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Spring is the perfect time to begin adding a bit of green to your home. Not quite sure where to start? Finding a plant that best suits your home can seem daunting, like what plant might thrive best in certain rooms. Don’t get too worked up, with a little guidance, finding the perfect plant for that space you’re thinking of can be easy.

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In the real estate business, Months’ Supply of Inventory forecasts how long it would take to sell off the remaining supply of available homes given the current pace of sales. While four to six months is generally considered a balanced market, inventory levels across Chicagoland dipped below two months’ supply in February, meaning it’s a sellers’ market in many areas.

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This is going to be a delicious first for @ Loves Local: popcorn! We’re excited to bring @ Loves Local to Wells Street Popcorn’s Downers Grove location on Monday, March 22nd. Popped to perfection, you’ll find a variety of flavors that even include family recipes from the 1930s!

Wells Street Popcorn’s owner, Jonathan N. Kaufman, gave us an inside scoop on how they got started, popcorn all-stars, and what would pair perfectly with a fresh pop.

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With warmer weather on the horizon and outdoor spaces calling our name, we want to help you say hello to spring in style. From now until March 31st, enter our Leap Into Spring Sweepstakes for a chance to win outdoor essentials like a portable speaker to get the party started, tumblers, and a Home Depot gift card to help refresh your space.

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Working from home became an inevitable reality for many Americans over the last year. It has ultimately changed the meaning of home, and affected what we need or desire from our living spaces. As a result, many people have relocated both locally and nationally in search of a place that suits their new needs, and even more are planning to make a move this year.

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When stepping inside Towne & Oak, you may think you’ve been transported to sunny California. It exudes freshness, floods of natural light, and an eye-catching café. Sounds fabulous, right? Lucky for you, we’re inviting you to pick up a 12-oz beverage on the @ tab Thursday, March 11th from 1:30pm – 3:30pm! Continue reading

Who is ready for top-notch, creative, and delicious beverages? If that’s you, mark those calendars for Wednesday, February 24th, because @ Loves Local is picking up the tab at AndySunflower Café in Beverly from 9am – 11am.

AndySunflower Café first began with owner, Andrea O. Robinson (Andy), treating her guests with freshly brewed coffees and teas. This snowballed into a custom coffee cart to now two AndySunflower Café locations! We can see why it has been so successful. Andy exudes sunshine and her innovative beverages seem to do the same (all we’re going to say is that there is one called the Bananas Foster latte and it sounds like pure magic!). We’re anxious for you to learn more about Andy and AndySunflower Café, so we won’t keep you too long in this introduction…

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It’s official! @properties is now in Detroit with the announcement that Alexander Real Estate has signed on as the first @properties franchise in the country.

The news follows last September’s launch of @properties’ national franchise brand, a move that will eventually give homebuyers and sellers across the country access to the technology, marketing and services that made @properties one of the nation’s largest independent brokerage firms.

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