Where to find the best furniture in Denver

I love that moment when buyers walk into an empty house and you can see their face light up with anticipation of what they could do in that space. Every buyer has that moment when they walk into the right now and start to picture their lives there, they see what color paint they would do the walls, they start thinking about the stuff they have and also what new things they can purchase to fill up the space. They have already started to make that empty house a home just with their imagination and a little bit of vision. That is one of my favorite things about walking into a home that is empty; it really gives buyers a chance to picture themselves living there.

As someone who is constantly making interior changes to my own house, I like to think that I can offer some great ideas when showing clients new homes. Sometimes, buyers just need to see past the ugly paint colors and the bad carpet, when a house has good bones, cosmetic changes are the easiest and usually cheapest way to turn that house into their own. I recently had a client ask for recommendations of some of the best places to get furniture around town so I decided to compile a list for those of you looking for a great place to buy furniture and accessories around Denver:

Big Box:

Restoration Hardware - Cherry Creek and Castle Rock Outlet

Scandinavian Designs - Westminster and Denver

West Elm - Cherry Creek North and Boulder

Crate And Barrel - Cherry Creek North, Flatirons Mall and Park Meadows

Pottery Barn - Flatirons Mall, Aspen Grove, Park Meadows and Briargate Lifestyle Center

Pier 1- Locations All Over Metro Denver and online

American Furniture Warehouse -Thornton, Westminster, Firestone, Aurora

Designer:

Room And Board - Cherry Creek

Mitchell Gold - Denver Design Center

HW Home - a Colorado Company

The Showroom @ Furniture Row

Howard Lorton Galleries

Lulus Furniture & Decor - LoHi

Element - Larimer Square, Denver 

Mid Mod Livin - RiNo & E Colfax

Online Furniture:

Overstock

Wayfair

Amazon

Joss & main

RH.com

Project 62 @Target.com

AllModern.com

econd Hand:

Habitat Restore

Revampt Cherry Creek

Mod Mood - Wheat Ridge

Decade - S Broadway

Junkspiration - Arvada

Buffalo Exchange - Capitol Hill

Mid Mod Livin - RiNo and E Colfax

Vintage Garage - Santa Fe Art

Whether you are a fan of vintage or like the big box stores, Denver has everything you could want.

Things to do with the family on Thanksgiving

This time of the year is a time to be thankful for friends and family. Whether you are spending the holidays at home or traveling to see loved ones, may you have a safe and happy Thanksgiving filled with good food, laughter, love and memories for a lifetime. We all have our Thanksgiving Day traditions and I know my family and I try to make new traditions every year. So for your family day, I have compiled a list of things you can do as a family and even some ways you can give back if you are in the Denver area.

Volunteer together – There are so many ways to give back over the holidays around the city. You can help provide meals, deliver meals, prep meals, provide homes, purchase presents and much more. If you are interested take the family and check out one of these great organizations:

·      Denver Rescue Mission

·      Thanksgiving Dinner for Parker Task Force Clients

·      Volunteers of America – baskets of joy

·      Denver Catholic Worker Soup Kitchen

·      Operation Turkey

·      Safehouse Denver

·      Project PAVE

·      The Delores Project

·      Rocky-mountain youth clinic

·      TLC Meals on Wheels

Get outside – the weather is looking great for Thanksgiving Day around Denver with temps reaching in the 70s. Get outside and play a good old family game of football or maybe have the kids of the family help set up a scavenger hunt around the yard.

Go get a Christmas Tree – The weekend after Thanksgiving many people take the opportunity to start their Christmas decorating and that includes grabbing a tree. Find a great local tree farm or organization such as a local church or the boy-scouts selling trees and take the family to get the perfect one for your home.

Family game night – What better to bring the family together, or throw some serious competition into the mix, then having a game night with the whole group? There are so many great games to choose from these days that the whole family can play from Pictionary to Apples to Apples there are so many great games for family members or all ages.

Share family memories – Sometimes, the holidays are the only time people see members of their families during the year. Different generations gather and it is a great time to share fond memories people have with one another, open up picture albums and recall those who came before and cherish the new members.

Have a sing-along – Karaoke is not dead and what better way to break the ice with everyone then busting out some instruments and a holiday radio station and having a good old sing-along?

Prepare food together – There is always a lot of food prep that goes into Thanksgiving Day and it can take a team to make sure everything gets made. Designate family members to help with certain dishes and have a good time while cooking them all!

Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday!!

Purchase Pies With A Purpose - Pie In The Sky & Project Angel Heart

Purchase pies with a purpose this Thanksgiving!  I’ve set a goal to sell 50 pies to help Project Angel Heart.  Please help me reach my goal by purchasing a Pie by 11/16.  Each pie purchased goes towards the preparation and delivery of THREE nutritious, medically tailored meals to fellow Coloradans living with life-threatening illnesses like cancer, multiple sclerosis, and HIV/AIDS.  As we near the  Holiday season, these pies are great gifts, party or office favors, and most importantly, help support a great cause. You may pick up your pies from one of the many selected pick up locations or the Kentwood City Properties on or after Tuesday, November 21st.

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Why you should list your home with me

I have talked a lot about why I enjoy helping buyers in today’s market as well as why buyer’s should use me as their realtor. But I realized I have never spoken about why sellers should list with me, which is the other side of the coin! I am both a buying and selling agent and I enjoy both sides even in a market that favors sellers. Selling homes is not a walk in the park, I know many sellers come to be with grand ideas of what they can get for their house and their realistic and sometimes unrealistic expectations and as their realtor, it is my job to help guide them to a good place where they can put their home on the market with confidence that it will sell in a timely manner and for the price they want. But that’s not all I do for my sellers, I also provide and experience for the potential buyers, market to the tenth degree and work to advertise not just locally but also internationally so that potential out-of-state buyers have a chance to view the property as well. I have compiled a list that I want to share with potential sellers on what my services all include from building a website about your home to a private showing with 50 agents before the home is even put on the market. Take a look at the extensive list below to see what you get when you hire me as your realtor:

HUGE LOCAL EXPOSURE

·      A custom property website will be created Kentwood's website, DenverRealEstate.com

·      A custom color property brochure will be created

·      A detailed description of the property with color photographs and a link to the website will appear in the Denver Metro Board of Realtors Multiple Listing Service

·      200 just listed cards will be mailed to area residents

·      A custom E-mail blast with photos and a link to the property website will be sent to several thousand agents (encompasses all major real estate offices in Denver)

·      A custom E-mail blast with photos and a link to the property website will be sent to over 4,000 of Brigette's personal and business contacts.

·      With the owners permission, a Broker Open House for the Entire Brokerage community will be held

·      The property will be presented to over 50 agents during the Tuesday Tour office meeting

·      With the owners permission, a For Sale sign will be placed on the property

·      Cross marketing with our two other Kentwood offices

·      Co-Listed With Jay Modglin of Modglin Real Estate Group

·      Open Houses with custom marketing and e-flyers the week before the open house

PRINT ADVERTISING

·      Custom property postcards will be designed and mailed to the area.

·      Full color, double sided outside brochures

·      Just listed cards to the neighborhood

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INTERNATIONAL AND 24 HOUR EXPOSURE

·      The property will be listed on ReColorado.com MLS .

·      Personal website for your home

·      Website marketing on Realtor.com, Homesnap Trulia.com, REColorado.com, REDFIN, Zillow.com, and all the other top housing search engines.

·      Postings on social media..Homesnap, Facebook, etc.

·      Personal blog about your home on my website

·      The property will be featured on the Internet on Brigette Modglin's social networks:

·      Facebook.com: @BrigetteModglin @DenverChitChat

·      Twitter.com @BrigetteModglin

·      Instagram.com @BrigetteModglin @DenverChitChat

If the above reasons check off your must-haves when hiring a realtor to sell your home, then give me a call today! I would love to take you for coffee and have a chance to walk through your home and discuss what I would recommend to get your home market ready. I look forward at the opportunity of helping you sell your home!

How shiplap walls can make an ordinary wall extraordinary

While many people like to renovate their homes in the summer, as a busy real estate agent I usually don’t get around to my own home until the fall or winter. I find it can be a good time to work on my house because there isn’t the craziness of summer and I can give some good time to my designs and ideas while also finding the right contractors to help make my vision become a reality.

I am really loving the farmhouse chic look right now, if anyone out there watches HGTV’s ‘Fixer Upper’ with Chip and Joanna, you will understand that like Joanna, I have a love for shiplap. For those of you who do not know what shiplap is, let me explain. Shiplap is a horizontal pattern of interlocking wooden boards. Traditionally, this style was used to build sheds and barns and is usually painted a solid color. They are a great way to add a little something extra to an ordinary wall and they give amazing character to your home without costing you an arm and a leg. And you want to know the best thing about installing shiplap walls in your house? You can do them yourself! That’s right, DIY shiplap walls are easy to assemble (you might need a partner, and of course the right tools so reach out to the handy people in your life and ask to borrow a few!) on your own and all you need are the following supplies:

·      plywood underlayment, ripped down to planks (the sizes will range with the size of your wall so make sure to measure everything)

·      3″x1/4″x4′ poplar “hobby boards”, aka battens

·      Sander with medium grit paper

·      Stud finder

·      Nail gun with 2” brad nails (you could hammer them but geez, it’ll take a while)

·      Paintable spackle/wood filler

·      Miter saw, table saw, circular saw, or jigsaw (we used a jigsaw because that’s all we had then)

·      Speed square and pencil

·      Primer

·      Paint

·      Coins as spacers

·      Painting supplies (tarp, brushes, etc.)

For step-by-step instructions, I looked to the blogs to find how to do it all and where I would need help. The one I liked best was good old Home Depot (they really know their stuff there so if you have any questions, make sure to ask someone at the store you get your supplies from!) - http://blog.homedepot.com/how-to-install-shiplap-walls/

There are so many great DIY projects you can work on this fall and winter in your home. I am excited to get these walls up and see how they change the look of my home!