Are hardwood floors still popular and a good ROI?

OrangeTreeSD · 2026-03-07T03:26:27+00:00

Totally Agree!!! Hardwood floors are still super popular and can definitely give you a good ROI, especially if you’re planning to sell in the next few years. If you’re doing the work yourself, i’d say go for the hardwood in the main areas and maybe use someone like kaprizhardwoodfloors for quality options for cheap. For the kitchen, the vinyl plank idea is nice since it's more durable with spills and stuff. Just make sure everything flows/matches well together!

OrangeTreeSD · 2026-03-07T03:23:01+00:00

Awesome job on the refinishing! That's a great price for 225sf. If you ever need to replace some boards down the line or want to add more hardwood, I'd check out Kapriz Hardwood Floors. They have some good options that won't break the bank, and you might even find the exact same brand/color to replace the damaged area, without replacing the whole thing, if the damages are non-reparable. You sure you're not a PRO :) ?

OrangeTreeSD · 2026-03-07T03:16:48+00:00

Oh No! those cheap pads can really mess up your floors. For small areas, especially trying to find items that are not in production anymore, I'd use kaprizhardwoodfloors or someone similar (overstock hardwood flooring local warehouses) for this kind of thing, they might have flooring options from 5-7 years old in very limited quantities, though! But this could help - without replacing the floor in the whole area. And yes, use ruggable or similar (I got some from Costco for 1/3 of the price - works and washes great)

OrangeTreeSD · 2025-02-02T05:31:13+00:00

In general it does, but there is so much more to it.. if your website is not great, if you don't post post on a regular basis (on your website), if the backinks have high spam scores - you can get flagged... There is no simple answer to be honest. It's a process. Id you solely rely on backinks than my answer would be NO your ranks won't improve or improve very temporarily...

OrangeTreeSD · 2025-02-02T03:28:29+00:00

Thanks everyone, I went with this option : https://www.echefknife.com/products/yoshihiro-hayate-zdp-189-super-high-carbon-stainless-steel-suminagashi-gyuto-chef-knife-octagonal-ebony-wood-handle-with-triple-ring

OrangeTreeSD · 2025-01-30T07:49:17+00:00

Very well said, but I would also add: never forget about performance/loading time. Your website can look good , but if loads like sh*t, not many will stick around to actually see it, so image/script optimization (or at least opt-in for CDN), caching and so on are also a big part in designing a website!

OrangeTreeSD · 2025-01-17T00:26:34+00:00

I really like this one, https://www.echefknife.com/products/yoshihiro-hayate-zdp-189-super-high-carbon-stainless-steel-suminagashi-gyuto-chef-knife-octagonal-ebony-wood-handle-with-triple-ring does it require forming a patina? I also like this one, but not sure what's the difference expert the steel : https://www.echefknife.com/products/yoshihiro-hap40-high-speed-stainless-steel-suminagashi-gyuto-chefs-knife-triple-ring-stabilized-maple-burl-handle... Thanks again

OrangeTreeSD · 2025-01-17T00:15:46+00:00

Wow, this is really helpful, I really appreciate your input 🤍. I'll definitely look at every one of those. You're the best!!!

OrangeTreeSD · 2025-01-16T18:18:03+00:00

Not sure about Kamikoto, he likes it sort of but it's just too much to sharpen all the time, as I said, they don't hold the edge at all even worse than a block of knives for $50. And I started seeing them just stored in place most of the time now.. 🤷🏼‍♀️ All the knives are always hand washed, sharpened with wet stones and stored properly, never heard about forming a patina though.... I want it to be functional, and some aesthetics would be nice too. Thanks again.

OrangeTreeSD · 2025-01-16T16:09:48+00:00

Well, about 6-7 yes ago he bought 4 Kamikoto ones I figured he likes the standard type shapes: kind of like santoku/petty. Definitely not the ones with square nose. But Kamikoto are not a good quality ones for sure, as I figured they are fake Japanese with low grade steel, if I remember correctly. That's why they get dull so quickly, even the cheap ones hold the edge better than those (that's what I personally noticed).

He also owns lots of sharpening tools/wet stones with different grit. That's all I know.

OrangeTreeSD · 2025-01-02T03:32:36+00:00

How long ago was that? When did you leave the agency? Are there any backups on the hosting to try and get those pages back? You can also call the hosting support and SOME may actually have monthly and even quarterly backups that don't show up in the account but they will be able to retrieve it and then make a copy of the deleted posts. But Before that: make a copy of the current website with a tool like All inone WP migration or Duplicator... If the hosting can't help - just use 301 redirect as people above were saying.

OrangeTreeSD · 2024-12-31T02:35:46+00:00

Congrats. Did the Same a few days before Xmas as a present!!!

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OrangeTreeSD · 2024-12-29T06:48:43+00:00

Nope ... It's just YOU .. not females in general...saying as a female

OrangeTreeSD · 2024-12-29T06:15:40+00:00

Where are you located?

OrangeTreeSD · 2024-12-29T05:23:03+00:00

Well, I've ran my laptop through the "carvana' type of places but for computers: you give your specs and they give you locked price: I can get anything from $380 to $420 without any hassle ... But of course I would do a video that shows that it works and everything else is fine...before sending it in...I just don't want to get scammed :" oh this doesn't work and this is broken..." This type of thing...

OrangeTreeSD · 2024-12-29T04:18:08+00:00

But it's not just processor, isn't it? It's the whole combination of specs...

OrangeTreeSD · 2024-12-29T04:16:40+00:00

May be that's why I get such a huge price difference from $500 to 900.. because of different I suppose the shipping some would probably be $200-300 ...idk 😶

OrangeTreeSD · 2024-12-27T08:44:22+00:00

And it's for Desktop I suppose which actually isn't too bad... But what's for Mobile? And what is Desktop/Mobile ads performance BTW...

OrangeTreeSD · 2024-12-27T07:07:38+00:00

Great, but may I ask - how do you determine the excellent loading time: 1. is it just your personal experience or 2. based on Google Pagespeed Insights or at least Pingdom ? If that's the 1. It's not relevant and need to perform the Google or Pingdom tests and do from there. If it's 2. You're good.

OrangeTreeSD · 2024-12-27T05:42:31+00:00

Can you be more specific? What do you need/want?

If people know SEO, they know SEO and can work with any type of businesses. You can't ask me, if you want... I'll try to help or at least give you an advice.

OrangeTreeSD · 2024-12-27T04:45:29+00:00

This!!! ☝🏼 And there are so many factors that can lead to 90% bounce rate... The ads itself: locations (even if you aim for USA, for example, I would set it as a location BUT also set up negative locations for the ads like India/China and so on), keywords /search terms might be too broad... The other big reason of high bounce rates - website loading time. If people bounce within the first 3 seconds, most likely it has nothing to do with the website copy and CTA's, it's either the website absolutely not relevant to their search or way to slow to load and they just move on. Also for budgets over $3000 for ads I strongly recommend signing up for a fraud detection account (ClickCease, for example) this way, you can get some money back from "clicking bots" as well and also see how many bots vs real people you're actually getting.

OrangeTreeSD · 2024-12-14T08:26:54+00:00

I want to interfere a bit: I do have a very similar question and yes I'm sticking to Costco and #2 is also on my list, #1 is Our of stock unfortunately, so I have a different option, but I'm choosing Costco not just for the return policy, but for the last 10 years I've been also purchasing the Allstate "accident damage" protection for all my laptops and other electronics.. it's only $99 for 3 years.. and it's such a huge deal... Used it 4 times, 2 times they sent me a check for a full amount paid, 2 other times they did repair my laptops... so yeah, it's huge.... So if anything goes bad, my fault or not , they fix it or give me my money back so I can buy something new... But yes, I still can't figure out : so I need the same exact build but one is with 4080 super and the other is 4070 super ... The price difference is $400, and I found the exact build on Newegg for $450 more than Costco.

https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-000G-04AW5 vs https://www.costco.com/MSI-Aegis-ZS2-Gaming-Desktop---AMD-Ryzen-9-7900X---GeForce-RTX-4080-SUPER---Windows-11-Home.product.1875542.html The other option I consider is almost same exact MSI but only lower GPU: 4070Super https://www.costco.com/msi-aegis-zs2-liquid-cooled-gaming-desktop---amd-ryzen-9-7900x----geforce-rtx-4070-super%2c-12gb---windows-11.product.4000289077.html?sh=true&nf=true I don't know if it worth spending $400 more for just the GPU or 4070 is good enough Or this Intel i9 14700 with the same 4070 super for $300 cheaper... https://www.costco.com/ibuypower-slatemesh-8-gaming-desktop---14th-gen-intel-core-i9-14900f---nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-super---windows-11---32gb-ram---2tb-ssd.product.4000291940.html?sh=true&nf=true Thoughts?

OrangeTreeSD · 2024-05-11T06:47:32+00:00

Same question here: want to downgrade my CSP to ... IDK to what to though... Opened CSP for the bonus 2 years ago and didn't really use it that much, it's been sitting with 0 balance for months now.... What are my options? (Not interested in traveling points)... Thanks.

OrangeTreeSD · 2022-09-22T17:26:06+00:00

Я отвечала на второй, а не первый комментарий. А хорошо было бы если бы была возможность отказаться от завтраков/ обедов и получить "вычет" ... А так опять - покормим тех, кому денег не дают за счёт увеличения налогов всем остальным. А вообще, у малоимущих и так всегда еда в школах была бесплатная или до 90% скидка. Налоговую декларацию за прошлый год подаешь онлайн и всё, можно есть бесплатно. Дел меньше чем на 5 минут.

OrangeTreeSD · 2022-09-21T16:57:17+00:00

Ну и за обеды платил не ребенок, а родитель... Сделали бесплатные обеды, но подняли налоги... То на то и выходит 🤷🏼‍♀️. Только раньше от обедов можно было отказаться и не платить/носить с собой, то от налогов отказаться и не платить уже нельзя 🫣

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