Hi!

Happy New Year! As we step into 2025, I hope you and your family are feeling healthy, happy, and full of hope for the year ahead. This month, I'm bringing you a curated selection of insights and inspirations to kick off the new year with focus and style:

• Resources for Buyers, Sellers, and Homeowners
• Homeowner Organization: Tips and tricks to organize closets, pantries, and your home office.
• Design Trends 2025: Colors, interior design trends and styles ... do you know your decorating style? Take the fun quiz!
• Winter Fun: MLK Day activities, a hiking challenge, shows coming to Netflix this month, local trade shows designed for dreaming, best soups in town, and more.

If you’re looking to take advantage of this winter’s real estate market or simply exploring your options, I’d love to connect and discuss your goals—coffee is on me!

Here’s to a prosperous, healthy, and joy-filled 2025 -

Jana

Buyers

Types of Home Loans
Updated requirements, rates, and limits for 2025.

Buying a Home in 2025
Inventory, home prices, and interest rates.

U.S. Mortgage Calculator
Best calculator ever!

Homeowners

Winter Home Maintenance Checklist
Preparing for the cold weather ahead.

DIY Home Renovation Trends in 2025
According to designers, contractors, and homebuilding experts.

Sellers

10 Essential Steps to Prepare Your Home for a Successful Sale in 2025
Good advice for today's competitive market.

Understanding Your Market Value
A CMA helps determine the listing $ for your home.

Savings to Help You Organize
Discounts on Everything Elfa
25-35% off at The Container Store
Want Someone Else to Install It?

Call The Trusted Toolbox!
$100 Off Handyman for A Day
Mention Code RE100

Interior Design Trends 2025

Color and Style

20 Trends 2025: Must-Have Looks You’ll Love
Bold colors, sustainable materials, and multifunctional furniture redefines luxury.

Pantone’s 2025 Color of the Year Revealed: Embracing Mocha Mousse in Your Home
The color captures the global mood & trends, influencing design, fashion, and culture.
Every 2025 Color of the Year So Far ...

Designers Share How to Do "Color Drenching" Right
Color drenching, a trend in the interior world, is a monochromatic explosion.

Interior Design Styles 101:
Guide To Decorating Styles in 2025
And just what is your style?
Try this quiz!

Embrace the Season: Winter Fun and Events

Best Bowls of Soup Around Atlanta
From Eater Atlanta | Interactive Map

MLK Day Events | January 20th

National Park Service Celebrations
Free Entry and Road Trip Ideas
Hands On Atlanta
Events & Volunteer Opportunities
Atlanta Events & Things to Do
From Atlanta Parent

Lunar New Year Festival
Stone Mountain | 1-29 to 2-9 | Parade, lanterns, food trucks, music & more.

The Georgia Gardener | Walter Reeves | January Calendar

Your Monthly To-Do List for one of the coldest days of the year.