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8 Small Design Tricks To Get Your House Ready For Fall

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Just like your wardrobe, your home should also transition with the seasons. It’s getting dark earlier, pumpkin-spice everything is hitting store shelves, and you’re thinking twice about wearing white pants. It can only mean one thing: Fall is imminent. While it’s always sad to see the lazy days of summer come to an end, autumn brings the opportunity to fill your San Francisco home with the coziest of cozy decor. “With the change of seasons and more time spent indoors, you should take this as an opportunity to add some warmth and comfort to your home,” says Patty Frischman, co-owner of interior design company SimplyHome2. If you’re ready to take your home’s vibe from lemonade to apple cider, follow these eight quick decor enhancements that can be done in the hour gained from daylight saving time. 1. Update your art with autumnal tones The biggest way to change the mood in your home is with your walls. If you’re not inclined to tackle a new paint job , art makes a big differ

Just Listed! St. Mary’s Park Beauty Open House This Sun 9/11

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Detached St. Mary’s Park 3 bedroom 2 bath extensively remodeled home located on an exquisite block with fresh interior and exterior paint. Living room offers wood burning fireplace and formal dining room with period details. Gourmet kitchen features granite counters, stainless steel appliances, wine cooler and limestone floors lead to the light-filled breakfast area/office. Extensive remodel with newer roof, fencing, Milgard windows, furnace, tankless water heater, upgraded electrical and plumbing, insulation, refinished hardwood floors, deck, laundry room, custom carriage garage door, kitchen and baths. Permitted lower level family room with wet bar opens to the beautiful deck and professionally designed and landscaped private yard. An additional bedroom, modern bathroom and laundry area complete the first floor. TWO car garage plus driveway. Remodeling of property was done with permits. Home is walkable to St. Mary’s Park Recreation Center, which includes a gymnasium, community roo

Just Listed! St. Mary’s Park Beauty Open House This Sun 9/11

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Detached St. Mary’s Park 3 bedroom 2 bath extensively remodeled home located on an exquisite block with fresh interior and exterior paint. Living room offers wood burning fireplace and formal dining room with period details. Gourmet kitchen features granite counters, stainless steel appliances, wine cooler and limestone floors lead to the light-filled breakfast area/office. Extensive remodel with newer roof, fencing, Milgard windows, furnace, tankless water heater, upgraded electrical and plumbing, insulation, refinished hardwood floors, deck, laundry room, custom carriage garage door, kitchen and baths. Permitted lower level family room with wet bar opens to the beautiful deck and professionally designed and landscaped private yard. An additional bedroom, modern bathroom and laundry area complete the first floor. TWO car garage plus driveway. Remodeling of property was done with permits. Home is walkable to St. Mary’s Park Recreation Center, which includes a gymnasium, community rooms

The Morning Routine That Will Save You 20 Hours a Week

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The traditional 9-5 workday is poorly structured for high productivity. Perhaps when most work was physical labor it made sense, but not in the knowledge-working world we now live in. Although this may seem obvious enough based on people's mediocre performance, addiction to stimulants, lack of engagement, and the fact that most people hate their jobs -- now there's loads of scientific evidence to prove it. The myth of the eight-hour workday. The most productive countries in the world do not work eight hours per day. Actually, the most productive countries have the shortest workdays. People in countries like Luxembourg are working approximately 30 hours per week (approximately six hours per day, five days per week) and making more money on average than people with longer workweeks. This is the average person in those countries. But what about the super-productive? Although Gary Vaynerchuck claims to work 20 hours per day, many "highly successful" people