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If Yellow Is Your Favorite Color, You'll Love These 6 Bright Homes for Sale

Live on the sunny side of the street—no matter the weather—with these warm homes.

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Heather Bircher

These perpetually bright properties offer up eternal sunshine—and they're all for sale.

Bath, NH

bath, nh home for sale
Kim Wasson

Old meets new inside this freshly renovated three-bedroom, three-bathroom Cape-style house complete with custom wide-plank floors.

Agent: Tiffany Howard; peabodysmith.com

Listing Price: $299,000

Bremo Bluff, VA

bremo bluff, va home for sale
John Hancock

The facade of this restored five-bedroom three-bathroom country home may be bright, but the mature gardens—with more than 68 varieties of shrubs and trees—offers plenty of shade.

Agent: Page George; pagegeorge.evusa.com

Listing Price: $379,000

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Hillsboro, TX

hillsboro, tx home for sale
April Galle Sanders, AprilPhotography.com

Bring your horses! In addition to the five-bedroom, four-bath farmhouse, this property includes 20 private and partially fenced acres and a classic red barn.

Agent: Jana Nors; jananorsrealestate.com

Listing Price: $335,000

Portland, CT

portland, ct home for sale
Jerry Weiner, Photo-Flight Photographic Services

Cozy features inside this four-bedroom, two-bathroom home include a living room fireplace and a built-in dining room hutch dating back to 1770.

Agent: Joann DeRaffaele; bhhsneproperties.com

Listing Price: $314,500

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Danbury, IA

danbury, ia home for sale
Heather Bircher

Charming details abound in this six-bedroom, two-bathroom Victorian home, including antique hanging lights and floors with original tiles.

Agent: Aaron Bircher; aaronbircher.com

Listing Price: $144,900

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Elizabeth Finkelstein and her husband, Ethan Finkelstein, are the brains behind the popular Instagram and newsletter Cheap Old Houses. Together, they restore historic homes in HGTV’s series Who’s Afraid of a Cheap Old House? Elizabeth grew up in an 1850s home lovingly restored by her parents, so her love for crown molding and peeling wallpaper runs in her gene pool. She holds a master’s degree in historic preservation and has put in years of professional work restoring old houses. While not filming or nurturing the vast and wonderful @cheapoldhouses community, the couple spends time restoring their own cheap old farmhouse — a little slice of heaven they snagged for a cool $70,000.  

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