My mother lives in a retirement community and she has a beautiful entrance to her home with a stone walkway. After seing her home and how nice it looked, I decided to use in on my new home as well, Read more…
After a long harsh winter I look forward to getting out in my yard and start sprucing things up in spring. Apparently, the swing set backyard had finally looked old and tired after too many winters. The old big backyard swing set looked like it would collapse and it was time to go…
One thing that can make your house stand out from the rest of your neighbours humble abodes is great design is your front yard landscape. Where I live every evening, many of my neighbours fo for walks in the evening and as I see them walk by they all seem to look at how your yard looks., Read more…
The more I put things away, the more I forgot where they were. Basically, the only way for me to keep track of everything was to leave them lying out all over the floor and that wasn’t good. I still remember that fateful day when I was out shopping and found the ultimate clutter remover, plastic storage boxes.
A backyard fountain or waterfall can be a centerpiece of any yard while providing a tranquil relaxing oasis, and also providing a background sound that can reduce noise from closeby neighbours. These days there all types of outdoor water features and choosing one that is right for your space may not take time at all to find what is right for your yard. This will be time well spent considering how significant a change backyard fountains actually make to your living space, Read more…
Wrought iron driveway gates are quite a common sight at homes and private communities. You know that you have arrived at a magnificent place when you are faced with these formidable entryways. While many of us associate wrought iron driveway gates with great wealth, you can find these elements in many places. You might even want a set for your own property, Read more…
There are just too many reasons to get a plasma flat screen TV but I will try my best to provide as many as I can. What better way to talk myself into making a purchase like this than to explain the benefits of owning this new piece of high tech entertainment system? A plasma flat screen TV is the perfect addition to any home, family room or basement, Read more…
Although there are a lot of jobs for interior designers, they have less to do with your degree than with the connection that you have. I learned this the hard way. When I first became interested in jobs in residential interior design, I did what any hard-working kid from a family in Chicago would have done, I studied my butt off. Granted, an interior design job was not the traditional career path in my family. My parents both looked at me sideways when I announced my intention to look for jobs in interior design. They wanted me to be a professional or an artist. I didn’t have to make a lot of money, but I did have to do something with an intellectual bent to it. In their minds, jobs for interior design did not fit the bill.
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I have white countertops in my kitchen. This means whenever something spills I run the risk of a stain. Though it is a nice countertop, it tends to hold on to red dye very easily. I can eventually get it out, but it often takes a lot of scrubbing for it to disappear. At one point, after my daughter had spilled Kool-Aid, I had to use Comet to get my countertop clean. I am beginning to wonder if granite counters would be a better alternative to what we have now. I can’t change the countertop in the house I live in, but I can certainly choose what I want when we buy a house, Read more…
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Unless you were fortunate enough to move into a home with one already installed, you probably haven’t given a lot of thought to getting an indoor hot tub. For the majority of us, we enjoy sitting in a hot tub if we are on vacation or if a friend invites us over to relax in his or hers. You may be surprised to discover how affordable they are and how quickly you can have one put in your house. Indoor Hot Tub spas are generally installed off a bedroom or in a solarium, and are often smaller units than their outdoor counterparts, and are most often built into the bathroom, Read more…
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