January 2025 Newsletter

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.

Get Outside & Move

52 Hike Challenge

One hike every week for one year

Check out the list of trails in every state

Stay Inside & Be Still

2025 Movies & Series from Netflix

New on All Streaming Services in Jan.

Walk Inside & Dream

Atlanta Bridal Show | Jan. 5 & 12

Atlanta Boat Show | Jan. 9-12

Atlanta Home Show | Jan. 24-26

Atlanta Camping, RV Show | Jan. 23-26

The Georgia Gardener | Walter Reeves | January Calendar

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