Archive for April, 2010

Review – Welcome Home: A Home Improvement & Decorating Organizer by Christina Poggi

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Welcome Home: A Home Improvement and Decorating Organizer is released as a three ring binder, with each of its many pages ready to store information about your home. Included are pages for placing contact information for your realtor, repair people, utilities, and other important contact information. It will also help to keep track of important paper work

Review of Basements Step by Step Projects

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Creative Homeowner’s series on home improvements includes this title and it is well worth the read. It’s a short read, coming in at around 80 pages, but don’t let the size fool you

Complete Guide to Bathrooms by Black and Decker

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Our bathrooms are used every day, and as such, they are usually one of the first places that trouble strikes. Whether you’ve ended up standing ankle deep in water at 3am, or you just want to find some ways to save money on plumbing costs, this is the ideal book to have in your home library.

How to Add Exterior Lighting

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Exterior lighting can add immediate value to your home, but there is often a lot of confusion as to how it should be added and whether or not you’ll need the help of a professional to get the job done. Whether you have questions about placement of your exterior lights or the actual installation process, these tips will help you get started. 1

How to Clean Blinds

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There are many different types of window coverings available these days.  But, one of the most popular are blinds.  This is because they are simple, attractive, and work well for privacy while allowing light into the home, among other reasons.  However, there is one aspect about blinds that most owners do not enjoy, and that is cleaning them.  Cleaning blinds is looked upon as one of the most-detested household chores.  But, it doesn’t have to be the worst chore in the home; in fact, learning how to clean blinds can actually be quick and easy. Here are several techniques on how to clean blinds that work well for even the dustiest, greasiest, grimiest, and most filthy blinds.

Contemporary Strick House by Oscar Niemeyer

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The Strick House sited on a bluff overlooking a golf course and the Santa Monica Mountains, created by Brazilian architects Oscar Niemeyer . The expansive one-story house, with a 14-foot-tall glass-walled living room, gradually became destabilized by seismic shifts in land values. Several years ago a developer bought the 4,600-square-foot house, planning to raze it to build one twice the size

Modern LA Residence in Los Angeles by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects

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The LA Residence situated in Los Angeles California, created by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects. The ground floor comprises L-shaped kitchen / family room wing that extends into the garden. Terraces generous companies and large banks of sliding glass doors to encourage year-round indoor and outdoor living

Prefabrication Cantilever House in Washington by Anderson Anderson Architecture

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The Cantilever House situated in cascade mountain near Granite Falls Washington, designed by Anderson Anderson Architecture .

Contemporary House 6 in Sao Paolo by Marcio Kogan

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The House 6 located in Sao Paolo, created in 890 m2 site area. This contemporary architectural artworks designed by Brazil’s Marcio Kogan .

Modern Elysium 169 House Design in Australia by BVN Architecture

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Designed by BVN Architecture as a part of the 189 house Elysium Noosa development, the Elysium 169 House give an inspiration of how to design a modern house ( see more amazing Elysium House here ). This generous and open house celebrates its wonderful location on the edge of an environmental park overlooking Lake Weyba