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4 Habits for an Easy-to-Clean Home\ Keeping your home clean can feel like an uphill battle–especially if you have a home with children in the household. Thankfully, there are some habits that can easily be tackled regularly that will ensure that making your home easy-to-clean isn’t difficult. Whether you are cleaning up the messes of a large family or a small household, these four habits can make...

Practical Tips for Decluttering Your Wardrobe As you begin to transition your wardrobe from summer to fall, you may be left thinking, “I have too many clothes!” Decluttering any space within your home can create a stress-free and welcoming environment. Unfortunately, decluttering can feel like an overwhelming task. Thankfully, there are a few strategies you can use to make the process easier. Here...

5 Things You Should Never Put in a Storage Unit Storage units are becoming increasingly popular, and for good reason. They are a smart solution to many different home problems. Some use them to organize their belongings while moving or while living in a place with no space to spare. Storage units are helpful tools, but here are 5 things you should never put in a storage unit for safety and security. 1...

How to Properly Self-Clean Your Oven If food drippings and grease have made your oven a big mess, self-cleaning option on your oven can come in handy. It's a convenient option that takes care of the cleaning for you, so you can focus on other things. If you're a little wary about using the self-cleaning oven feature, look no further. Today, we're going over how to use the self-cleaning function on your...

How to Stage Your Home for a Quick Sale: Tips from the Experts Even in a seller's market, homes only sell if a buyer falls in love with the home. The key to making a buyer fall in love with your home (besides pricing it right ) is to make your home appealing. Even the most meticulous seller likely doesn't have a Pinterest-perfect home, and that's okay! This is where home staging comes in. Staging a home...

You Ask, We Answer: What Are the Best Home Organizing Trends for 2024? If you’re anything like us, your New Year’s resolution included the lofty goal of keeping your home tidier. But it can feel overwhelming to overhaul your entire house in the name of keeping it more organized. Luckily, you don’t have to do everything all at once to feel and see a difference. Here are some of the best home...

You Ask, We Answer: How Can I Optimize Kitchen Counter Space? One of life’s most common truisms? No matter how big or small your kitchen, counter space is always at a premium. But before you give in to the frustration of trying to cook while constantly relocating countertop items, read on: We have some tips for how to optimize your kitchen counter space. Hang up your knives…and your pots and pans...

You Ask, We Answer: What Should I Declutter in the New Year? Happy New Year! As we here at Calcagni Real Estate welcome 2024, many of us will make New Year’s resolutions. If one of your resolutions is to declutter your home so it’s organized for the year ahead, you’re in good company. Here are some of our favorite easy ways to declutter your house to make things feel neat, organized, and less...

You Ask, We Answer: How Should I Clean for Last Minute Guests? The holidays are wonderful in so many ways, but last minute guests can turn even the most festive mood into a stressful situation! Luckily, we here at Calcagni Real Estate know a few things about staging a home to look its best–and cleaning for last minute visitors is basically staging your home for your loved ones. The goal here is to...

You Ask, We Answer: Why Do I Need to Have My Chimney Professionally Cleaned? This weekend marks the fall equinox, and we here at Calcagni Real Estate couldn’t be more excited. Autumn in New England is a magical time; between the stunning foliage, pumpkins and mums, fall festivals, and the first fires in our fireplaces, it’s hard not to love this cozy season! But if you haven’t had a professional...