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How to Make Your Next Home Improvement Project a Profitable Project
If you're a DIY guru, home improvement projects can be quite a big deal for you, especially if you intend to put your heart and soul into it to reap a financial reward at the end of the day. And who knows, you could even end up inspiring someone else to do the very...
The Right Retirement: Improving Your Quality of Life During Your Golden Years
When it comes to retirement, reality can often differ from expectations. The good news is that even if you’re feeling discontent with your circumstances, there are steps that can be taken to improve your quality of life. Today, Ducks In A Row Professional Organizers...
Post-Retirement Move: Making Your New House Feel Like Home
It takes time to make any new place you’ve moved to feel like home, especially if you were attached to your old house, neighborhood, or town (if you’ve moved far away). For most people, moving is an incredibly stressful experience. When you’re doing it...
Use These Tips To Keep Productivity High During Office Relocation
Research shows that corporate moves account for 38% of moves in the U.S. every year. While corporations may have good reasons for relocating, the process can be stressful and interfere with productivity. Fortunately, there are ways to minimize disruption. Here, Ducks...
How Tenants Can Decorate for Work, Family, and Fun
Decorating a rental home can be challenging. For starters, you don’t want to upset your landlord when the time comes to move out. And it can be difficult to create a space that meets the needs of everyone living there. However, unique challenges require specific...
A Quick Checklist to Help You Get Settled After Your Massachusetts Move
Moving is always exciting, giving you the chance to start a new chapter in a fresh location. That said, transitioning your entire life to a new home—whether it's in the same town or across the country—can be tedious. Finding a house is just the first step of the...
The Ultimate Pre-Move Checklist for Your First Work Relocation
A work relocation can be an exciting new adventure for both you and your family. However, a move — especially a long-distance one — can be stressful, time-consuming, and costly. To make your move as enjoyable as possible, begin the process long before moving day. Use...
Making a Happy, Healthy Home
Chances are that you spend a lot of time in your home, especially with recent events. As such, it’s important to make sure that your home is a welcoming, healthy place! This is equally true for both your physical health and your mental well-being. Are you looking to...
Pawsitive Changes: Helping Ease Your Pet Into a New Home
Animals are territorial by nature and upheaving the life they’re accustomed to is bound to cause distress. To help your resident non-humans adjust to a new status quo and prevent any attempts to escape their new home, it can be worth familiarizing yourself with a few...
Want a Better Life? Stop Doing These Things Today
When you want to improve your life, it's natural to focus on things you can add — more exercise, for example. If you're busy with work and family, it's often easier to take something away. Subtracting things that make you miserable is a sure@ire way to feel happier,...
Sorting Through a Deceased Spouse’s Items: Tips for What to Keep, Donate, and Store
Losing a spouse is difficult at any age, but for seniors, this type of event can be particularly overwhelming. A spouse's death may spur a need to move to be closer to family or get rid of a loved one's treasured belongings that can no longer be kept. It is never easy...
A Comfort-Focused Bedroom and Bathroom Makeover Guide
At the end of a long day at work or school, you just want to relax. Maybe that means crawling into bed to binge-watch your favorite show—or perhaps you prefer unwinding with a bubble bath and a good book. Whatever the case may be, your bedroom or bathroom are...
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Give Your Home a Post-Pandemic Refresh
We’re slowly emerging from the pandemic (and our homes) but that doesn’t mean we ought to neglect the space that housed us through the lockdown. On the contrary, now is the best time to spruce up your home in preparation for a new start and (hopefully) new guests!...
DIY New Year’s Resolutions for Your Home: It’s Not Too Late!
Ducks In A Row Organizers founder Anne Lucas is a member of the National Association of Senior Move Managers and a member of the National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals recognized in their Golden Circle for over 10 years. Contact her today...
Cleaning, Organizing, and Preparing Your Home for Your Wedding Day
If you're feeling overwhelmed by the idea of organizing your home by yourself, let the pros at Ducks in a Row come up with the best decluttering and organizing solutions for you. Contact us for a free consultation! First, a Thorough Home Cleaning... Giving your home a...
Before You Rent Out Your Home, You Need to Know These Pros and Cons
If you are moving to a new home, you may be wondering what to do with your old one. While selling may be the first option that comes to mind, turning your home into a rental may be more profitable. In order to decide what makes more sense for your property and your...
Remembering Winchester’s ‘Children’s Book Lady’
"Organizer Anne Lucas, owner of Ducks in a Row, started the long process of packing the thousands of books in the Winchester home of Dr. Miriam Marecek, Nov. 18, 2020." Ann Ringwood/Wicked Local Staff Read full article from the Winchester Star Image credentials:...
Cleaning, Landscaping, and More: Tips and Resources for Preparing Your Home to Sell
If you’re looking to sell your home quickly, you will need to do more than just hire a real estate agent and list it. You will need to prepare your home to impress prospective buyers. After all, most buyers are not browsing the market for a messy home that looks bad...
Add Winter Maintenance to Your To-Do List
The pride of homeownership comes with the responsibility to take care of the place. If you are new to owning your own home, or if you’ve been letting things slide for a few years, here are a few tips to get you on the right track this winter. Fire safety first While...
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We have a client base located in Winchester and surrounding cities including Arlington, Melrose, Stoneham, Lexington, Reading, North Reading, Wakefield, Waltham, Burlington, Malden, Medford, Revere, Charlestown, Lynnfield, Saugus, Wilmington, Tewksbury, Peabody, Beverly, Andover, Hamilton, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Middleton, Weston, Sudbury, Wellesley, Newton, Somerville, Woburn and Cambridge MA
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