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Kansas City Service Provider Spotlight: Dion Dodson

Dion and his team work to add curb appeal to your home. Turf Tiger is founded on exceeding customer expectations and wants to help add value to your home while taking a few chores off your plate.

Some of his specialties: 

Complete Lawn Care

General Yard Work

Grass Seeding

Lawn Aeration and Overseeding

Lawn Fertilization

Lawn Mowing

Leaf Removal

Seasonal Yard Cleanup

Trimming & Pruning

Weed Control

And his customers love him! 

“Dion is Awesome! I'm very picky and he does exactly what I ask him to do. He's been my go-to guy since last summer and has taken great care of my lawn and bushes. Dion is really wonderful, he's timely, and does what he says he's going to do. I can't say enough great things!”

Glenda Kansas City Metro

Contact Dion today! 

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Three Painting Tips

Prep! The boring part of the job - you’ve got to prep your wall. Be sure you’ve patched any holes, smoothed over any rough spots and cleaned all of the stains.

Prime! Our experts recommend tinting the primer by mixing a small amount of topcoat paint into the primer. Priming walls is always a must if you want long-lasting color. It also saves you money; you won’t have to use as much of your topcoat paint!

 Pole! Skip the ladders and all of the climbing while balancing cans of paint and brushes and get yourself an extension pole. You’ll want one that has a soft, nonslip grip and a rigid metal core. Skip the plastic handles; they are hard to control and break easily. 

Need a hand giving your home an updated look? Whether it’s an accent wall or your entire house, we’ve got experts to help!

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KC Service Provider Spotlight: Soundz Good

Meet Eric Yeager - with over a decade of industry experience, Eric can integrate your technology and your home. From home audio systems and theaters to surveillance cameras, Soundz Good has you covered.

Some of his specialties include: 

Home Audio Systems Installed

Home Theater Installed

Installation Related Touch-Ups

Intercom Systems

New Construction Pre-wire

Outdoor Audio

Surveillance Cameras

TV Mounted & Installed

Whole House Audio

And he has an incredible reputation with his clients: 

Eric has done audio for my car and surveillance for my home. The thing I love about Eric is he is very meticulous. I would hire him 10 times over and he always does fantastic work for me.

CherylKansas City Metro

If you are looking to take your home audio to the next level, contact Eric today. 

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KC Service Provider Spotlight: Stephen Schmidt

Stephen's quality is great! He's honest, cleans up his work space and shows up when he says he'll show up. We've been working with him for 6 years now.

JoyKansas City Metro

When it comes to things you need done around the house, there is not much Stephen can’t do! Here are a few of the things he specializes in: 

Specialties include

Basement Remodeling

Decks

Framing/ Open Floor Scape Plans

Hardscape Design & Installation

Kitchen & Bathroom Remodeling

Load Bearing Wall Removal

Second Floor & Room Additions

Tile & Stacked Stone

Trim Work

Window, Doors, and Siding

And his customers have nothing but great things to say about him! 

“Stephen's quality is great! He's honest, cleans up his work space and shows up when he says he'll show up. We've been working with him for 6 years now.”

JoyKansas City Metro

For jobs big and small around the house, contact Stephen today! 

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Keeping it Simple: Home Organizing Tips

Tidying up CAN feel magical, but let's face it, it’s not always easy. We’ve got five tips to get you started. 

1. Dive in with purpose.

Before you begin, decide together what your goals are. What is the primary purpose of the space? Where will the items go that you are moving? A goal helps you clarify what stays, what goes, and where it goes. It also helps stop a pesky game of tug-of-war over 75 boxes of magazines or 323 collectible cups.

2. Make three piles: garbage, giveaway, and stash somewhere else.

Sometimes, we hesitate to donate or throw things away for sentimental reasons. Sometimes, we just like it. If you haven’t used something in six to 12 months, consider getting rid of it. If you can’t decide or can’t agree, move those items into a bin and stash it away in the garage or shed for a few weeks. Whatever doesn’t get retrieved and used, donate it to charity. Someone will love it for you!

3. Worried about paying big bucks for fancy storage solutions?

You may not need other expensive solutions. Plastic bins are great to keep your valuables safe from moisture and nest-making mice. For example, use clean toilet paper rolls to keep extension cords from tangling. Or store sheets in its own pillow case. Then again, a $212 built-in color-coded linen closet might be just the inspiration everyone needs! It’s totally up to you.

4. Schedule regular organizational checkups

Waiting to reorganize your spaces until they create a landslide is one sure way to make everyone grumpy. Schedule time each week, month, or season, depending on the situation. A kitchen may need a monthly clean-out, and a garage may need a seasonal rearranging to bring spring gardening tools down from the attic and stash away winter gear. A home office may need weekly organization to make sure no bills are missed and everything is filed away for tax time.

5. Know when to get outside help

It’s not that you don’t know how to get organized; sometimes you just can’t. Especially if the situation causes you anxiety, is deeply emotional, or gets you into an argument with someone you love every time you talk about it. That’s when it’s time to get outside help.

Need a hand? Our service experts are ready to help! 

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Love Your Home

Two German universities conducted research that showed social media causes us to feel sadness, loneliness, and jealousy.

The study, by Humboldt University and Darmstadt’s Technical University involving 600 people, examined the links between Facebook use and feelings of sadness and jealousy.

According to the researchers, people try to cope envy by giving the appearance that their life is perfect, often causing more feelings of inadequacy and sadness in themselves and others. And the downward spiral grows.

We’ve all done this—post a picture of the one kid who is wearing clothes and smiling without spaghetti smeared on her face, while strategically cropping out the other two that are, well, over there. As one mom told us, she’s a “strategic angler.”

So, does Facebook = sadness? Not at all. What’s the difference then between feeling happy vs. sad?

Honesty.

When we see the real life of friends and family, we can breathe a deep sigh of relief because we’re all in this together.

Your kids destroyed the playroom again? Mine too!

Your guest room is still unpainted after 9 months of renovations? Mine too!

You’ve got a junk drawer with soy sauce packets that are more than a year old? Who doesn't?! 

What if, instead of hiding the messy parts of life, we celebrated them? And what if celebrating them actually helped our friends? What if sharing our real home made it a little easier to ask for a helping hand without feeling ashamed that we can’t do it all?

What do you really love about your home? 

February is the month of love and we want to challenge you to show the real you, your real home. What is that you really love about your home? Maybe it’s that cozy chair in the corner that really doesn’t match anything, but your kids LOVE crawling up and snuggling with you on. Maybe it’s the bath crayon art left over in the tub after bath time, maybe it’s the dirty dishes in the sink - the aftermath of having friends over for dinner. The thing is, the “messy” parts are often a sign of you, just living your life. 

So, this Valentine’s Day we want to encourage you to really love your home, the good, the bad and the sometimes chaotic. Because, at the end of the day, it is true what they say - what makes a house a home is love.