Almost everyone is afraid of placing a work of modern art in a traditional setting, and vice-versa. It’s time to get over both forms of that phobia.
DEAR GAIL: We’re making one of our extra bedrooms into the kid’s movie room. We want to make it fun without spending too much money. We have a couple of movie posters that we’re going to frame but we wanted a couple of other fun ideas that we could add to the room. Thanks. — Nora.
What does it take to create a “Top Design” that is beautiful enough to be featured in one of the world’s foremost interior design publications? Just infuse your home with a little bit of your own soul, according to Margaret Russell.
DEAR DEBBIE: I love red and notice that I have lots of red in my wardrobe: my favorite shoes, three blouses and even a little red (not black) dress. I’d like to use red in my home, but I fear it may be too much. The main floor is open concept, so you would see the red from every direction. Have you any red rules? Thanks for all your help. I love your columns. — Charlotte.
Look in the basement. Sometimes the old boxes of soap near the laundry tubs can be valuable.
What kind of bed is most appealing to you? There are a great variety of styles to suit your fancy.
Pardee Homes is offering upgraded luxury homes for immediate move-in at the gated Bella Fiore neighborhood on The Falls Golf Course at Lake Las Vegas Resort, according to Rob Tuvell, regional sales director for Pardee Homes.
Q: We have a homeowner who just ignores our governing documents and really is one trouble maker.
Due to a reporting error, the membership for the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors was incorrect in the Nov. 29 issue of the real estate section. The current membership is 14,500, down from 17,000 members during its peak years.
Q: Making bimonthly mortgage payments — good idea, or bad? — Via e-mail
Stationed for the past six years at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Kevin Sweet has been in the Air Force for 15 years. Now Sweet and his family live close to the base due to a series of opportunities that helped Sweet; his wife, Wendy, and sons Zachary Giffen-Pope, 16; and Korey Giffen-Pope, 14, purchase a new home in Pardee Homes’ Capistrano neighborhood in North Las Vegas.
The Southern Nevada Home Builders Association conducted its 2009 Installation of Officers and Directors/2008 President’s Appreciation Awards Luncheon Dec. 3 at the Four Seasons Resort Ballroom. The new board takes office Jan. 1.
Pulte Homes is offering special interest rate and financing terms on 2008 inventory homes in selected neighborhoods throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
Changes in the housing market can change the nature of home-sale transactions.
Monterey at Las Vegas Country Club Home is reporting record sales numbers, according to sales agent Nancy Green.
Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the home buyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure.
The goal for Lennar Homes in Las Vegas is to sell 30 homes in the next 30 days by slashing prices up to 25 percent off the base price of selected remaining inventory homes and offering special financing fixed for the first year and special financing fixed for life, according to Jeff Galindo, vice president of sales for Lennar Las Vegas.
Even during the current challenging real estate market, The Ridges in Summerlin continues to set records.
Tuscan Cliffs, a collection of semi-custom estate homes in the hills of the southern Las Vegas Valley, is offering its model homes in a new leaseback program.
On most high school football teams, Sidney Hodge would be the go-to running back or top cover cornerback, if not both. At Palo Verde, he’s neither.
It was only a little more than three months ago that I introduced myself to you and promised to do my best in giving you some of the inside tips from practices and games.
Considering he stands 6 feet 3 inches and weighs 245 pounds, Gabe Ledoux seemingly would have made a prototypical linebacker prospect in his formative years.
Palo Verde likes to push the pace on the basketball court, so it was a welcomed sight for the Panthers as Coronado came calling Friday night.
So fragile were the Dallas Cowboys, they turned into patsies while quarterback Tony Romo watched with a broken right pinkie. Romo’s return has turned around everything.
B.J. Bell knew what was coming, interrupting the predictable question about possibly following his brothers to UNLV.