtor Conference, Realtors Get Tools to Update Websites, Networks, and Image

By Joanna England / September 10, 2013 /

I don’t know about you, but I think this year’s Texas Association of Realtors Conference was a great success. Kicking off Friday with Xplode Dallas and closing today with some great classes on updating your image and network, there were tons of great opportunities to learn new things and get a refresher on issues you…

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Friday Four Hundred: Looking to Remodel a Ranch? Here's a Perfectly Preserved One in Windsor Park

By Joanna England / July 12, 2013 /

You know what I like best about the HGTV show “Property Brothers“? It’s the very beginning, when the buyers are going from house to house looking at all the abysmal fixer-uppers, trying to use their imaginations to see that house through the lens of an experienced renovator. Sometimes they can see the potential immediately, sometimes…

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Waco Couple Behind Magnolia Homes Scores 12-Episode HGTV Deal

By Joanna England / July 10, 2013 /

These must be exciting times for Chip and Joanna Gaines, the husband and wife team behind Magnolia Homes. These two have carved out a niche for themselves renovating and restoring historic properties into absolutely legit luxury homes.

After a successful pilot, the two have inked a 12-episode deal with HGTV to produce a series dubbed “Fixer Upper” in which the pair will take dilapidated and neglected structures from gross to glam in their signature style.

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Is An Interior Designer Worth The Investment? If You Value Your Time And Money It Is, Says Margaret Chambers

By Joanna England / June 28, 2013 /

In this world of HGTV and do-it-yourself reality shows, many homeowners may have the misperception that hiring an interior designer is not valuable. And while there is a range of interior designers doing business, the benefits of hiring a skilled, recognized and certified ASID interior designer will have big dividends for the homeowner in the long run. Be on the lookout for unskilled, amateur “decorators” who lack training and certification.

Let’s go through some of the most common myths about hiring an interior designer.

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