It’s the new year which often means a time where we set lofty goals for improving ourselves. That may include staying more organizing, eating healthy, or doing a better job of staying in touch with long distance friends and relatives. But what about new years resolutions for your home? Cleaning […]
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January’s Community of the Month: Berthoud
Throughout the course of our blog, it’s fairly often that we highlight community events or businesses applying to the Northern Colorado area as a whole. This time, let’s start to narrow our focus and examine some specific communities within that region, because each community is unique and contains its own […]
10 Netflix Shows for Home Lovers
This post was updated October 13, 2017 to include current information and recommendations. Television channels like HGTV are wonderful and deadly all at once because of their ability to suck you into marathons and full binge-watching weekends. We become invested in a young couple’s ultimate home-buying decision, we feel for the family undergoing […]
#MinimalistMonday | Our Favorite Minimalist Looks
During the course of December, we’ve unpacked major ideas from Marie Kondo’s book, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”, during our #MinimalistMonday series. We introduced the series, talked about tidying up and discussed how to reorganize. In our next post of the series, we want to take it to the […]
#MinimalistMonday | Tips for Reorganizing
We’ve waited an entire week for the return of #MinimalistMonday! We introduced our series with a review of Marie Kondo’s book “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” and unpacked some major themes in our second installment of the series. It laid the groundwork for some intense “tidying up” and reevaluating […]
Get Inspired by Cozy Cabins Near and Far
One of our favorite design styles — especially this time of year — is cabin-inspired architecture and décor. It is inevitably cozy, comforting and downright beautiful. Rich colors, inviting fabric textures, glowing candles, wooden furniture, animal-centric accent pieces, exposed wood beams, and stone walls are all common elements within this style. […]
#MinimalistMonday | Tips on Decluttering
Our new weekly holiday, #MinimalistMonday, has returned again! In the introduction to our #MinimalistMonday series, we discussed Marie Kondo’s book about the Japanese art of decluttering called “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”. If you missed that first post, look it over before you go any further! It helps set […]
#MinimalistMonday | A Series on Simplification and Decluttering
There’s #ThrowbackThursday, #TransformationTuesday, and an Instagrammable subject for almost every day of the week. So we wanted to make sure beloved Monday was included in the fun. Okay, we suppose there is #ManCrushMonday, but the only way to tie that back to the subject of homes is by babbling about […]
Hosting The Perfect Holiday Party (Without Breaking The Bank!)
Hosting a holiday party might sound like an intimidating feat or something that only domestic professionals can achieve. We decided to straighten out this misconception and compiled some resources and ideas for hosting a holiday party without breaking the bank or losing your mind. Sound impossible? Read on! Gather […]
Laurel & Wolf: Affordable Interior Design at Your Fingertips
So much of what we do nowadays is online. In fact, that’s how you’re reading this very sentence, right? We shop online (for both homes and everyday items), get ideas and inspiration online, access entertainment online and even find potential spouses online. As much as we promote stepping foot inside […]
Investigate Real Haunted Places in Fort Collins
You probably know that The Group, Inc. is in the business of homes — or real estate, more specifically. But we also happen to be aware of the several haunted homes, hotels, cemeteries and even trees in and around Fort Collins. If you’re feeling brave during this Halloween season and […]
#TransformationTuesday | Donath Lake Home Sees the Light
#TransformationTuesday is a day set aside to admire jaw-dropping transformations. On this day, you might see a few photos on Facebook from your friends’ pasts, including braces and awkward school photo poses. For our purposes, we celebrate #TransformationTuesday by taking a look at local interior design companies who have managed […]