Decorating
Home Lighting: 5 Modern Design Trends for 2012
When it comes to home decor, lighting is sometimes overlooked. However, a well lit room has an influence on our personal well-being and by adding extra light the ambiance of a room can be changed easily. Over the past years, a new focus on home lighting has devveloped. As colors and lighting transform our moods [...]
Transform Your Home With Decorative Molding
Many heritage homes were built with beautiful and intricate molding around the doors, windows, baseboards and ceilings. These elegant features transformed simple rooms into works of art. Modern building trends are much different. With a focus on lowering construction costs, elaborate moldings are rarely found in new construction. Simple, inexpensive trim is normally used for [...]
5 DIY Steps to Ensure Your House is Warm this Winter
Nobody likes a cold house so why not arrange plumbing insurance, turn up the heating and do a bit of DIY? There’s nothing worse than a cold breeze, so visit your local home store and show off your handy work. Here are 5 ways to make your house cosy – without calling a plumber. Bleed [...]
Change Your Architectural Hardware to Give Your Home a Facelift
If you’re looking for a no fuss way to give your home a facelift that doesn’t involve going anywhere near a paint pot then why not think about changing your architectural hardware? Often when people move homes they are keen to redecorate but they don’t consider changing door and cupboard handles, knockers, or window casements. [...]
Interior Trends for 2012
Interior design trends, just as with other fashions, tend to be cyclical, and the mantra for the next season looks to be “old ideas remodelled”. Elegance and striking colours are back in fashion, and instead of studying the colour wheel, designers are being encouraged to go for clashing colours, bright contrasts, and intense shades. Think [...]
Rag Rolling, White-Washing and Staining – Adapt Pine Furniture with Stains and Washes
Pine furniture is a very popular type, especially in the UK, and makes an affordable option for some great furniture. It is one of the most common types of wood in the world, and it’s understandable that it’s manufactured into furniture as it has a lovely color, is lightweight and easy to work with. However, [...]
Bathroom Mirror: More Than Just Vanity
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” I glumly asked my decades old mirror. The truth is, this mirror came with the standard plastic cabinet which had become brittle and yellowed through the years. Before we installed the light-filtering glass blocks, the bathroom had been exposed to lots of sunlight [...]
Setting Up Your New Home Office
you’ll have to do is prepare and set up a home work space. A crucial part of being productive is making sure that you have a good working environment, away from the distractions of your home. It’s really important that you are able to shut the door and feel like you’re at work. If you’ve [...]
8 Steps to a Cleaner Kitchen
Just about everyone has a friend or family member whose kitchen is always immaculate. No matter what time of the day or night you might pop in and try to catch them with dirty dishes in the sink, or splashes of pasta sauce on the stove top – the kitchen is always clean. While it’s [...]
How to Cover Old Painted Concrete Walls
If you decide to improve the look of your concrete walls, the best way to do it is to remove the old paint, and then to apply a new fresh coat of paint. You don’t need to be a handy man to do this job, anyone can do it. The final result is going to [...]
