Following the home remodeling article some time ago, let's look up roofers this time. Having a home with a roof that is not durable or is of a mismatch to how your home is designed would be chaotic. As with other jobs, roofing requires skills that is gained through learning and experience, we might not see it that way but it includes various areas like math, carpentry and construction. How do you get the best roofer in town? Asking around is the old way, ask a family member if they know people in the roofing industry, surely they will point you to someone who had a roofing done job too. Using the phone book is another easy step or ask a local home supply center. Contractors will ...
Archives for January 2012
More Flowers
One need not be an expert in Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, to effectively display flowers of your choice at home. Here's what you should remember when arranging flowers. --- Balance Balance is important physically and visually. Physical balance is necessary to insure the arrangement does not fall. Visual balance refers to whether the eye picks up similar shapes, colors and textures on both sides of the arrangement. Scale Flowers and plants used in an arrangement should be sized in proportion to each other and the container they will be placed in. While flowers can vary in size somewhat within an arrangement, very large flowers mixed with very small ones ...
Remodeling vs Buying
Nowadays, remodeling one's home is a better option than buying a new one especially when budget is considered and when thinking of the convenience of staying where you have lived for a long time. Transporting furniture and stuff or buying new ones doesn't cost only much, its tiring too. Remodeling also increases the value of your home just in case in the near future you have no choice but to actually sell your property. It is but for many the best option and in actuality opted by homeowners. In a lot of cities, remodeling projects are counted more than having to build a new one. Choosing to remodel one's home means trusting someone how you want it done, rather than doing the thinking ...
Plants, Planters, Pots
-- I've been thinking of removing the big palm tree in our living room as it has withered slowly these past months. My guess was, the pot isn't big enough to contain the growing roots, or maybe I just got a black thumb. Besides, I could actually use new decorative containers (planters) that complements our red walls. I thought of visiting the nearest garden/interior supplies outlet to look for plants and planters alike, but because they are closed this holiday season I ended up looking online for planters. Planterixchange.com was my first stop, a detailed website of both decorative outdoor planters as well as indoor designer pots. The site listed a detailed category of all planters ...
If I were
There's a Facebook application about "5 things I have wanted to be when I grow up" that I answered earlier and I chose those that at some point in my life I dreamed of doing. Being an interior designer is one of my 'what could have beens.' Then of course, I could still be my own house's interior designer and I am. Though our wall's color (below photo) is hubby's choice, the smaller details are mine. I have always enjoyed browsing decorators catalogues, furniture brochures and home improvement ideas websites for some tips and tricks or I would just simply enjoy the photos. :D Those materials are also good sources if one is filling up a home and still trying to find classic or modern ...
Slipcovers
I was cleaning our living room earlier when I noticed our white leather sofa's black spots. :( I really felt bad because hubby and I has given it good care since the time we bought it; but as he said, all furnitures have their "end." The sofa has been with us for five years now, has 3 kids jumping on it and sometimes eating there as they watch movies. I sometimes put on a slipcover, well two pieces of cloth that serves as cover but not the one pictured here. I think it's only online that I've seen such suede, twill cloth slipcover, there are also recliner slipcover and dining chair slipcovers but I haven't seen one that's shaped like an L as our sofa is. If only there's a tailor/seamstress ...
