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A beautifully remodeled home in sunny Kekaha! 2 bedrooms 1.75 bath with an additional room that could be used as a bedroom or office. New roof, New appliances, New Toilets & shower, vanities - New interior paint, New countertops & cabinets, New flooring and more! Other features include a fenced yard, open floor plan and covered parking. MLS # 666264; $785,000. Call Kela Caspillo, RB-23365 (808) 652-6173 Kauai Dreams Realty, to see this property.
5 ways to elevate your laundry room that need to be air dried. One idea that’s seriously trending is combining the laundry area with the mudroom, which helps contain the mess coming in from outside. When designing your mudroom/laundry room, make sure to provide sturdy benches for sitting and removing boots — ideally with space inside for added storage. Not just for kitchens anymore, installing an island in your laundry room is a great way to provide the perfect folding space — and another opportunity to add more storage underneath. Limited space? Consider using a rolling kitchen cart.
BRANDPOINT When you’re seeking ways to optimize your home, it’s easy to overlook the humble laundry room. But there are many ways to improve your experience of this room, making it more functional and attractive. A beautifully appointed laundry room is a sight to behold, helping to transform ordinary tasks into enjoyable routines. If you’re ready to turn your laundry room into a space you love, consider these upgrades. Shed some light on the subject Is your laundry room too dark? Improving the room’s lighting will make daily chores easier to do while also making the room feel more bright and cheerful. You may need to add several recessed lights to really see well, especially if there’s no window, and coolercolored LED lights can help you sort colors better. Consider adding a window if possible, or enlarging an existing window to boost natural light. Applying a fresh coat of lightcolored or white paint can also make any space feel open and airy.
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One way to truly elevate your laundry room is to put your machines up on pedestals. This option not only makes Both slide on the ledge in the sink, targeted — with the smooth maintenance and cleaning a lot rotation of a thumb tab. so you can tailor it to suit your Or consider the Crue touchless easier, but is also much gentler on needs. The offset drain increases pull-down sink faucet with a three- your back as you’ll do a lot less the sink’s workspace, as well as leaning and bending over every potential for storage underneath. function sprayhead. The Crue faucet collection represents a true laundry day. Its soft curves and matte finish add beauty to any room, and you high point in user-focused, Flaunt your style sophisticated plumbing design. can choose one of six colors to There’s no reason your laundry The contemporary silhouette — a suit your design: white, black, room can’t also be pretty. simple arched spout and single taupe, gray, graphite, brown and Consider bright paint colors or lever handle — offers a black plum. The sink is made of whimsical wallpaper when you’re straightforward style that adapts KOHLER Neoroc composite giving the room a makeover. Fun material that’s extremely durable to nearly any room design, and Make it functional the touchless functionality makes art accents and even a whiteboard and will resist scratches and and multi-purpose or chalkboard for laundry tasks simpler. stains. instructions may encourage more To make it easier to use your Every good laundry room needs Get organized family members to join the a utility sink deep enough to soak new sink for washing your pet or laundry routine. Increasing shelving and/or soiled clothing. How about a sink anything else, choose a Even achieving a couple of cupboard space is always smart handshower or faucet that you can also use to bathe your for a laundry room upgrade. If you these upgrades can make a big functions well and looks even dog? You can create the perfect difference in how you use and select open shelving, use pet beauty parlor with a 12” deep better. KOHLER’s Awaken fourmatching baskets, boxes or trays perceive the humble laundry Cairn Utility Sink from KOHLER. It function handshower provides advanced spray performance with to create a unified look. Make sure room. Following through with all offers a generous workspace, of them might just make it your to include a large drying rack to three distinct sprays — wide along with a stainless steel utility favorite room in the house. hang delicates and other items sink and accompanying wash bin. coverage, intense drenching or A 12-inch deep Cairn Utility Sink from KOHLER with generous workspace, a stainless steel utility sink and wash bin.
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awaiiana currently serves over 60 residential and commercial associations on the Island of Kauai. Kauai native Sunshine Ruiz Hatto serves as Hawaiiana’s Vice President of Kauai Operations from its office at the Kukui Grove Executive Center in Lihue.
ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed to a new high for the year this week, pushing up borrowing costs for homebuyers already facing heightened competition in a housing market short on homes. The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose to 6.81 from 6.71 last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 5.30. It’s the second consecutive week of higher rates, lifting the average rate to its highest level since it surged to 7.08 in early November. High rates can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting how much they can afford in a market already unaffordable to many Americans. “These high rates combined with low inventory continue to price many potential homebuyers out of the market,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. The latest uptick in mortgage rates follows a sharp upward move in the 10-year Treasury yield, which climbed above 4 this week for the first time since early March. More surprisingly hot jobs data Thursday pushed yields on the 10-year Treasury to 4.05 from 3.94 late Wednesday, which will influence mortgage rates and other important loans. Mortgage rates don’t necessarily mirror the Fed’s rate increases, but tend to track the yield on the 10-year Treasury note. Investors’ expectations for future inflation, global demand for U.S. Treasurys and what the Fed does with interest rates can influence rates on home loans. Beginning with its first hike in March 2022, the Fed has lifted its benchmark interest rate to about 5.1, its highest level in 16 years, before forgoing a hike at its meeting of policymakers last month.
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