While we at Maple and Main Realty are in the business of selling homes, we certainly like to pass along interesting advice about household related information as well.  I find that few things feel as good as a successful DIY project.  Finding a new purpose for some junk lying around the house while making something useful and attractive with [...]

I was visiting some clients last week to advise them about readying their house to potentially sell.  They wanted advice about any work I might recommend they do before listing it.  The house is a well-kept single-floor home (ranch-style), with some very nice attributes:  wider hallways (custom designed to accommodate a wheelchair) which [...]

I love Northampton, have I mentioned this before?  There are so many reasons why, but, today I am thinking about all of my Northampton D-I-Y people.  One friend of mine makes moth eaten sweaters into adorable arm/hand warmers (pardon the blurry image).  And I got to be the lucky recipient of a pair at Christmas this year!  Another friend [...]

Ok, not really.  But a thought had occurred to me.  Having grown up with a mish-mosh of holiday celebrations around this time of year, when November rolls around I do tend to start thinking about how to balance my husband's discomfort with decorating the house for the holidays with my children's deep desire to do so.  It's not that he's a [...]