How to Choose Your Colors Now that you’ve chosen some colors, where should you use them? That depends a lot on your comfort level and in some cases your budget. Why budget? If you like to jump on the current trendy color, realize it may become dated quickly, and you’ll have to spend money to […]
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Key Measurements for a Wine Cellar, Part 1 “Once … in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days.” — W.C. Fields, My Little Chickadee (1940) Whether you live in a tiny New York City apartment or have a mansion with
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What to Look for in a Contractor’s Contract Buckminster Green LLCSave Photo 8. EPA lead safety certification. Contractors working on homes in the U.S. built before 1978 should be certified in lead-safe practices by the EPA. You can read more about the requirements here, but in a nutshell, it’s all about minimizing and containing dust
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13 Strategies for Making a Large Room Feel Comfortable It’s easy to pine for a larger space when you are living in a teensy one, but big rooms present some of their own challenges, and that is what we will be tackling today. Whether you live in a loft, have a living room with extremely
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Key Measurements for a Wine Cellar, Part 2 The first two examples employ a small undercounter wine chiller used to get the wine a perfect temperature. As well, the few different ways used to store and present the collections give these spaces interest. Installing wine racks that place the bottles horizontally and parallel to the
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How to Clean Your Oven Divine Design CenterSave Photo Cleaning Solutions For many folks, the next step is spraying the interior of the oven with a commercial oven cleaner. For this method, follow the manufacturer’s instructions on the can for best results. If you prefer not to use a commercial oven cleaner, you can opt
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Simple Pleasures: The Art of Lounging Resting, loafing, lounging, daydreaming … whatever you want to call it, do you do enough of it? If not, I heartily recommend that you begin. It’s impossible to keep up a constant stream of work and activity — we all need time to slow down. Downtime is often when
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9 Ways to Save Money on Kitchen Cabinets JMA INTERIOR DESIGNSave Photo 4. Consider Thermofoil or Laminate You don’t always have to go with an all-plywood construction. Thermofoil and laminate are both excellent budget-friendly options. Thermofoil is a type of plastic finish applied to a medium-density fiberboard or other type of engineered wood core. It’s
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Your First-Aid, Emergency and Medical Supply Checklist If someone in your home got sick or injured today, or if there was a natural disaster (knock on wood), would you have everything you need to care for yourself and the other members of your household? If you haven’t peeked in your medicine chest in recent memory,
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How to Plan Your Home’s Lighting Lighting is one of the easiest and least expensive ways to transform the look of a room. Proper lighting can highlight a room’s assets and help disguise its shortcomings, increase function and set a mood. Good lighting and bright lighting are not the same thing. A room that’s well
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