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How to Improve Your Outdoor Space on a Budget

Outdoor entertaining is of the utmost importance when inviting friends or family over for a gathering, regardless of the season. The good news is that there are a few strategic decorating changes that you can make to your outdoor space to make it attractive and inviting, rain or shine.

Outdoor Decorating: Where to Begin

Use plants moderately. If you’ve gone overboard as a gardener, guests sitting on your back patio may feel like they’re in the middle of a jungle. When landscaping and planting your back garden, use your editing eye. The best way to create a calming environment is by using a color theme in potted flowers and by choosing plants with a similar texture, such as short, round bushes or long vines and trees.

Mix-and-match. If you’re the type that likes to pick up secondhand items at a thrift store or antique shop, this design trend … READ MORE ...

by Emily Burgman — March 11, 2019 in Eco Friendly Homes

Upgrading New Home Closets With Closet Organizers

The importance of effective and efficient closet organization cannot be understated. Closet organizers should be a fundamental part of home design. A great deal of new home construction includes closet organizer upgrades. As with any upgrade in new home construction, the cost of the upgrade through the builder wildly exceeds the cost of the actual upgrade.

Although, the convenience of rolling the cost of the upgrade into your mortgage is tempting it is inadvisable. It is best to put a few hundred dollars aside and commit to buying closet organizers after you take possession of your new home. The cost of buying the closet organization systems yourself will likely save you at least 50% of the cost.

A common question is “what should I look for in a good closet organizer design?” The answer to this question depends on a number of different factors. First you must consider … READ MORE ...

by Emily Burgman — February 16, 2019 in Green Building

Unfinished Wood Cabinets

When picking up a type of cabinet to furnish the house’s kitchen, it is best to recognize the finest design, style and properties that may play an important role on the outcome of the proposed kitchen cabinet plan. Unfinished kitchen cabinets are perfect for the construction of your kitchen design. They can be painted, stained, covered, etched or just left undone. Either way, unfinished kitchen cabinets are very flexible.

Choosing the right cabinet wood will also take part in finishing the cabinets. The natural properties of wood can affect design decisions. In addition, some woods are hard, and others are soft, as different wood vary in hardness. Some kitchen cabinet wood differs in color by nature, there are those that are dark and some are light. This offers someone the flexibility of choosing the best stain for the desired cabinet wood color. If light-colored cabinet is preferable the … READ MORE ...

by Emily Burgman — February 8, 2019 in Green Construction Materials

Things You Can Do to Keep Your Home Business Green

Running a business from home is about as good as it gets when it comes to going green. You don’t have to spend hours every day commuting to work and back, which means you already have a smaller carbon footprint to begin with. Home businesses tend to be more efficient in terms of energy usage too.

However, there are still a lot of things you can do to make your home business friendly to the environment. The simplest of steps can create the biggest impact, which is why we are going to discuss some of the easiest things you can do to become eco-friendly in this article.

Limit Your Use of Paper

At the top of our list of easy things to do to go green, we have limiting the use of paper. As a home business, you really don’t need to use a lot of … READ MORE ...

by Emily Burgman — January 17, 2019 in Green Building Concept

Your One-Stop Shop For Glass Door Repair

Do you have a glass door that is broken? When it comes to glass door repair dallas tx has a tremendous amount of options. However, before you pick just any fly-by-night glass repair company ask yourself this: is this outfit right for me? If there is any question regarding it, don’t hesitate to shop around. Glass door repair should only be handled by a competent professional. Here are some factors to consider:

Glass door repair is an extremely delicate process

Naturally, it can be extremely tempting to try to fix your cracked door glass yourself. This is unwise because a poorly-done repair job on a glass door can actually make the door look even worse than a door that is not fixed. This delicate job requires an individual who has had a lot of practice and has great attention to detail. This leads us to our next point:

Versatility is

by Emily Burgman — January 12, 2019 in Green Energy