Tips On Making Your Own Slipcovers by Simon Phillips Part 1 – Planning, measuring and materials Dressing your furniture with slipcovers is a really effective way to improve your home’s appearance without great expense. Slipcovers…
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Children’s Light Painting – How to Create Interesting Photos by Light Painting Using a Digital Camera
Children’s Light Painting I’m sure all children and even many adults have at some point been given a flash light or maybe a sparkler and tried to make shapes or words by moving it around…
General Knitting Hints and Tips for a More Professional Finish
KNITTING GENERAL HINTS AND TIPS 1: Always knit first and last stitches of knit row and purl first and last stitches of purl row. This will produce a firm edge and ease the toils of…
More Knitting Abbreviations And Methods of Operation for Knitting Terms
Knitting Abbreviations Some of the simple knitting stitches can be found on another page on this site; this page covers a few of the most common abbreviations used in knitting patterns. TOGETHER (Tog.) When this…
Negotiating Home Improvement Contracts
Negotiate Home Improvement Contracts Courtesy of http://www.localcontractorbids.com If you are thinking to remodel your home, getting it finalized and then finally completing your home is a huge task. Most of the remodeling or construction projects…
Knitting Abbreviations And Their Meanings Plus Mode of Operation
KNITTING ABBREVIATIONS Many books on the subject of knitting go into great detail as to yarns, patterns etc. but forget to explain, in detail, the terms and abbreviations used. Most patterns tell you what the…
Tips on Choosing a Ladder – What To Bear in Mind Before Buying a Ladder
Tips On Choosing A Ladder by Simon Phillips for getladders.com A ladder can come in really useful for all kinds of DIY tasks around the home, from step ladders for interior decorating to extension ladders…
Inspiration for Decorating Your Home And The Use of Colour / Color
Inspiration For Decorating Your Home by Scarlett of House of Area Rugs When you first get the inkling that you want to revamp the rooms in your home, you may feel overwhelmed with the idea…
Five Easy Ways to Give Your Kitchen a Designer Make Over And Wow Factor
Five Easy Ways to Give Your Kitchen Designer Wow! by Pamela Cole Harris A beautiful kitchen is the heart of any home (even for those of us who spend most of our cooking time around…
How to Adjust Kitchen Cupboard and Cabinet Door Hinges.
Over time your kitchen doors can become a bit ‘saggy’. People often assume that this is because the hinges have worn out. However this is seldom the case and more often it’s simply that the…