Bathroom Remodeling Hints: Small Price Tag, Big Impact

Unless you just completed a stunning bathroom renovation with a five-figure price tag, there’s probably at least one thing in your bathroom you’d like to change. Whether you’re dealing with a constantly leaky faucet or the whole room just looks drab and out of date, you can find many ways to make your bathroom beautiful again without breaking the bank or investing a huge amount of time. Here are a few tips to get you started:

Replace your tired old toilet. Upgrading to a sleek, easy-to-clean one-piece toilet is a surprisingly simple way to update your bathroom, and it doesn’t have to cost a lot, either. Toilet installations are often viewed as a job for a professional, but some new toilets are being designed with the do-it-yourself homeowner in mind. The new SAVER toilet from American Standard, for instance, can be installed without using any tools at all – just a simple hand-tightening is all that’s required. Plus, a new low-flow commode like the SAVER can pay for itself in water savings alone.

Clean up your caulk. If the caulk in your bathroom is grimy, prone to mildew, or cracked, replacing it is a great way to freshen up the look of your bathroom. Use a caulk softener, available at any hardware store, to soften the existing caulk and make it easier to remove. Then, a good scraping with a plastic putty knife will do the trick. After the caulk is removed, clean in between the tiles with a bleach and water solution, and allow to dry completely. Then you are ready to apply the new caulk. Tom Kraeutler of the home improvement blog TheMoneyPit.com recommends using a mildew-proof caulk for easier cleaning and longer-lasting good looks. Apply the caulk in between the tiles with a smooth, steady motion, and then smooth the surface with a moistened finger for a more even appearance.

Fancy up your faucets. Swapping out an out-of-date faucet is less expensive and time-consuming than replacing an entire pedestal sink or vanity, but can still have a big visual impact. Whether your style is clean and modern or romantic and ornate, updating your faucets can be easy and stress-free now that many manufacturers are offering easy-to-install bathroom faucets. For example, all lavatory faucets from American Standard and JADO  come with Speed Connect drains that contain only four parts -10 less than conventional drains – and are easy to install in minutes, without guesswork or special materials.

Paint your way to a beautiful bath. Freshening up the color on the walls in your bathroom can be an easy afternoon project depending on the size and structure of your bathroom. Because they are typically the smallest rooms in the house, bathrooms are a great place to experiment with color – if you hate it or change your mind, it’s easy enough to change to something else. Want to keep it simple? Pure white walls, especially when accented with glass and dark woods, are a current design trend.

Interview with Kerri Anderson, publisher of Homes & Land of Edmonton

Hello this is Steven Bailey with Next Wave Success and today we are interviewing Miss Kerri Anderson of Edmonton Alberta Canada

Kerri is the owner and Publisher of the Homes & Land Magazine in Edmonton.

Kerri, tell me a little about yourself?

I love marketing; I have a strong background in sales, and publishing, with a reputation for providing superior customer service.  I was very excited to begin working with Homes & Land of Edmonton as a Sales & Marketing Consultant, and I believe so strongly in our product, that I have since purchased the franchise.  My plan is to continue with superior service, and to continue to grow the magazine in years to come.

I have heard Homes & Land Edmonton has quite an extensive distribution channel both offline and online, can you tell me a bit about that?

Homes & Land Magazine of Edmonton can be found at nearly 1,500 box/rack locations throughout Edmonton and surrounding areas. In addition to our box/rack locations, we target various areas around Edmonton and surrounding areas in which we deliver our magazine door to door. We will even mail out our magazine to anyone who requests us to do so.   All they have to do is go to our website   and click on the link that says “click here to receive your copy”.  And not only is our magazine available to view online at our website, homesandlandofedmonton.com, we have a number of web affiliates that also pick up listings advertised in our magazine and our website as well.

I understand that Homes & Land Edmonton has been very successful for the past 9 years. Can you tell me what you feel are the key reasons you can attribute that success for both company and your clients.

I’d have to say the key reasons are  because we care about our clients.  We understand the importance of a strong marketing campaign and how important customer service is.  The more we can do for our advertisers, the more they can do for their clients!

You have recently begun a very innovative Social Media Marketing Campaign to benefit your advertisers, what are some of the things you are doing to engage consumers?

Well Steven, using my blog at HomesAndLandEdmonton.com as the base we create consumer oriented content. Our most creative strategy is video marketing. We feature property and neighborhood videos specific to my clients and syndicate them to around 40 different social sites and news sites.

Consumers love video and our massive syndication network creates amazing search results… sometimes very quickly. It’s a real win-win for consumers looking for Edmonton properties and for my clients trying to brand themselves and of course sell their listings as quick as possible.

Kerri I want to thank you for taking the time to share a little bit about yourself and your business. Best of luck to you and your clients in 2010.

It was my pleasure.

I’m Steven Bailey with Next Wave Success. Here’s to Your Success!

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