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If you are considering selling your home in the Jupiter area, try to look at it with fresh eyes. Sellers want to get the most money for their homes.  Just a couple easy things can make a huge impact. 

Try these four speedy fixes and add the most value for the least money:

1. Paint

Painting your home before you put it on the market is one of the cheapest ways to get the highest possible price for your property. Use soft colors like a muted, neutral beige, soft blue, or pale green. They can still be neutral while greatly improving the look and feel of each room. Add white baseboards, casings, and doors for a fresh look. Repaint the front door.

2. Upgrade Lighting

Update old light fixtures in the kitchen, bathroom, and hallways. Consider…

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Palm Beach County say bye-bye dirty  by setting aside 30 minutes a day to declutter your home. Clutter takes up useful space. Spend just 30 minutes controlling the mess, and you just might discover newly organized space you never knew you had.

Use these four basic steps to get you started and get organized quickly. Keep in mind this is a 30-minute project not to be completed in one fell swoop. Thirty minutes a day when you can and before you know it…the entire home will be done!

  1.  Gather your decluttering supplies. Keep it simple:  a dust cloth, a timer set for 30 minutes, garbage bag, and 2 medium sized boxes (labeled “donate”  and “put away”).
  2.  Pick an area to address kitchen junk drawer, dining room, kitchen island, kids’ playroom or…

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South Florida residents, as well as the most people in the nation, are feverishly searching for hand sanitizer.  Here is a “Do It Yourself” procedure to make your own sanitizer at home.  It’s rather simplistic.  Prior to starting the hand sanitizer project, clean your work surface thoroughly, and make sure your hands and utensils as well. This sanitizer closely emulates the commercial kind, without all the chemicals and without the bad smell. Hand sanitizer should not replace hand washing; just use it when you really need it. Here's what you'll need:

Assemble ingredients:  

  • 2/3 cup 99% rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol) or 190-proof grain alcohol
  • 1/3 cup pure aloe vera gel
  • 8 to 10 drops essential oil, such as lavender, lemon, or…

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