Home Trends for 2024
Changes in interior design trends are to be expected. Lately it seems change is occurring at lightning speed. In response, people are looking to slow life down by creating nurturing homes with warm, neutral colors, natural materials, and a style that will last. In this article, you will find ideas for home design and remodeling…
Team Red Helping a Client to Honor Her Mother
When Betty Wendt passed away, she left a lifetime of treasures in her family home of 56 years. As the personal representative for hermother, Amanda Wendt was faced with a daunting task of fulfilling one of her mother’s last wishes . . . that her three children maximize their inheritance from the home she loved.…
Cabinets by Trivonna – Tailored to YOUR Budget
The owners of Cabinets by Trivonna, Amber and Rick Bevacqua, and their team enjoy getting to know their clients and how they use their space. Their goal is to design a space that’s not only beautiful but as functional as possible for their specific needs while keeping their budget in mind. They start by scheduling…
8 Tips For Choosing A Kitchen Designer
Very few homeowners have the knowledge to design, build and install a new kitchen. That’s why many of us employ an expert kitchen designer. But how do you know if you are choosing the right kitchen designer to work with? It comes down to a bit of research and gut feelings. Design mistakes are costly,…
Tristate Roofing: We Got You Covered!
Tristate Roofing is more than just a roofing company. With four locations in the Puget Sound, Tristate Roofing also offers windows, siding, gutters, doors and — just recently added — patio covers to their inclusive array of exterior home specialties. Started more than two decades ago by owner John Holum, Tristate Roofing believes strongly in…
The Team RED Difference
In nearly every real estate transaction, getting top dollar is a priority. But, for Steve Rusch and Judy Richardson, now of Sequim, it was a must in order to own their new home outright. Since 1987, Steve and Judy had lived on their Renton property, building a custom home and subsequent buildings over their 35+…
eliseo hosts grand opening of two residences villas
eliseo hosted their grand opening of two new villa residences, one of them is a five story and one six story, and they also opened an apartment building on our North Tacoma campus. Between the three buildings, there are 89 Independent Living apartments that are now open and available to the public. The public was…
Remodel Accentuates Views of Mt. Rainier
The definition of interior design is, “The art or process of designing spaces in the home or business.” Local interior designer and owner of Northlight Interiors in Sumner, Juleen Pudists, certainly manifests the idea that décor is a process. “During a remodel, I work to see spaces that don’t exist, and I bend the home…
Team RED Can Handle the Tough Issues
You know that old saying, “If something can go wrong, it probably will.” Recently, Nonalee Cornell and her older brother Steve Dawson experienced one of those situations during the sale of their parent’s home with acreage in Tacoma. Without the calm, professional approach of Kathy Kleber and the Team RED difference, the outcome could have…
Designer Helped Couple Create a Striking Harborfront Home
Ready to build a dream home, retired owners Del and Lee Deide of Whistle Workwear set out to create a new home for themselves in Gig Harbor. The finished product is a 5,800-square-foot home with sweeping views of the harbor perched on the hill with show-stopping waterfront views. Even before they’d broken ground for the…
Can You Really Travel When Buying and Selling a Home?
The Raaks of Kent were living their retirement dream and traveling frequently. But their travel schedule was at odds with their desire to sell their home of 35 years in Kent and downsize to a condo with a waterfront view. Lucky for them, a few years before, they met Kathy Kleber and were introduced to…
Help During a Time of Great Need
Sometimes life throws us an unexpected and truly unwanted curve ball. As an example, take the Shahans, formerly of Kent, when husband David suffered a debilitating stroke, and it became necessary for them to move closer to their children in Texas. “You never know what God has in mind for you, but I know God…
Eight Outdoor Living Essentials to Get Ready for Summer
With the right setup, outdoor spaces can become extensions of our living rooms. If you have a garden or patio, adding some comfortable furniture, sources of heat and light, and other outdoor accessories can help transform your outdoor space into an inviting place to relax and unwind. We have created a list of outdoor living…
Cultivating Kindness Landscape & Design Adds Plant Nursery
Love and service comes from deep within the spirit of L.J. Cirilo, owner of Cultivating Kindness Landscape & Design. Her business is pleased to invite you to walk through her expanding, outdoor nursery to find the right greenery and flowering plants for your outside areas. There are also plants of varying size and style inside…
Designed for Amazing Views on Camano Island
For their retirement, a couple from Hawaii decided to move to their forever home on Camano Island. While scoping out the Pacific Northwestern locale, they admired a house designed by architect Dan Nelson. They scooped up the lot next door to it and hired him to build their own dream home. Side-by-side, carbon-copy houses would…
Bathroom Renovations for Seniors
Ask a senior about where they want to live out their remaining years and 9 out of 10 will tell you they want to remain in their homes indefinitely. But for many there are physical barriers in their home that deter them from that desire. One of those barriers is a standard bathroom configuration that…
A Life Filled with Treasures
When you hear Laura Bell-Allred speak of her parents’ home in Northeast Tacoma, you hear love, of course, but you also hear respect. Bell-Allred and her parents recently worked with Kathy Kleber and Team RED to sell the family’s much-loved home and belongings to transition to senior living community GenCare Lifestyle in Federal Way. “My…
Relationship Building: Key to Team RED
When Federal Way couple, Linda and Ron Campbell, decided to move to a one-level home closer to many of their grandchildren, they didn’t anticipate any issues with selling their home of 18 years and moving. According to Linda, “We’ve always been can-do people and we didn’t expect the process to be as overwhelming as it…
Interior Design Trends: The Year of Self-Expression
This fall, designers are chomping at the bit to incorporate an influx of new ideas in the home—whether that is an eye-catching bathtub with a mid-century silhouette or a bold and brooding accent wall with brushed gold hardware. This year it’s all about taking comfortable risks and shifting from a “designed to sell” mindset to…
Team RED: Resourceful • Experienced • Dedicated
Results of a recent survey found that nearly one in four seniors felt they could not move, either because they couldn’t afford moving costs or because they didn’t believe they could sell their home. Local Keller Williams Realtor and founder of Team RED, Kathy Kleber, and her team of nine real estate agents have created…