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7 Tips to Designing Your Bedroom

Have you ever been in a room that just feels right? Nine times out of 10, it’s because it’s a simple design that works well. But creating a simple design is harder than it seems — particularly in bedrooms. Why? Because each bedroom absolutely has to get a mattress in it. And beds are large [...]

Elegant DIY Updates for a 1970s Dallas Home

Newlyweds Ilya and Arina Gurfinkel admit they were innocent when they began remodeling their 1975 home in Dallas. After buying the home in March a few years back, Ilya planned to have a Fourth of July party that same year to celebrate. “2 years later and that party still has not occurred,” states Arina. The [...]

Harmonize Your Home

Any musician knows how easy it is to accumulate stacks and stacks of sheet music. I played the piano for many years as a child, and by high school I could barely shut my piano bench because of an accumulation of every song under the stars. If you’re running into this issue and are just [...]

Guest Groups: Hang On!

Easily incorporate a small quirky character into your decor with a special hook. Any of those funky fixtures will make a great conversation piece and a fun addition to the home. — Beth from Modern Home Richard Shed Studio Here Hook Guests will not require any direction as to where to hang their jackets with [...]

Headboard Alternatives to Make a Dull Bed Divine

Headboards are a part of bedroom layout. They are often the first thing that you see when you enter the room, and also the most dominant. Just as the front door creates an important public announcement about who you are, the headboard creates an important personal statement about who you are. It’s a place for [...]

Varieties of Vine Vegetables

Vegetables that blossom are excellent for growing vertically onto a stake, trellis, cage or fence. This saves room, makes harvesting easier and provides an element of privacy to the backyard. Pests which can’t climb, such as slugs or snails, and diseases brought on by contact with wet soil are not a problem for vertical veggies [...]

The way to Calculate How Many Sprinklers I Need

An effective sprinkler system for your own lawn waters all of your bud without watering places outside your lawn. Watering non-lawn places wastes water. In order to have a sprinkler system which works well, accurately calculate the number of sprinkler heads required. Then it is possible to set up your lawn’s irrigation program and then [...]

The way to Remove Stains From Dinnerware

Whether you’ve been lucky enough to inherit a yellowed group of fine china or you just want to eliminate the discoloration on your daily dishes, soaking in a whitening solution is key. Over time, spices and oils can leave stains on dishes, and knives and forks can leave gray marks, demanding a deeper cleaning than [...]

Residential Furnace Variable Rate Vs. Constant

The fantastic news: your standard forced-air furnace includes 2 rates. The bad news: the rates are “on” and “off” Permanent split capacitor (PSC) motors in conventional furnace blowers don’t adapt variable speeds. More advanced, high-efficiency furnaces incorporate electronically commutated motor (ECM) technology programmed to operate at variable speeds and output. Most existing PSC furnaces can [...]

The way to Calculate Fabric for an Ottoman

Ottomans are decor accessories which are both decorative and functional. As well as supplying additional seating in a room, they improve the comfort of the easy chair or sofa. Re-covering an ottoman, either by reupholstering or slipcovering, updates the ottoman’s look and might allow it to fit to most decor schemes. Understanding how to figure [...]