How Natural Light Affects Home Decor by Pamela Cole Harris One of your best friends in design (or worst enemies!) is the natural light that filters through your home’s windows. It can make that lavender…
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How to Replace And Update Electrical Outlets And Sockets
Outlet Eyesores Did you ever wonder what it would take to get rid of the brown, dirty electrical outlets that get so much use in your house and replace them with something that looks nice?…
How To Measure Fastener / Screw Lengths
HOW TO MEASURE FASTENER/SCREW LENGTHS Reproduced by kind permission of www.boltdepot.com General Fastener length is measured from where the material surface is assumed to be, to the end of the fastener. For fasteners where…
How to paint a concrete floor, design on a tight budget
WORKSHOP HOME– Garage – Workshop – Office – Library – Bathroom – Living – Nursery – Spare Utility – Kitchen – Games – Music – Garden – Kennel – SEARCH SITE Painting Concrete Floors…
How to Paint Concrete – Tips and Tricks
PAINTING A CONCRETE FLOOR Painting concrete is becoming more and more popular and, therefore, I thought it maybe of interest to see what can be achieved with a great deal of patience and, in my…
Tips on Making Own Slipcovers – Planning, Measuring, Fabric And Tools
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…
Tips on Making Own Chair And Sofa Slipcovers – Complete Instructions Showing How to Make Slipcovers
Tips On Making Your Own Slipcovers by Simon Phillips Part 2 – Making Your Slip Covers Having planned your slipcovers as set out in Part 1 – now is the time to get started. The…
Things to Make And Do By Renewing And Recycling Items Such as Denim Jeans
THINGS TO MAKE AND DO A variety of things to make and do, recycling, renewing, useful gifts etc. If anyone has come up with ideas for re-using denim, please send them in! In response to…
Formulae For The Conversion of Measurements, Area And Volume
Conversion of Measurement, Area & Volume Metric to Imperial and Imperial to Metric There are times in everyone’s lives when we need to convert some measurement, whether it be when purchasing carpets, fabrics, wood…
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…