Ah, The Charm of the Southern Front PorchEveryone loves a charming front porch! There's just something about the relaxation, coupled with the social aspect that many of us crave - being neighborly. Some of our historic neighborhoods (Dilworth & Elizabeth being the largest ones) boast the 'front
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11/30/2016
Real Life - People...Big and SmallThose of you who follow me on Facebook know that our fur babies are constantly doing something cute or funny...just their very BEING is cute and sweet. My husband thinks I dote over them too much but, what is funny, is that they are all very much in love with th
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11/30/2016
Special Effects in The RainDon't you just LOVE meeting other ActiveRain members?! We used to have ActiveRain meet-ups all the time and the Rain Camps were my favorite! We would travel to destinations across the US and not only did we get to meet many AR members in one-fell-swoop but, we learned
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11/29/2016
Thinking of Selling? Don’t Overlook a Dated Kitchen, Buyers Won’t If you are planning to list your Charlotte home for sale, make sure that you don’t overlook the kitchen because your prospective buyers won't! As mentioned many times before, buyers want MOVE-IN-READY and simply aren't willing to
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11/28/2016
Branding - Make a Visual StatementTo me, this home screams luxury on its own! Adding a 'luxurious' yet, legible font to the photo for marketing, accentuates the luxury home and, in this case, alerts the buyer that the home is in a popular luxury neighborhood as well. Remember all cursive fonts
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11/27/2016
Nvrwrong - Lesson LearnedA friend of mine, who is married to a surgeon, bought her hubby a personalized license plate years ago, "Nvrwrong." It took everyone NO time to understand what it meant (NEVER wrong) as we know him well! We thought it was the funniest plate we had seen around Charlotte!
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11/26/2016
I’m Thankful for Health, Happiness and Home While I am thankful each and every day of my life, today, I began making a list of the things for which I am thankful, in order to pick one last topic to post for Debbie Reynolds' 10-day Thanksgiving Post Challenge. I realized that was an impossible ta
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11/24/2016
No Time for Cooking on Thanksgiving? Local Restaurants Will Do the Work for You Today in Charlotte Some Charlotteans feel strongly about those working on Thanksgiving Day but, several Charlotte restaurant owners and their staff have decided make themselves available today to share their amazing
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11/24/2016
Charlotte Real Estate Market Report OCTOBER 2016Charlotte’s real estate market rebounded more in October with many first-time homebuyers entering the market following pent-up demand over the past several months due to low inventory levels. Mortgage rates remain affordable and job growth in our a
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11/24/2016
On this, Day-9 of the REAL Debbie Reynolds' 10-day Thanksgiving Post Challenge here in the Rain, I share my gratitude for technology! Okay, I admit that some days, like you, it's a love-hate relationship with technology! Have you ever tried posting a blog to a website and had the entire creation
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11/23/2016
