When you are selling your home during the summer season, stage your home to reflect this. Staging can enhance your home.  During the summer months, show-off the outdoor areas, as you would the indoor areas. Outside, play up the swimming pool and spa by creating a resort style feel to area. In the garden set-up a bench or bistro table and chairs. Set-up an outdoor kitchen for a dinner party. Indoors, add vases of fresh cut flowers throughout the home. 

 

On September 1st, The Orange County Great Park, The Park Exploration Cart will be available. The Park Exploration Cart, Discovery through Play Mobile Cart will be in Farm and Food Lab. Celebrate the harvest season with creating art with autumn leaves. This is a hands-on activity. Each month the cart can be found in different locations. November the cart will be at the Hangar and the art project will be pinecone turkeys. In December, the cart will be in Palm Court and the art project will celebrate the opening of the ice rink with making ice skating ornaments. This is a free activity. Parent supervision or participation is required. The cart is open every day from 11am to 3pm. For more information, see their website at: http://www.cityofirvine.org/orange-county-great-park.

 

Turtle Rock is a large master planned community located in Irvine, California.  Shady Canyon neighborhoods include the Masters Collection, Sycamore and Villas of Shady Canyon.  Located at 97 Canyon Creek, this 9,900 square foot home is part of the Shady Canyon Custom home community. This six bedroom, eight home was built in 2008. The home has two master suites, one on the first floor. The estate also features an office with a fireplace, a wine room, a game room, view tower and an elevator. This estate sits on a very large, 20,000 square foot piece of property, which is within walking distance to the clubhouse. Outdoors, the gated motor court has space for eight vehicles. Also, outdoors, are many terraces, an outdoor living room with a fireplace, a putting green, a salt water swimming pool and spa. Shady Canyon is a 24 hour guard gated community.

 

Located at 35 Tide Watch, this 6,800 square foot home is part of the Sea Point development in Crystal Cove. The home has wonderful views of the Pacific Ocean, city night lights and evening sunsets.  This five bedroom, seven bathroom home was built in 2008. The floor plan moves seamlessly from indoors to outdoors, with patios, terraces or balconies off of almost every room. Attention to detail can be seen in the Bisazza tiling, copper framed windows and custom wall coverings. This home sits on a large 17,000 square foot piece of property. Outdoors, there is a barbeque area, an infinity edge pool with a tree island, and outdoor lounge area.