Designers always keep their minds open to the possibilities around them. Modern Mecca owner Claudia Andrade Desbiens took $40 to Dollar General to see how many staging essentials she could buy in-budget.

Agents, inspectors, appraisers, contractors—just about everybody involved in real estate uses abbreviations to describe the important details of a property. Some are fairly easy to guess; others, not so much. Here’s a cheat sheet.

Dustin Arrington has 23 years’ experience with Tampa Bay’s very particular lawn needs, and Arrington Landscaping Services does it all: Tree-trimming, irrigation, landscaping, lawn maintenance and more.

Outdoor furniture is a thing in Tampa Bay, and what would you expect from a place that outdoors all year? As seen at the 2022 High Point Spring Market, the hottest looks for your living room have opened up the patio doors and gone outside.

From the high-rises and towers of Bayshore Boulevard to single family home neighborhoods in Clearwater, there are quite a few HOAs operating in Tampa Bay. Is an HOA right for you? Make some popcorn and get comfortable because it’s about to get real.

85% of buyers use a real estate pro to help them navigate the purchase of a new home. After all, buyers don’t have to pay to work with an agent. 100% of buyers should use a real estate agent. Here’s why.

We should be getting 7-9 hours of sleep a night. In 1942, we were getting an average of 7.9 hours. Today, that average is down to 6.5. We’re not even hitting the low end of the “sufficient sleep” scale anymore.

You don’t need a degree in real estate to find your dream home, but it sure helps to know the lingo. Peep this 4-part guide and you’ll be fluent in homebuying before you know it.

In my life as veterinarian and founder of a mobile veterinary service, other mobile pet businesses tend to get my attention. I tried out Rover Done Over and they won my award for Biz of the Month!

When it’s Bloody Mary and Eggs Benny time in Tampa Bay, how do you decide where to go? Yelp, of course. According to Yelpers, these are the 10 best brunches in the bay.

Thanks to KonMari’s 11 million book sales in 40 languages, decluttering is an international pastime. But sparking joy isn’t the only strategy out there. Quieting your space is a straightforward process for decluttering your environment.

Lisa Wolff McIntyre is an approved real estate agent for the City of Tampa’s Dare to Own the Dream program, which provides funds toward the purchase of a home to eligible first-time homebuyers.

Gas prices are nuts. But by making a few modifications to your driving habits, can you really stretch your tank of gas far enough to make the effort worth it?

Facts: 1) Tampa made the list of America’s top 15 pizza cities, 2) Tampa is the highest-ranking pizza city in the state of Florida. So where did Tampa land? Who was number one? What kinds of pizza are eaten in the top 15 cities? Let’s dig in.

Tampa is rounding the corner to summer: That sultry season requiring water-based activities for heat survival. Lucky for us, there’s plenty of water activities to be found in these parts.

Can you draw a straight line from the 2003 movie Under the Tuscan Sun to the design craze that dominated the landscape for a decade? You be the judge.

A quarter of home sales are currently going to cash buyers. By finding out what a seller *really* needs and crafting your offer accordingly, you can better compete with all potential buyers—cash and mortgaged alike.

The cost to for a mortgage loan on a second home is going up substantially on April 1st. And that’s no joke.

If upgrading to a bigger house or downsizing to your dream home is on your 2022 to-do list, you’re probably obsessed with timing it just right to get the most out of the sale of your current house but also make a smart investment with your next one.

A Reddit user recently posed this question: “Pretend every neighborhood in Tampa is a person at a house party. What is each person doing?” Tampa Bay’s responses did not disappoint.