Smart Landscaping, or, “What a Difference Three Weeks Makes!” The “it” in question would be the home — make that homes — at 2545 Huntington in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood. See, “New on the Market: 2545 Huntington for $4.995 Million(!).” What you can’t tell from the two photos is that the row of...Read More
How to Make a Busy Street Disappear A location on a busy street need not be a dealbreaker. If you’re dubious, consider 5600 Blake Road in Edina’s gorgeous Parkwood Knolls neighborhood, listed by Edina Realty’s Matt Lill. I count no fewer than five ways the owner and their builder are minimizing the proximity of a busy...Read More
Curb Appeal Two-for-One It’s hard to improve a home’s curb appeal. But not impossible. In general, there are three strategies: One. Addition. Strategic landscaping — specifically, adding shrubs and evergreens — can be a very effective way to frame a home and make it look bigger and more impressive. Variation #2: adding shutters, more neutral...Read More
To: my Twin Cities readers Re: 2013 Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo If you would like free tickets to the Minneapolis Home and Landscape Expo next month, just shoot me an email (rosskaplan@edinarealty.com), or leave me a voicemail (952-285-3182). The Expo runs Fri. – Sun. the first two weekends in January, and is a great...Read More
There Oughta Be a Word For That What do you call all the things outside a home — like concrete steps, pavers, custom handrails, retaining walls, etc. — that don’t quite qualify as “landscaping?” “Flatwork.” Thanks to Lisa Meyer, Edina Realty’s Roseville Office Manager, for solving that one.Read More
Home Improvements: ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’ Pornography is hard to define, but I know it when I see it. –Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart Oddly, I could say the same thing about good home improvements: they’re hard to define, but you know one when you see one (ditto for home improvements that...Read More
