Articles tagged:janet miller

Posted: Thu Mar 25 6 a.m. by Janet Miller Freelance reporter
Staging a house can bring a better price, quicker sale

With “For Sale” signs popping up like spring tulips, sellers are looking for ways to separate their homes from the pack. While sales, especially in the lower range, have been relatively brisk as buyers grab homes and condominiums before the $8,000 federal tax credit expires on April 30, sellers are ...

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Posted: Thu Mar 18 6 a.m. by Janet Miller Freelance reporter
Second Baptist Church of Ann Arbor, the city's largest African American congregation, has a long history

Editor's note: This is another in an occasional series of articles on congregations in the Ann Arbor area. The roots of Second Baptist Church of Ann Arbor run almost as deep as the city itself. What is today the city’s largest African-American church, with more than 500 members, began with ...

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Posted: Thu Jan 21 6 a.m. by Janet Miller Freelance reporter

When Ann Arbor architects Bradford and Theresa Angelini designed Muir Frey’s contemporary Ann Arbor Hills house, they turned tradition upside down. Instead of placing the private spaces - the master bedroom, sitting room and powder room - in the rear of the house, they brought them front and center.

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Posted: Thu Dec 17 6 a.m. by Janet Miller Freelance reporter
Dark and dowdy Ann Arbor Hills ranch given a second life

It took eight weeks and a crew of at least 50 workers and craftsmen for developer Karen Millman to turn a dark and dowdy 1958 ranch in Ann Arbor Hills into an airy and open space with Arts and Crafts influences and enough windows to bring the outside in. For ...

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Posted: Thu Oct 15 6:13 a.m. by Janet Miller Freelance reporter
New churches planted to reach special niches, new members

A number of new churches are taking root in the Ann Arbor area. Using new technologies and working to attract a new generation of church-goers, these churches are shedding the labels of a denomination and turning to marketing tools usually reserved for the retail and political sectors: Lawn signs, mailers, ...

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