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Make Great Pillows from Sweaters

elutzik — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:36:56 +0000

These days i was looking on the internet for Christmas themed stuff and I’ve found this great post which shows ushow to make sweater pillows anyone can do in their own home. Maybe I’ll try one as well.

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Hand-made boot decoration

elutzik — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:58:48 +0000

What can be nicer and cuter than a child’s boot with flowers in it? Not only is it cute, but it’s also very ingenious. All you need is a colorful boot, some ribbons and a flower bouquet. Just let your imagination free.

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A Variety of UPVC Conservatory Designs

Bogdan — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:50:04 +0000

Conservatories can make better use of extra space available in house presently not in use. If you are searching for a better solution to utilise the space in a nominal budget then go for a choice that can give the best option. It can make your house look stylish and appealing with the perfect blend of UPVC doors and materials, which will reduce your energy bills and keep all the warm air inside the conservatory. Enjoy all types of weather inside your UPVC conservatory protected from any weather condition and wear and tear condition. The main purpose of constructing a conservatory is to give a benefit to your existing property.

Various designs of conservatories are available that you can opt for according to the space available at nominal costs with perfection. Different types of UPVC conservatory designs are:

Dome Conservatory: Made in a dome type structured roof, this type of conservatory allows light to enter flat to the surface of your conservatory. The glass used is generally clear with an option of rain dropping inside your conservatory.

Gable Conservatory: This type is available in triangle shape under the end of conservatory’s pitched roof where triangle top meets the roof ridge. You can build the type that can easily make using your available space and size with trusses made vertically from roof.

Lean to conservatory: UPVC conservatories look perfect in this type of design having modern approach with a slanted roof braced on the elevation of the wall attached to your house. The architecture itself is modern and less expensive that best utilizes your space in a perfect manner even if the area available is small. It can give a slant in conservatory that is leaned to the property of your house. Due to the simplicity of the construction, these are very popular as DIY conservatories allowing the customer to save even more by cutting out the salesman’s commission.

P-shaped conservatory: It is designed in such a way that the vertical line of P is usually a lean to design attached to the house property and the round of P can be made in harmony with the vertical part of the conservatory. This can give you more space to be used inside a UPVC conservatory that can accommodate extra stuff inside it.

Sliding door conservatory: This is the most commonly type of conservatory made of UPVC doors and windows that are durable in property and constructed in different patterns. The main components of sliding door conservatories are folding doors, sliding doors and concertina doors that allow extra ventilation as compared to the traditional doors and windows. An option of high quality sliding doors will make the proper functioning of this type of conservatory.

T-shaped conservatory: This is similar to the P-type of conservatory in which the horizontal of T is the lean to design with vertical-end made in harmony with the property. The benefit of this type is that all the corners are made in such a way that the look of the conservatory becomes huge.

Lantern conservatory: This type has high-heightened ceiling with a real big space that will make your UPVC conservatories look large in coordination with the house interiors. You can use a variety of glasses to make this type of conservatory and increase the ventilation options of your conservatory. You can design any of these types of conservatories in your house that can blend well with the interiors of your house within a limited budget and time.

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My refuge

elutzik — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:24:50 +0000

My refuge is my dream house, which, for now, is just in my mind. It’s right in the middle of nature, with a huge garden, with a pond and paths and lots of plants, trees and flowers.

Any destination you might have for your dream house, just follow some simple rules:

In a world invaded with modernism, a simple wooden house with a simple paint, colored door and windows and curtains in tone with the wood of the house would calm everyone.
Your house and garden would be more relaxing with a lot of green. Just combine the paved areas with the grass and plants.
The color harmony is the key. The floors, the ceramic or wooden flower pots, the garden furniture and the pillows are all great in ground tones.
In a small space you can place a table and two chairs where you can drink your coffee in the morning or just sit and relax.
You can place most of the flowers in pots because they are easier to maintain.

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Terrace and rooftop gardens

Bogdan — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:31:45 +0000

Probably best suited for penthouses, and last story inhabitants, these rooftop gardens are beautiful, and should be seen more often, especially on crowded polluted cities.

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How do we decorate a small room?!

elutzik — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:12:21 +0000

Decorating a small room is considered to be a great challenge for most people. This can sometimes become a very frustrating activity whether is because of money or the lack of ideas.

Firstly, you have to decide what are you going to use the room for. Maybe you would like a comfortable guest room, a cozy nursery room, or a modern bathroom.

The simplest way of turning a small space into a welcoming one is using bright colors, especially when it comes to curtains, blankets, pillows or rugs.

Try not to use too much furniture and decorative elements. Just keep it simple and sleek.

Another trick to make your small room look bigger is to have big windows and to always keep them clean, as well as using mirrors.

Try painting you focal wall in deep tones and leave the other walls white or use the palest version of the color you used on the main wall.

Last but not least, try to use multi-purpose objects, such as a bed with drawers, etc.

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How to properly decorate your children’s room

Bogdan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:24:47 +0000

Every single parent wishes for a beautiful and healthy kid. The growth and development of your child are influenced by the space he spends most of his time. Taking care of the most elementary hygienic rules of the room, you’ll be sure that you’ll raise a healthy kid.

Choose the room with the best light

A kid needs a room to be only his own. The lightning is very important too. During the day, try to provide as much as it’s possible natural light, and use the bulb (or any other source of artificial light) only at night. Remember that your little one’s room has to be the most light full in the entire house. Also, the walls need to be wallpapered or treated with washable dye and painted in discreet colors. About choosing the right color, or wallpaper, ask him his opinion to find out the “client’s” preferences.

Make sure the temperature stays between 64-68 F (18-20 C) degrees

The Oxygen volume in his room it’s obtained by wide opening the windows. Do not forget to protect him against the current when doing this. The windows have to always be sparkling clean in order to get as much light as it’s possible. The doctors say that the temperature has to be maintained between the values above, independent of the season (cold winter or hot summers). When the temperature drops 64 degrees F (18 C), you can heat it up using a stove, central heating or a radiator. In the summer you can provide the right temperature using ventilation (but not directed towards the child!!!) or by dropping the curtains.

Get the furniture that he needs

Make sure you clean and maintain the hygiene in your child’s room every day. When you wish to decorate this room, do not forget to ask him first about his preferences. Do not hesitate to adapt the furniture items to his necessities. For example, if he already goes to school, the furniture has to be composed of a library, a desk, a bed and a wardrobe. The chair and desk’s sizes need to suit him best, and the chair has to have back support to protect his back and hold his elbows. The desk needs to be positioned next to the window, in a way that light comes from the left side and avoid creating shadows on the books or notebooks.

Make sure he get the most quiet room

In order to grow healthy, your kid needs a lot of sleep. Try to give him the most peaceful and protected room in the house, away from all the noise, capable to provide the right environment for study and restful sleep that he needs. Let him sleep alone, and even he won’t like this, try to convince him to sleep with no lamp light.

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How to spoil your plants with.. water

Bogdan — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:14:36 +0000

Did you know the most important thing to keep you flowers growing happy all the time? Water them properly. Some flowers need to be watered less than once a week while others need to be watered every day. An apartment palm, for example, needs his leaves sprayed with water every day. Usually, people tend to use water straight from the sink for their plants. It’s good, of course. But you can also add some ingredients in it to make it even better (there are all kind of products in the store for this).

But did you know, that the best water plants can get is.. rain water? Just think about it: in the wild, they don’t have water from the sink, or special ingredients for growing or shining. They only got .. rain. But rain harvesting is not always an easy job, especially if you have a large garden. Some people thought about this and now we have rain barrels: a large plastic barrel that you position under your water pipe, with a tap at the bottom for easy use. Don’t worry about the design of these rain water barrels, you’ll have a lot of options to choose from: shape, size, color, material.

If you consider yourself a handy man you can easily build one yourself, from an usual barrel, but if you are the lazy type, don’t worry, there are online stores where you can find rain barrels for sale.Similar Posts:

How to keep your kids occupied

Bogdan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:04:40 +0000

It is told that everybody loves kids. Who doesn’t like kids, it’s probably because they drool, and poo and spit their food. I personally don’t like kids for the reasons I mentioned. Once they past that disgusting period, I start to like them. For certain reasons, of course: they tell things that you wouldn’t expect from a small creature like that. Things that you discovered so recent in your .. 20, 30, 40 years of life.

But once they know they can get your attention by saying a lot of things, that you mind find interesting, they won’t stop. FOR NOTHING!!! They will talk with you all day long. They will ask you questions about tv producers, how they were made, the difference between girls and boys etc. You’ll buy them a lot of toys to keep them occupied, but it won’t last for long: soon they’ll ask you how the toys were made and why the soldiers are green and why boys wear blue and girls pink.

I found recently that a good way to keep them occupied, for a longer time, is to install them a swingset. If you have a garden and you can set up a small space for your kid, go to a playground equipment store, or consider viewing an online store, where you can choose from a large number of swing sets: porch swing, stand up swings, gliders, buoy ball swings. If you don’t have the necessary budget, you can do one yourself: get an old tire, hook it up to a large branch with a solid chain and there you go: you just made a tire swing.

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The Ideal Palace of the French postman

Bogdan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:36:41 +0000

The Ideal Palace (Le Palais Idéal), is a impressive construction, built by a French postman, Ferdinand Cheval (1836-1924). Cheval began the building in April 1879, using stones that he was collecting while delivering mails. He did this for 33 years, and most of the time he was working at night, helped by the light from oil lamps.

First he was carrying stones in his pockets, later he used a basket and finally a wheelbarrow. He used lime, mortar and cement to bound the stones together.

After finishing his Ideal Palace, Cheval spent another 8 years to build a mausoleum for him in the cemetery of Hauterives, the same town where the palace is built.

The palace is considered the only example of naive architecture.

If you ever want to visit Le Palais Ideal, is located in Hauterives, near Lyon, in France.

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