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7 tips to decorate a living room
A living room has had many names. Lounge, sitting room, drawing room — whatever you want to call it, the appeal and importance of a living room in a home remains the same. While you might not actually live in the room, as the name suggests, a house or apartment just does not seem right without one. Here are a few ideas and tips to decorate your living room and make it more appealing. Avoid congestion The unwritten rule to decorating any room is to avoid congestion, a mistake that’s made frequently in our country. More furniture does not equal more appeal. It’s even more important for a living room…
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How to create good Feng Shui in your home: 10 tips for every room
Feng shui may be an ancient practice, but its practitioners believe it has much to offer 21st century homes. By paying attention to our home environments, we can create spaces that support us, they say, and who would argue with the idea of a home that is both relaxing and revitalizing? Practicing bedroom feng shui can enhance wellness and provide a rejuvenating sleep space, for example, and all around the home being mindful about spaces by understanding feng shui’s meaning can bring about a nurturing and comfortable environment. Here, we offer expert advice on how to create good feng shui in your home room by room and make the simple…
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Tips for drought-conscious gardening | The Claremont COURIER
By Melinda Myers | Special to the COURIER Being a drought wise gardener doesn’t mean you have to give up the beauty of your garden, but it does mean making some changes in plant selection, garden design and maintenance. This will involve a few adjustments, but the benefits will be long lasting. As you watch your water thirsty plants suffer and perhaps die from heat and water restrictions, start thinking about replacements. Current and future water restrictions make now a good time to rethink lawn areas. Consider converting grassy paths to surfaces like mulch, permeable pavers, and gravel, which don’t require water but allow rainfall to infiltrate the soil below.…
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How do you decorate a small space on a budget? 6 tips that save on space and money
No matter the size of your home and the size of your budget, through clever decorating ideas and expert tips, you can create a stylish space that still feels elegant, thoughtfully considered and personal. When working out the best way to decorate a small space on a budget, and making a small room look bigger and more inviting, Nic Shacklock from Online-Bedrooms says, ‘opening up a small room is all about tricking the eye and creating the illusion that the room is bigger than it actually is.’ Small room ideas have moved on from simply letting lots of natural light in and using white paint, thinking carefully about color, proportion and scale can…
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How can I decorate my bathroom for the fall? 9 seasonal tips
A bathroom is not often the first place you might think of decorating for a season, however when the days get cooler and we retreat into our homes, creating the perfect fall sanctuary extends to every room. Knowing how you can decorate a bathroom for fall can help to create the ideal autumnal hideaway for warming, relaxing baths at the end of the day. Bathroom ideas are usually blank canvases for decorating, meaning that simple swaps and additions can easily transform the space into a seasonal oasis without making any big or permanent changes. What’s more, seasonal decorating does not discriminate, meaning that fall decor ideas can find a home…
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Interior decor tips on elevating bathroom from service facility to luxury space
Bathrooms provide us with isolated relaxation and ‘me’ time—rendering the space as a landscape for privacy in this highly intrusive world and today, bathroom designs extend beyond their original functions, working on all the senses and becoming a seamless extension of the spaces they are attached to. They are accompanied by features like music systems, colour therapy and aromatherapy, as well as luxurious fittings in gold, bronze and the most exotic stones. A focus on wellness is also being witnessed—additions in the shape of steam and sauna rooms are more common than ever before with all these animate bathrooms, turning them into ‘bathscapes’ of relaxation. In addition, in-residence spa spaces…
