skills
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All the Ways Real Estate Photography Tricks You
Trickery has always been part of the process of finding a place to live. We all know the real estate shows on TV are lying to us on a constant basis, but even the professionals enlisted to sell or rent you a property are industriously lying to you — mostly through the property photos they…
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Don’t Prune These Plants in the Spring
No matter how much cleanup and prep you do in your garden before winter arrives, there’s always a list of new maintenance tasks each spring. And along with cleaning out garden and flower beds and preparing the soil, many people are tempted to give their plants a spring haircut to get them ready for the…
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How to Remove Unwanted Texture From Your Walls
One of the basic tenets of interior design — if you ever plan to sell your home — is to avoid overly personal choices of the more permanent variety. Yet, as anyone who has ever house- or apartment-hunted before can attest, many people think that textured walls are a universally appealing design choice. Fact: They…
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The Number One Skill Employers Are Looking For Is Creativity, Here’s Why
You’ve heard of the gig economy and the portfolio career. Now quite popular terms, they come from the ways artists work. Think musicians gigging across small bars and large arenas, visual artists with portfolios of work in print, in galleries and online, or actors engaged on a range of short-term projects across a given year.…