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How to Recycle Your Christmas Tree
After the holiday season it can be tricky to know exactly what to do next. The tree’s not going to just stay there the whole year, right? Sooooo… how in the world do you get rid of a Christmas tree?
The short answer? You recycle it.
9 Tips for Setting (and Keeping!) Intentions This New Year
New Year’s resolutions are A-W-F-U-L. We feel the pressure to become this new, more evolved person just because we’re flipping over the calendar.
By February 27, when we’ve gone back to our old ways, we beat ourselves up and totally call it quits. Then, what do we do the next year? Yup… we do it all over again.
This year let’s ditch the resolutions. Let’s try intentions instead.
37 Questions for More Intentional Holiday Conversations
Connection is something we could all use a little (or a lot!) more of. That’s one of the reasons we L-O-V-E the holiday season. From November to January, we’re all warm and fuzzy thinking about all the opportunities to live, laugh, love (sorry) with our friends and family.
But, let’s be honest. Sometimes holiday connection feels just a tad… forced.
9 Tips for Sustainable Gift Giving
As it turns out, the holidays aren’t that great for Mama Earth. For example, we pitch 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day than any other time of year. That’s 25 million tons of garbage.
Life in Denver: Harvey Park Neighborhood
Harvey Park is your own “slice of the suburbs” with an urban twist. This densely packed area has everything you could want: beautiful homes, gorgeous parks, and delicious restaurants!
How to Exercise a Some Holiday Spending Restraint (without being a Scrooge)
Everything is more expensive nowadays. But during the holidays, we try to ignore the sticker price, don’t we? After all, we want our friends and family to have all the things.
But then January rolls around and we get our first credit card statement of the new year… which prompts us to add “stick to a budget” to our list of New Year’s resolutions. Again.
Here are 10 Ways to Save Over the Holidays.
9 Tips for Preventing Food Waste
Since many of us will soon be bellying up to an overflowing Thanksgiving table, we decided this would be the perfect time to both express gratitude for all that delicious food—and pay homage to the planet that produced it. And there’s no better way to do that than to make our celebrations a little more sustainable.
Life in Denver: Wellshire Neighborhood
Denver’s Wellshire neighborhood is the perfect transition between city and suburban living. The architecture is a mix of mid-century ranches and brand-new mansions, making Wellshire a unique destination for both new and established families.
The What, Why, and How of Mindfulness Meditation
Life can get really tough sometimes. We feel like circus performers trying to juggle work, family, friends, hobbies, sleep, health, that thing someone asked you to do last week, and more. All at the same time.
It’s a lot to deal with, and most of it is stuff we can’t just … stop doing. So instead, we have to learn to cope with it. Mindfulness meditation can help.
Life in Denver: Berkeley Neighborhood
Berkeley is the definition of good vibes. With its absolutely-in-the-city-but-damn-if-it-doesn’t-feel-like-a- small-town vibe, it’s a lovely spot for everyone from first-time home buyers to empty nesters and everyone in between.
6815 W 84th Way #40 | Arvada | Sold
Welcome home to beautiful Lake Arbor Fairways! Cook and entertain in your cozy kitchen/living area, or snuggle in and enjoy the fireplace. Plenty of room to spread out in this two bed/one bath multi-level home.
First-Time Homebuyers Beat the Competition and Find Their Ideal Home.
“My partner and I were first time home buyers in the middle of the pandemic and we couldn't have asked for a better person to work with. Heather and her team were amazing, in every way. She was incredibly responsive, supportive, and so patient with us. We were recommending her to friends and family before we even closed on our home!”
The Teacher Becomes the Student: 13 Things We Learned from Our Own Move
Listen, we do this buy and sell thing every day… but for other people. In those situations, we’re slightly removed from the heat of it all, and it’s easy to forget just how taxing the process is.
Well, friends, we learned some stuff in our move—and because we like you, we want to share our lessons with you. Follow these 13 tips, and your next move will be far less sucky!
5 Reasons to Get a Smart Thermostat
So, first the bad news… Heating and cooling your home is pretty sucky for the environment. Our HVACs release a lot of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, especially if they’re not in tip-top shape. And all that CO2 contributes to air pollution and climate change.
Basically, the more we use our HVACs, the more we’ll need our HVACs in the subsequent hot and cold extremes caused by our climate crisis.
Buyers Find Room to Grow in Thornton.
“Heather, Maureen and everyone at Dwell/Compass have been great through every step of the home buying process. They're the perfect combination of knowledgeable, responsive, supportive, professional and are an absolute pleasure to work with.”
3425 S. Grape St. | Denver | Sold
Mid-Century Modern ranch home in University Hills has 1,300 finished square feet and features three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Built in 1953, the floor plan is perfect for working from home because of the uniquely separated indoor spaces and the distinct outdoor areas. The front patio area with privacy fencing, beautifully landscaped front yard, covered back deck and fenced backyard are wonderful areas to relax. This is a fantastic low maintenance urban home with quick access to shopping, parks, Downtown Denver, Denver Tech Center and I-25.
Life in Denver: Central Park
For most neighborhoods in Denver, it’s relatively easy to choose a word or two to describe the area’s overall vibe. Historic. Family-oriented. Foodie heaven. You get the idea.
But because Central Park is massive—7.5 square miles and home to 25,000 people—it’s tough to find one way to describe the place. In fact, Central Park isn’t just one neighborhood; it’s a collection of 12 neighborhoods.
So while there’s no perfect description of this community based on architecture or residents, the history of the place suggests one: Redemption.
How to Be a Great Landlord
In the U.S., more people are renting homes than at any point since 1965. And thanks to all those renters, savvy investors can build wealth through real estate.
While purchasing and renting out an investment property has some pretty incredible benefits, most people see one main drawback: Becoming a landlord.