New IRS Ruling Offers Tax Free Benefits to Real Estate Owners Thanks to a recent ruling by the IRS, you can replace your management intensive or non-income producing real estate -- such as apartments or farm land -- into interests in blue-chip, trophy commercial properties and sleep better at night.
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Turn Your Home into a Vacation Retreat Who doesn’t yearn for that relaxed feeling that comes with the warmer climate, the casual lifestyles and the bright, open interiors of the islands? A growing trend in home design, from Maine to Michigan, is rooms inspired by these sunny spots in the hopes that it will make our homes breezy, colorful and restful and more vacation-like.
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Create an Underwater Adventure in Your Child's Room Decorating a child's room can be a challenge. You want to create a room that reflects your child's growth and personality throughout the years, without breaking the piggybank each time they have a new whim.
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Updating Your Cottage State of Mind In 1848, architect Andrew Jackson Downing bid readers of The Horticulturist to practice “beautiful and appropriate architecture. Do not build your dwelling places like temples, churches or cathedrals,” he implored. “Let them be, characteristically, dwelling-houses . . . let the cottage be a cottage.”
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Oriental Rugs Are Luxurious and Affordable An Oriental rug instantly transforms any space, whether it’s a living room, a home office or a foyer. Luxurious and colorful, these rugs have a timeless quality that enhances any decorating scheme. But if you think something so elegant is out of reach, think again.
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