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Cozy Holiday Hosting — The Effortless Trend Everyone Loves
Learn how to host a cozy-casual holiday gathering with simple décor, easy food ideas, and stress-free entertaining tips for the season.
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Designing with the Island in Mind
Learn how to optimize your condo or studio space with these helpful tips from Gillette and Associates!
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How to Make a Small Space Feel Like a Stylish Home
Learn how to optimize your condo or studio space with these helpful tips from Gillette and Associates!
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Creating the Perfect Breakfast Nook
Transform your kitchen into a cozy retreat with our guide to creating the perfect breakfast nook with Gillette and Associate
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The Ultimate Checklist for Preparing Your Home for Sale
Properly prepare your home for sale with these helpful staging tips and tricks from Gillette and Associates Nanaimo!
Read the storyPreparing to Buy a Home During Wildfires
Buying a Nanaimo home during wildfire season? Get essential tips on property risk, insurance, and making smart real estate decisions.
Read the storyFridges With Flair
Discover how a splash of color in the kitchen can attract buyers and set your Island home apart. Check out our DG site for more on RE!
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How to Winterize Your Home
Whether you are a new home owner or have lived in the same space for year, knowing how to winterize your home is vital for its longevity.
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Olive Oil: A Must Have in Any Home Kitchen
Learn more about the benefits of olive oil in your kitchen, it's health benefits and how it can benefit your day to day life with G&A.
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Poly-B Pipes
Learn how to identify Poly-B pipes, understand the risks they pose, and explore replacement options to prevent costly damage.
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Preparing Your Home for Fall
Prepare your home for fall with essential tips on maintenance, decor, and curb appeal. Ensure comfort and safety as cooler months approach
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Trending Summer Colors
Summer Home Refresh: Discover trending colors and staging tips to brighten your space with Pantone hues and local paint options in Nanaimo
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Home Inspection: How to Prepare Your Home
Prepare your Vancouver Island home for inspection with these essential tips to ensure a smooth and successful process
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Spring Cleaning Outside
Get your backyard ready for spring 2024 with our expert tips on real estate-inspired spring cleaning and garden planting.
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Kitchen Mistakes when Selling
Avoid kitchen mistakes when selling on Vancouver Island. Enhance lifestyle & property appeal for a successful sale
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Winterize Your Home in British Columbia
Discover essential tips to winterize your coastal Vancouver Island home in Nanaimo, BC, ensuring warmth and comfort all season long.
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Sense Hacking your Living Space
Explore how the five senses in homes will change your perspective on a property through this lovely post from Gillette and Associates.
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Things People With Nice Smelling Homes Never Do
A nice-smelling home creates a positive environment and sets the tone for the home. However, some people go overboard with home scents using strong air fresheners and unnatural fragrances, trying to…
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Outdoor Space Improvements
Learn about the benefits of upgrading your outdoor space and the impact it can make on your home's value and lifestyle.
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Cost Effective Ways to Keep Your Home Cool
Now that summer has officially arrived, it’s hard to escape the heat! Here are the Gillette & Associates official, cost-effective tips to beat the heat during the warmest months of summer in Nanaimo.…
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Spring Home Preparation
Whether you are selling your home in the Nanaimo Real Estate market, or just wanting to utilize your outdoor spaces, G&A wants to help you!
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Spring Home Maintenance Checklist
Explore how to improve your home and property this spring with some quick and easy fixes - making it prestine!
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GAS FIREPLACE VS. ELECTRIC FIREPLACE
The debate continues on whether a gas fireplace is better than an electric fireplace, with many home builders offering gas models by default. However there is a lot of misinformation and…
Read the storyFall Home Maintenance Checklist
1. Inspect the Roof Now’s the time to inspect your roof to ensure everything is in tip top shape. Inspect the condition of your shingles, flashing around vents, eaves, soffits and gutters. Make sure…
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10 Worthwhile Home Renovations
1. REJUVENATE YOUR BATHROOM Rejuvenating your bathrooms and ensuring a high degree of functionality will give you a huge return on your investment. You don’t have to necessarily gut it and start…
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Spring Maintenance Checklist for Your Home
1. Tree Trimming The winter can be very hard on your trees so before the leaves start to sprout look closely for any dead branches or areas that need to be trimmed. It is so much easier to spot these…
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Prepare Your Home for Fall
Learn more about Nanaimo, Real Estate, and Lifestyle tips through our blog.
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5 Decorating No No’s
Top 5 cringe worthy No-No’s worth avoiding: 1- When the art is hung too high The marvel of floating art drives anyone with an eye for proportions crazy, and it is a sure-fire way to throw off any…
Read the storyGet the Mid-Century Look
Since not all of us can pick up and move into a architecturally designed Lloyd Wright or Hollingsworth masterpiece, here are some creative ideas to help you create a mid-century modern space of your…
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Springtime Curb Appeal
Here are 3 easy steps that are guaranteed to enhance your home’s appearance this Spring. So get down, and a bit dirty, because the results will be worth it! 1. DITCH THE DIRT In this climate, moss is…
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How to choose the right lightbulb
Newer bulbs, like halogen incandescent, CFLs and LEDs, last longer and use less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs, which in turn will save you money on your energy bills. But, along with…
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Home Improvement Tips
Some quick and easy tricks to help you improve the value and condition of your home that won't burn holes in your pockets
Read the storyEnergy Saving Gadgets
Find our list of energy saving gadgets and how these six items can vastly improve your home. Check out our blog for more info!
Read the storyCommon Mistakes Costing You Thousands
Explore common mistakes costing you thousands as a home buyer and how you can fix those issues with Gillette and Associates.
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