Let your imagination run wild creating a unique look in a bedroom. Obviously, the first one is my favorite!
Amazing Dream Headboards
May 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Home Offices: 10 Ideas to Make an Open-Plan Office Work Hard
May 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Don’t let your desk space be an afterthought – whether it’s hidden away or on display, here are some ways to integrate it seamlessly
Creating an office in an open-plan room is a great idea. Not only does it give your space an extra function, it forms a dedicated area for work projects, paperwork and bills – prone to spread around the house if not restrained! Whether you slot a study into an alcove, house it in a bay, or create a separate zone, make sure you choose colours and furniture that complement the rest of the room for an effortless look.
Family Room Touches Anyone Can Do
April 9, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Easy and cheap fixes that will help your space look more polished and be more comfortable
The family room is where you unwind, play, chat, enjoy the fire and have dinner in front of a movie on the weekends. It’s also the room that often becomes a messy afterthought compared with other rooms. If you’re feeling blah about what it looks like, don’t fret. Here are some easy and free or cheap fixes borrowed from beautiful Houzz rooms that will let you relax in style.
Practical New Uses for 23 Old Things
March 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Junk? What junk? Those things cluttering up your storage space are home solutions waiting to happen
In the market for a new bookshelf? If you have an old ladder lying around, you might not need to hit the store. In fact, there are countless ways you can turn old objects into amazingly practical solutions for storing, displaying and organizing your stuff. Here are some of my favorites.
10 Questions To Ask A Moving Company
March 9, 2014 By Leave a Comment
This infographic titled ’10 Questions To Ask A Moving Company’ shows the questions which help tochoose the best moving company keeping in mind their moving needs. It covers all the important features that should be evaluated before making the final decision of renting a storage unit.
Choosing New Cabinets? Here’s What to Know Before You Shop
March 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Get the scoop on kitchen and bathroom cabinet materials and construction methods to understand your options
With all the options available, choosing cabinets for your kitchen or bath can be an overwhelming experience. Aesthetics aside, there are lots of factors that might not be readily apparent that will impact the cabinet’s performance and price. Understanding those factors will give you an advantage in making your selection.
There are three basic structural components to a cabinet: the box, the shelves and the drawers. Each can be constructed in a number of ways. Cabinets generally come four ways: boxed and ready to install in standard dimensions, boxed and ready to assemble, semicustom and custom.
To get a better understanding of the way cabinets are made, I visited two manufacturers: Canyon Creek Cabinet Company in Monroe, Washington, which makes semicustom units, and O.B. Williams Company in Seattle, a 125-year-old woodworking shop that builds custom cabinets.
Furniture origami: Saving space in your apartment
March 5, 2014 By Leave a Comment
For those of us trying to live within a certain means, we like to think of there not being such a thing as small spaces so much as small imaginations.
If you’ve been feeling the crunch of a not-so-luxurious living space, check out a few of the ideas in this clever infographic, and luxuriate in being the king or queen of your own compact castle.
Staircase and Bed Made out of Two Salvaged Pianos
February 26, 2014 By Leave a Comment
In 2012 UK-based artist Tim Vincent-Smith converted two retired upright pianos into a custom staircase and loft bed. To build the structure, Vincent-Smith had to carefully disassemble the pianos in a process he likened to butchery:
Dismembering them put me in mind of the French restaurant where they kill a cow on the weekend and prepare every part for food. Nose to tail carpentry. The noises that came out of the carcass – as one by one the strings were cut, as the age-jammed creaking screws were forced loose with brace and bit, as the hide-glue joins were split with a wooden club and meat cleaver – composed the most extraordinary swan song. As with good butchery, great care is taken to preserve the best cuts and though to the faint hearted observer the scene is perhaps macabre, to the butcher it is an honour to pay homage to the life that has passed in this way. Even in the dry acoustic of the studio every sound resonates through the body of the instrument creating the effect of a large stone hall.
