Basics
Some unusual items to help you organize
1. Pizza boxes – provided they’re not too dirty, pizza boxes can serve as a portfolio for your kids’ work. By helping them decide which goes in the box, they’ll learn to prioritize better work and organize their things. This also helps eliminate so many scratch papers being scattered everywhere. 2. Shoe boxes – perfect [...]
Posted in Basics, Do-It-Yourself | No Comments »
Back-Savers and other Safety tips
There are a lot of handy helping aids that can be used to help you around the hone for easy cleaning and movement of furniture. Gliders are either plastic disks or squares you can place under heavy furniture that allows them to glide over your floors without scratching those precious wooded floors. Wheels tend to [...]
Posted in Basics, Do-It-Yourself, Information | No Comments »
Laying-out
Many people o into renovations or re-make’s rarely without the benefit of a lay-out or plan. For do-it-yourself buffs, this works best for it allows you to play around with the designs allowing you to incorporate ones you see off magazines and displays. Existing furnishings can be placed in a virtual place (virtual design tools [...]
Tags: Lay-out Technique, Renovation Planning
Posted in Basics, Do-It-Yourself | No Comments »
DIY- Help Rust-Oleum Next Generation Spray Paint
Good news for those weekend DIY warriors, Rust-oleum has come up with the next generation of spray paint that aims to take away most of the guesswork in paint selection for all uses. Indoor, outdoor, plastic wood metal you name it, it can paint it. Take a trip to your local home depot and you’ll [...]
Tags: General Purpose, General Use, Guess Work, Rust-oleum, Spray Paint
Posted in Basics, Do-It-Yourself, Information | No Comments »
Neutral Colors
The use of neutral colors in the home is one of the best choices when re-modeling your house. The warm and subdued shades allow a house to become warmer and look even larger. Bold colors, which more active people prefer are more of a reflection of your character than an inviting place to relax and [...]
Tags: Color Matching, Color tips, Neutral Colors
Posted in Basics, Do-It-Yourself, Market Trends | No Comments »
The Earthy Look
Designers have long realized the need to bring nature into the home or just about any space that needs softening up. Be it a large or small room, the earthy look makes a space look inviting and pleasing to the eye. Many of the furniture and crafts from Asian countries make good accessories or center [...]
Tags: Asian Furnitures, Earthy Colors, Subduedcolors, Walls
Posted in Basics, Do-It-Yourself, Market Trends | 2 Comments »
The weekend DIY
Many things can be done by regular people like me in terms of making a space look inviting, adding a personal touch with a little sweat and elbow grease. There are some things to consider before undergoing a project such as cost, plans, special requirements and the decision itself to do the job or would [...]
Posted in Basics, Do-It-Yourself | No Comments »
Child-Proofing
There are now more safety products that can be used to child-proof your house with little effort and just a screwdriver to install. Power outlets can be given plastic covers that insert into them preventing electrocution of children who love to stick just about anything anywhere. Doors to cupboards and other storage areas can be [...]
Tags: cabinets, Child Proofing, doors, electrical outlets, Safety First, windows
Posted in Basics, Do-It-Yourself | No Comments »
Interior Designing for Kids
Your child’s room should serve more than as sleeping quarters with a little improvement in terms of new furnishings or improving existing ones. It not only makes the space more enjoyable for your growing child, it also serves more than one purpose such as a play area if the room is well planned. When thinking [...]
Tags: Kids Playroom, Kids Rooms, Kids Spaces
Posted in Basics, Do-It-Yourself | No Comments »
Trends for the House
The days of bright colors and subtle tones are here, for designers mix old and new. The old colors that complement each other in bold ways are paired with softer hues. The move into making a house more appealing to your guests as well as yourself is more and more on the trends list yet [...]
Tags: Painting, Subdued Colors- Earth tones
Posted in Basics, Do-It-Yourself, Market Trends | No Comments »