Home stretch, December 31
Saturday, December 31, 2005
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
$19.7 million Sale price of a six-bedroom, seven- bathroom, 16,000-square- foot home in Aspen this month. It was the highest recorded price for a single- family home in Pitkin County this year.
Source: Aspen Daily News
BIRTHDAY BOOM
78.2 million Estimated number of baby boomers as of July 1, 2005. In 2006, the oldest of the baby boomers, the generation born from 1946 to 1964, will turn 60 years old.
7,918 Number of people turning 60 each day in 2006, according to projections. That amounts to 330 every hour.
17 & 63 Ranks of the baby names James and Mary, respectively, in 2005. In 1946, the first year of the baby boom, they topped the lists of baby names for boys and girls. Today's tops: Jacob and Emily.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Social Security Administration
HOT DEAL
If the cost of heating has you shivering, consider an energy-efficient mortgage. Offered through HUD, it enables you to finance buy- ing a home or refinance one while building in the cost of energy-efficient renova- tions. Call 1-888-878-3256 and ask for Item 592N or visit www.pueblo.gsa.gov.
TIPS AND TRICKS
• Door appeal: Doors can add dramatically to the look of a house without great expense. On the outside, paint one in a bold color or strip it to uncover beautiful wood.
• Wall project: To break up patterns and bring depth and texture to a room, apply wallpaper with a rip- and-stick technique. Tear it into random shapes and sizes and ad- here to the wall in an overlap- ping fashion like an oversize decoupage project.
• Cabinet face-lift: If your kitchen cabinets have become grimy and dull, give them a quick face- lift with a new finish. A coat of paint is often the simplest way to spruce them up.
Home & Garden Television
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• What: Noon Year's Eve celebration
• When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today; ball drops at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m.
• Where: Children's Museum; 23rd Avenue exit off Interstate 25
• Admission: $7 ages 1 to 59, $5 ages 60 and up, and free for members and children under 1
• Information: 303-433-7444, www.cmdenver.org
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