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The kitchen is part of a home where people spend a lot of quality time. It’s very special, more so than most of the other rooms.

How can you make your kitchen stand out from other kitchens people might see when shopping for a home? Staging!

Staging is when you decorate a room to be more appealing to home buyers. It’s important to keep your personal items out and put in things that appeal to a larger group of people. Personal touches are perfect when it’s your home, but you are trying now to entice someone else to make it their home.

In this month’s Item of Value, get tips on how to stage your kitchen. Click here to read the full report.

Image courtesy toolboxtomgirl.com

Thanks to the Toolbox Tomgirl for this issue of Tips from the Pros, about how long appliances typically last.

This time of year we find out about leaking roofs, HVAC systems that don’t want to cool, and if luck has it and we had a great tax refund, we buy new appliances. I remind you to buy quality products from a reputable company. Remember to check licenses and warranties.

If you do your homework you can expect your money to be wisely invested. Below is the list of common “major” expenditures around your home and how long you can expect them to last.

Heating (let’s hope you don’t this now that spring is in the air)

• Forced air furnace – 10 to 25 years
• Water boiler (welded steel) 15 to 30 years
• Water boiler (cast iron) 30 to 50 years

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Thanks to Infinite Home Services for sharing this kitchen remodeling blog.

Whether you are grabbing a midnight snack, cooking breakfast or making a huge holiday meal, the kitchen is an important place in every American home. Kitchen bring families together in a meaningful way. Making yours the focal point of your home can be done with renovations.

Putting a lot of cash toward a full remodel is not always possible. However, updating some of the more important parts of your kitchen can be done as a small renovation.

Take a look around the kitchen and consider where the room is in most need of improvement...