My loved ones and I gathered around the dining table for breakfast the other day, a ritual that doesn’t happen frequently due to work and busy schedules. As we ate and conversed it got me dreaming about the ideal summer breakfast — at which it would be and exactly what foods we’d share. I’d celebrate …
Now that you have opted to change out your tank hot water heater with a tankless hot water heater, you’ll be saving up to $100 or more annually on your water heating bills. But before you make the big move, you’ll need to plan beforehand. Including obtaining building and plumbing permits, choosing the right solution, …
Ultraviolet rays are the harmful rays in sunshine. They can harm your furniture, your flooring and your draperies as well as your skin. Adding protection into your design strategy budget ensures your possessions stay in prime condition for the years you wish to relish them. Decide exactly what you want your overall window coverings to …
There are multiple approaches to warm a in-ground swimming pool and many approaches rely on natural resources. Depending on climate and your personal swimming needs — for example plans to swim through summer months versus all year round — you also can select from many different options that change in their initial and long-term operational …
Teak’s warm, rich shade attracts guests into your home and invites them to relax and stay a while. Teak is very durable, but, like other wood, it has a weakness — water. Set a perspiring glass back on a turtle, for example, and an unsightly water mark forms. Fresh Water stains are generally lighter in …
The aromatic scent of food baking in the oven or cooking on the stove is appealing till it burns as well as the smell overtakes your home. Lingering odors from burnt food or an accidental blaze can infiltrate all areas of your home. A few straightforward techniques neutralize burnt scents and promote a cleaner, healthier …
Salvage a vintage lamp base from a thrift store, garage sale or your own attic by covering it with decoupage. Mod Podge, a decoupage medium sold in craft shops, is just a thick white adhesive that lets you permanently affix paper into a smooth surface. Use wrapping paper, tissue paper or paper paper to give …
When you learn how to apply gold leaf into embossed surfaces, a process called gilding, you can make things from garage sales, thrift stores and dollar stores look pricey. Gold leaf comes in sheets which are just a few atoms thick, and implementing it’s comparable to painting. Because the sheets are thinner than tissue, applying …
The glaze on your bathtub keeps it looking great, protects the surface under it and also makes it easy to keep clean. There are a couple of reasons why glaze will begin to peel. Once it does, the bathtub will have to be covered or covered with a liner. Glaze Again Peeling glaze on your …
A sunny place delivers the gardener a plethora of plants. Choices are more confined for shade. Shade comes in several densities from dappled, found under deciduous trees to dense, like under evergreen shrubs. Shade changes from season to season. What could possibly be in complete shade in summer, under a deciduous tree, might be in …