Rooms
Bathroom Tiles Transformed in a Weekend
You love your home. After all, you put so much time and effort into it (not to mention money), that it would be hard to call it your home if you hated it. But, there’s this one room in your house that could use a little sprucing up, your bathroom for example. Wouldn’t it be [...]
Under Cabinet Lighting Guide on Color Temperature
Under cabinet lighting is one of the smartest remodeling projects to undertake in terms of boosting your home’s resale value. According to real estate experts, home buyers gravitate to the kitchen first when they’re looking at a house. By installing under cabinet lights, you will significantly enhance your kitchen’s appeal by highlighting your backsplash and [...]
Caring for the Surfaces of Your Home
The surfaces of homes and businesses are what guests and clients see when they enter the space. Dirty or dull surfaces can under whelm clients and make guests uncomfortable. They can also be unhealthy for people living in homes and working in businesses. Therefore, it is very important not to only clean surfaces, but to [...]
The Bottle Battle: Combat the Accumulation of Toiletries in the Bathroom
Keeping our bathrooms tidy is a difficult task at the best of times, made all the more challenging by the sheer amount of personal hygiene and grooming products we are expected to stock up on. As consumers, we understand the need for each bottle – the shampoo to clean our hair, the conditioner to smooth [...]
Bathroom Tips For The Green Homeowner
Our homes say a lot about us as individuals. From the neighbourhoods we live in to the colours of our walls and the things we choose to display in our windows, much of what we value can be read by our neighbours, friends and anyone else who passes through the domestic sphere. On some level, [...]
How to be Environmentally Friendly in the Kitchen
The desire and requirement to be eco friendly is very much ingrained in modern day living. Cutting energy consumption, emissions and costs, are issues at the forefront of every consumers mind these days. In order to lead greener lives we need to take greater action. This can mean recycling more, swapping to energy efficient appliances [...]
The Pros and Cons of Having a Piano In Your Home
An acoustic piano can bring great joy to a household — filling it with music and antiquity. It can also be a cumbersome object that gets in the way and an added household expense. Anyone thinking about investing in a piano has a number of considerations to work through before making a purchase. The Good [...]
Top Three House Cleaning Tips
House cleaning isn’t a favorite activity, but these three tips will help keep your home clean and comfortable. The Oven No one likes cleaning the oven, it’s one of the most dreaded cleaning jobs in the house but it’s one that still has to be done. If you run a busy household and have a [...]
Three Steps to a Multisensory Outdoor Living Space
Outdoor living spaces provide unique opportunities for relaxing and entertaining. One of the major benefits of being outdoors is the multi-sensory experience. Before choosing enhancements for your outdoor living area, study the sensory experience that already exists. Spend time in the space at the different times of day that you will be using it to [...]
How to Decorate Your Home Office
When you hear the phrase “home office,” what do you think of? Most people imagine a comfortable, well-organized place in which to pay bills, finishing work they’ve brought home from their jobs, or school projects. A home office can also be a place to accomplish both business-related and personal goals. That’s why decorating your home [...]
