New Years Eve
at the Drake

December 31st
9:00 PM-2:00 AM
www.LaunchEvents.com for more information

Homescout Has Heart Holiday Style

Click here for more information on
Homescout Has Heart.

Homescout is spreading the holiday cheer all around Chicago this season! Twenty-two Real Estate consultants came together this week to volunteer their time and sort food at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. We boxed over 1,200 emergency food boxes for families around not only Chicago, but the entire state of Illinois. Each box will feed a family of five for three days!

Homescout Has Heart Holiday Style was another community initiative this December. This year, in lieu of sending gifts to clients that we’ve had the pleasure of working with over the past year, we wanted to make a charitable donation on their behalf. We know that with the current economy, the non-profit world is getting hit hard with a lack of donations and we wanted to give back where we can, and help the organizations spread their mission. All of the local charities we are working with will receive a contribution from Homescout, and the one that receives the most votes will get the largest donation!  We are still counting the votes, but the results will be on our website in the New Year. The four charities we are working with this year are:
Imerman Angels: One on one cancer support
Greater Chicago Food Depository: Chicago’s largest food bank
Make-A-Wish: Grants wishes to children with life threatening diseases
PAWS Chicago: The city’s largest no kill animal shelter

Serial Mover? 3 Ways to Decorate When You’re Always Packing!

by: Erin Wasson
Read full article

Many Chicago young professionals have been “serial movers” since college. We've moved from dorm to dorm, and from apartment to apartment, year after year. Now that we’re in the work force, not much has changed. It’s a constant struggle to find decent roommates, affordable rent, and convenient locations based on our ever-evolving life circumstances.

But just because we essentially live out of boxes doesn’t mean we have to scrimp in the home décor department. Here are three home design ideas for the “serial mover” minimalist:

1 • Create your own lightweight, portable headboard for your bed
Visit an art store like Blick Art Supply and purchase a large, blank, primed canvas. Next, decide on one or two complementing accent colors. Buy a small can of acrylic wall paint and a large varnishing brush from a local home improvement store. All the supplies should cost no more than $50. After painting your canvas, mount it low on the wall, just above your bed to appear like a headboard. Click Here for even more DIY headboard ideas!

2 • Add some wall accents for next to nothing 
Add shimmery, silver wall accents using nothing more than Scotch Aluminum Foil Tape, a yardstick, pencil, and scissors. Whether creating the illusion of living room wall moldings, or mounting small geometric designs in the bathroom, the foil looks best along cool colored walls such as shades of blue, gray, or purple.

3 • Use your books for more than just a coaster
I have many leather-bound books, and my apartment smells of rich mahogany. Ah yes,   we’re a sophisticated, literate young bunch. Most of us have bulky boxes of books that are too beloved to part with, so they travel with us from home to home. Instead of throwing them on a coffee table haphazardly, arrange them in small bunches by the color of their covers, and use them as accent pieces around the house.