The MaryAnne Fiorita Team of Long & Foster Real Estate

12/26/2024

One idea: custom built-ins lend your home a stand-out quality that will leave a lasting impression on prospective buyers.

Caution: Project results may make your home so beautiful, you won't want to leave.

12/25/2024

12/19/2024

Your stairs serve as more than just a convenient way to move from floor to floor. When done well, staircases can serve as major focal points and become both structural and visual centerpieces of your home.

Your stairs serve as more than just a convenient way to move from floor to floor. When done well, staircases can serve as major focal points and become both structural and visual centerpieces of your home. On the flip side, when your stairs become an afterthought and aren’t given the same attentio...

12/17/2024

100-year-old triplex, classic of Montreal’s architecture. Long and narrow, the home used to welcome quarry workers and their big families. Now, those apartment-style homes are all the rage in the city, thanks to their affordable-ish prices and good location. You can see them on every Montreal landscape, with their stairs outside and individual doors.

Aude and her cat, Charlot, live in their triplex in Montreal. Focusing on keeping the original architecture with archways showing off the living room, Aude has kept the beauty of the space while adding in her own style.

12/12/2024

Looking for an instant decor mood booster? Try adding pops of vibrant color to your home, like citrusy orange or sunshine-y yellow. If you want an eye-catching project to inspire you, check out this accent wall project from DIYer Ji Hea Kim ().

Looking for an instant decor mood booster? Try adding pops of vibrant color to your home, like citrusy orange or sunshine-y yellow. If you want an eye-catching project to inspire you, check out this accent wall project from DIYer Ji Hea Kim ().The wall Ji Hea transformed was in her dini...

12/10/2024

From treehouse massage tables to oceanside relaxation, these beautiful massage and meditation spaces are stylish spots where you can increase your mindfulness while boosting your mental and physical wellness.

Take a mental break and tour our favorite massage and meditation rooms.

12/05/2024

Here are 51 kitchen transformations that you have to see to believe. These renovations will leave you inspired and ready to completely redesign your own space.

These before-and-after kitchen transformations will leave you speechless. See these kitchens go from dingy and dated to breathtaking beauties.

12/03/2024

There are a lot of factors to consider when you’re thinking about buying a home....

A buyer’s market always makes me think of elementary playground days and double-dutch jump roping: You’re on the sidelines, trying to time things just right, stutter-stepping a few times before you commit and jump in. Indeed, there are a lot of factors to consider when you’re thinking about bu...

11/26/2024

For the hardwood fans out there, there’s nothing more thrilling than a gorgeous original hardwood floor in a century-old townhouse, or, say, ripping up 50-year old tile to reveal pristine wood planks below.

For the hardwood fans out there, there’s nothing more thrilling than a gorgeous original hardwood floor in a century-old townhouse, or, say, ripping up 50-year old tile to reveal pristine wood planks below. Yet for years, hardwood played second fiddle to wall-to-wall carpet. Then came the luxury v...

11/21/2024

Create a peaceful home with these best practices for eliminating stress.

Experiencing stress at home? Here are tips and ideas on how to eliminate stress and create a peaceful home environment that helps you chill out.