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Brass is beautiful and classic. I am glad to see AT featuring these beautiful examples of lighting fixtures. My daughter loves the vintage, brass Sputnik lamp I gave her.

Consider painting your lower cabinets black, because of the appliances. Paint the upper cabinets a beige color to harmonize with the counters and the tile also paint the strip above them the same color as the upper cabinets to draw the eye upward. Remove the cornice over the sink.

I would also like to add that the particular color of stone you have is not enhanced by white trim. If you elect to stay with it and change the grout color, you might also consider changing the white to a rich cream or ivory color found in the stone.

My top city was in Arkansas. Little Rock to be exact. Makes no sense at all.

I keep a silver and a black permanent marker at hand just to label power and extension cords. Every extension cord is marked with its length and the power cords are marked with the name of the device it is meant to be paired with. Like Jackie I keep all my "electric" wire items sorted by types in zip bags in a bin.

You can make your own dryer balls.

http://www.homeforhireblog.com/2012/10/diy-wool-dryer-balls.html

Thank you Jose, how kind of you to search for this elusive item. I bookmarked the site for future reference.

Be aware that too bare is not do good either. I have personally sold two houses in the past two years. Houses that were filled with 50 plus years of stuff. The temptation is great to be ruthless, do not do it, you may need some of those items for staging. Both houses sold quickly, the most recent in one day with multiple offers. The house is being emptied now and I can tell you the barren look would not have shown this house to its best advantage.

The trick is lose the clutter, purge the ugly, broken dirty, clean, clean, clean (borrow a steam machine)again, keep your pretty books for staging, store the others, buy fresh linens, organize neatly, every single cupboard, closet and drawer. Use your furniture to create flow. Bright happy pops of color lift a room, color co-ordinate your clothes. No shoes on the floors. Mirrors reflect light and add sparkle. Make your tub and sink gleam, polish the sides with car wax. Use wax paper on your faucets after you clean them, to make them twinkle. Good luck.

Please get rid of the white on everything, especially the garage door and downspout, your house is too small to be chopped up by this color, plus it does nothing for the bricks.

I like the grey mentioned by earlier posters, it will be sophisticated and unify all the elements, it will also allow you to use a vivid eye catching accent color on the shutters and front door.

Please make sure you paint the storm the same color as the front door to unify them. The downspout is not an accent, you want it to fade into oblivion, so paint it a flat brick color. The garage door is not a feature either, make that fade as well by painting it a dark grey. You want all your focus to be on the front door.

You can use several shades of gray in the same family for all your trim. Use a darker grey where it is bright and a slightly lighter shade where it is dark. Only you will know you did this, but it will make a big difference.

Why not polagal?