Posts from October 2021
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Art on Display Around Klamath Falls
One of the best things about living in the Klamath Falls area is that it has such a rich culture. Our real estate agents love showing potential new residents around and helping them explore all of the interesting things there are to do in the area.
If you're an art enthusiast, you'll love visiting some of the area's best art studios. Here are a few we recommend.
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Check Your Chimney Before That First Fall Fire
It's your first fall in your new home, and what better way to celebrate that autumn spirit than with a nice fire in the fireplace? But don't start piling logs on just yet. Before you go lighting that first fall fire, it's important to check your chimney and make sure it's in good working order. How do you check it? How do you know if it's OK? What are you looking for? Our real estate agents share what you need to know.
Visual Inspection
The first step in checking your chimney is fairly simple: Shine a flashlight upward into your chimney, so you can see its condition. Are there any loose bricks in the chimney? Get them repaired before lighting a fire.
Next, do you see any white streaks on the walls of the chimney? Don't operate your fireplace until they're cleaned. Those white streaks are called creosote. It's a pesticide used to preserve wood from things like termites, fungus, and other pests. If your fireplace wood has been treated with creosote, it can build up in your chimney over time the more you use it.
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Homeowners: Get Your Yard Ready for Trick-or-Treat
With cooler weather, spice, pumpkins, and everything scary popping up in stores, Halloween is just around the corner. It's always fun to see the excitement little ones show when they don fun costumes, knock on your door, and yell trick or treat! However, this fun-filled night can turn into a disaster if your home isn't prepared for visitors. To prevent accidents or injuries, it's important to prepare your front yard and porch for the arrival of any neighborhood witches, ghosts, princesses, or superheroes. Here are a few helpful tips from our real estate agents to help ensure that trick-or-treaters have a safe, enjoyable, and spooky night.
- Add Safe and Festive Lighting
Signal trick-or-treaters that you're open for business by ensuring your porch light is on. A few glow sticks, LED lights, battery-powered candles, or lanterns can help illuminate your yard and direct traffic to the candy. Brighten up the path to your door by laying down rope lighting, turning on floodlights, or putting up walkway lights.
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Fall Family Activities Around the Klamath Basin
Temperatures are falling, and autumn is finally here. This is a lovely season to spend some time outdoors with family and friends. You can pick pumpkins, sip some hot cocoa, or even just admire the beautiful fall leaves. Here are some of the top spots our real estate agents recommend for fall fun in the Klamath Falls area.
- Cornelius Family Pumpkin Patch: 9037 Highway 66, Klamath Falls, OR 97601
If you're looking at Klamath Falls homes for sale, this pumpkin patch is just a few minutes away. They're open on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the month of October. Take a walk through the patch, select your favorite pumpkins to purchase, and take them home to carve or use as decorations.
Cornelius Family Pumpkin Patch also has fun photo spots for kids, plus a maze made from straw bales. Guests love their selection of oddly shaped and colored pumpkins.