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  • Throw a Month-long Party for National Remodeling Month
    By Kacey Larsen - Friday May 3, 2013
    This is my first time celebrating National Remodeling Month (you’ll have to imagine me blowing a noise maker).  And while I wish I have a really insightful answer to the question of how to celebrate, I’m instead going to defer to the industry associations, who have thrown many more National Remodeling Month parties than I have. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) each have promoted a variety of tips that will help you and your business spread the word. I’ve picked out a few of my favorite tips to include here for your consideration. Embrace both the new and the old: Social media can help you and your business reach a whole new audience, while yard signs...

  • Make Tax Season Your Season
    By Kacey Larsen - Tuesday April 9, 2013
    Tax season will soon come to an end, so many people are just itching to spend their refund checks. Well, how about if those people spend their refund checks with you? Here are five ways to reinvest a tax refund into a home Landscape and yard work –A home’s value can increase by up to 11 percent when it has good landscaping, according to a study by Clemson University and Michigan University (more information about that study can be found here). Mowing, watering, feeding and weeding can be tedious tasks for homeowners, but that important first impression made by a lawn may be worth them seeking out landscaping services. Maybe offering a special on services for people putting their homes on the market would bring in some new business...

  • Indoor Pool Daydreams
    By Kacey Larsen - Tuesday April 2, 2013
    As I look out the window here in Wisconsin and still see snow, it’s easy to get caught up in daydreams of lying somewhere warm, poolside with a drink in hand. Since outdoor pools are currently still buried under snow for most of us here in the Midwest, I’m transferring my daydreams to lying somewhere by an indoor pool with a drink in hand. I found some inspiration for my indoor pool daydreams, which I’ve posted on the ForResidentialPros Pinterest page for your viewing pleasure and can be found here . The inspiration board features stunning pools that blend the characteristics and style of the home with often family-friendly nature of indoor pools. The extra details, like mosaics, lighting and murals on the walls or ceilings...

  • Big News at the Big Show
    By Andrea Girolamo - Tuesday January 22, 2013
    So, the 2013 edition of the International Builders Show is barely two hours old and already we've probably got the biggest nuggest of information that the National Association of Home Builders could drop: in 2014, the NAHB and the National Kitchen & Bath Association have entered into an agreement to join the International Builders Show and the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show, back here in Las Vegas. The details, straight from the press release: The new mega-event will be held Feb. 4-6, 2014 in Las Vegas, with each show occupying a separate hall. Kitchen and bath brands that have participated in both shows can choose to exhibit in the KBIS or IBS hall. One pass will provide access to both exhibits. NKBA and NAHB will continue to produce...

  • Help us chronicle Sandy's clean-up
    By Andrea Girolamo - Monday December 10, 2012
    You may have had a delay if you tried to correspond with a few staff members of ForResidentialPros.com around October 29, and for the rest of the week following.  Superstorm Sandy, that Frankenstorm, or Hurricane, or Tropical Storm (depending on where you were when it hit you), knocked much of the east coast of the U.S. down for the count. What a lot of our readers don't realize is that some of our staff weathered this out in more than just words and pictures -- we have staff, including most of the editorial staff of Kitchen & Bath Design News , located on Long Island, who were very much in harm's way during the storm. KBDN Editor Janice Costa said it best in her editorial this month , illustrating the higher truths the storm...

  • Surveys, Collaborations and more: August on FRP
    By Andrea Girolamo - Thursday August 9, 2012
    Our editors never rest, even in the summer time.  This month, all three magazines feature top professionals dishing out advice to help you build your most successful businesses. The centerpiece of Kitchen & Bath Design News' August issue is an in-depth survey of the design desires and buying preferences of Gen X & Gen Y -- KBDN editor Janice Costa writes it best :  Generations X and Y, for example, seem to have a number of design preference commonalities, from a love of color and texture to a desire for clean, simple and modern designs. Some of these come from necessity, as this generation tends to have less...   Qualified Remodeler 's Laurie Grant profiles a remodel that is totally in season, and brings the beach life to a...

  • The Bridge
    By Andrea Girolamo - Monday June 18, 2012
    Hi all, your faithful ForResidentialPros.com editor Andrea here, posting for the first time on The New Blog. ForResidentialPros.com (or, FRP as we shorthand it around these parts) is beginning phase two of its mission to bring together the closely allied audiences of Kitchen & Bath Design News , Qualified Remodeler and Residential Design+Build magazines. We're the bridge, so to speak, between builders, remodelers, architects and designers. FRP has been up and running since the middle of October 2011 and, in that time, our staff has put together a host of online exclusives: from Q&A's featuring prominent remodelers, to covering National Home Remodeling Month and live on-the-scene coverage of industry events, FRP's gained a vocal...

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