Home Improvement

摘要

Grahame P. Horsell's century-old home in Louisville, Ky. needed a makeover. So he volunteered the place to a charity as a show house for designers. After the remodeling the public paid $12 a head over a two-week period to view the decorators' handiwork. The decorators paid for the labor and materials. Proceeds from the ticket sales went to the Bellermine University financial aid program. Horsell, 39, got a spiffy residence he could then sell for more than it would have been worth unadorned. If you want to put up with a gaggle of designers redoing your home and think you can live with the result, consider nominating it to raise money for a worthy cause. Chances are a charity near you is planning a designer showcase and wants a willing specimen. Your home's resale value may even go up by as much as 10%.