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Five Easy Ways to Give Your Kitchen Designer Wow!Pamela Cole Harris A beautiful kitchen is the heart of any home even for those of us who spend most of our cooking time around the microwave! Time spent together in the kitchen can bring a family closer together and make wonderful memories although my own memories of doing dishes as a teenager are less than pleasant - something about dishwater being *disgusting!* Turning your plain kitchen into something special isn*t as hard as you might think. Here are a few simple ideas which can make your kitchen a designer showcase. 1. To give your cabinets a special flair, use three different stains. Use one lighter stain on the upper cabinets, one slightly darker on the drawers and an even darker one on the bottom cabinets. Add a little pigment in a primary color red, blue or yellow to add an additional dimension and a little *pop.* 2. To add a little flair, take out a few drawers and insert low baskets in their place. You will probably have to remove the middle drawer slide or side slides, but that is easily done with a screwdriver. 3. Want to update your backsplash Use beadboard! Have your local home improvement store cut it to length and attach with nails or adhesive. 4. Tired cabinet doors Cut out the middle of the doors, leaving a two inch edge all around. Stale fabric panels to the back of the doors. Cover the staples with fabric trim glued with a hot glue gun. You can use any fabric from elegant to country, stripes to plaid, or gingham to quilted. 5. Update your cabinets with special memories. Attach frames painted or stained to match the cabinets to the front of each door. Fill the frames with family photos or your children*s artwork. Or highlight a special collection such as vintage handkerchiefs or postcards. Try one of these ideas or use them to jumpstart your own creative imagination. Remember, there is a designer in each of you! It*s just very well hidden in some - VERY well hidden!
| | | | RELATED ARTICLES There Is Always Something To Improve Or Innovate For Comfort In this fast moving world of the 21st century, we are always forced to do everything in a rush, even eating and sleeping. The normal words of today are “hurry”, “rush”, “fast”, “quick” and “immediately.” In comparison with 20 years ago, today we have to move or work as fast as possible to survive in a competitive environment with creative and innovative ways. Even though modern technology innovations were introduced decades ago, the new technology has not yet given us the opportunity to create new products to reduce the stress of people in everyday life. We are living under constant mental and physical stress, with more and more demands from our current society. There are many consumer products claiming that they will cure stress and make life easy, but it is still hard to find good and innovative products on the market for consumers. From time to time, I wonder why multimillion dollar companies, which have hundreds of research engineers and scientists in their R&D departments, are not creating and producing the new, innovative products for consumers. New product innovation is not complicated to create. By watching how people are using the products, anyone can have an idea of how to improve existing products or create new ones. No products are perfect when they are invented or developed in the first place; therefore any product has room to be improved into a better one. Materials for Building Window Shutters Shopping for window shutters can become confusing because of the huge variety of materials used and promoted as superior.The construction methods of a shutter unit, including the materials used, contributes greatly to the overall cost of shutters purchased.However, a well-constructed unit made out of high-quality materials will also last longer and look better than something less than ideal.Following is an outline of various woods and synthetic materials that are often used in building shutters. Storm Warnings For Ponds California has earthquakes; we in the south and east coast have hurricanes. One thing we all share is power outages. Ours are usually caused by storms. Most power outages last only a few hours and only happen a few times a year. A hurricane is always a threat that hopefully will never happen or have only a minimal consequence. Flooding may be more common then a power interruption and both can happen at the same time. So Youve Decided to Finish Your Basement! When a family decides to finish a basement space, there are so many factors to consider it can seem overwhelming. What does your family want to achieve within the new basement Are you looking for a play area, a family room, a work-out room, home theatre, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, wet bar, etcDo you have the square footage required to accomplish what you wantHow do you get started and how long will it takeHow much will it cost and is it worth the moneyWhat if there is a huge beam in the center of you basementDo you have to have a building permitDo you have to remove the items you currently have stored in your basement An Alarm Clock Will Help You Start The Day Right If you have been wondering about the problem of time alerts, an alarm clock is the answer. Its a common story – "I was so tired yesterday that I overslept." Then there are those appointments that we cannot keep sometimes, and wish that someone or something could alert us to the fact that it is time. In this day and age we have an answer to this never ending concern. The answer is - Alarm Clocks. Getting one, and setting it, is an almost instant solution to being on time. Buying Home Appliances The Smart Way When you add up all the money that you can spend on home appliances and fixtures it becomes obvious that you need to spend wisely and carefully to keep costs under control. These items tend to be some of the larger ticket purchases around the home and lots of money can be wasted if buying isnt done properly. 5-Minute Fabric Decorating Tips for Unlit Fireplace Candelabra Who doesn’t appreciate flickering flames in a fireplace For those who don’t have the inclination or time for burning firewood in their fireplace, fireplace candelabra are the obvious answer. They provide that special glow without the hassle or, in warm weather, the heat. But how do you keep those fireplace candelabra worthy of the visual focal point of your home even for those times when you haven’t lit the candles All You Need To Know About The Feng Shui Bagua Map The feng shui bagua map is an octagonal shaped map which allows you to evaluate in feng shui terms any living or working space. The feng shui bagua is a very important feng shui tool and indispensable when we wish to harmonize a place and the elements in it. Fish Health in Hot Summer Heat Summer is over, but for many of us - the heat remains. Here a couple of things to do to keep your fish healthy and your pond clear going into winter.First, remember to keep your pond well aerated. This is very important to your fish because the pond water actually holds less oxygen at higher pond temperatures. So if its still hot in your part of the country, keep those waterfalls and fountains running! This will keep your pond water full of oxygen, and reduce stress on your fish. Everybody Is Fixing His or Her House or Apartment Up These Days. Use That Digital Camera To Capture The Process! That’s right, you go through all the trouble of making your house or apartment nicer by hauling yourself off to the local fix it yourself store or hiring some professionals to come in and do it for you, so why not capture an accurate record of it for posterity. At almost no cost I might add. Home Inspection or Home Warranty Homebuyers are a curious lot. They routinely ask thought-provoking questions. A common question is, "If I get a home inspection, should I still get a home warranty" Then theres always this question, "If I get a home warranty, do I still need a home inspection" Chinese Plants Chinese people value trees and flowers as much as westerners do. Location, Location, Location Location, location, location - known as the 3 most important factors when buying a property, and it is easy to see why. The location of your property dictates how much yield you get, and how much capital growth, which ultimately decides how well you do. Why Laminate Flooring Is The Perfect Choice For Family Households If youve ever had carpets or vinyl flooring youve probably had your share of stains, spills, and rips that no matter what you do, you cant quite wash out.Or perhaps the family pet has scratched the carpet edging, or even worse - had a bathroom mishap on the childrens favorite playing area Grandfather Clocks Bring a Sense of Awe…Theyre So Tall Standing tall and big are the stately grandfather clocks. They are huge, immense beings with personalities of their own, and do they tell time. Boy oh boy - do they tell time. They also go ding dong a lot. At least the antique grand father clocks would. One has to realize that grandfather clocks are less about time than they are about other things. Self Storage : 10 Mini Storage Packing Tips Most self-storage companies will offer packing as an additional service, so, in most cases,to save cash, youll be packing up yourself. The packing process is an art and youll need to put some thought into it before you begin. Five Tips For Garden Sanctuaries The design of your garden has an amazing affect on your family’s health and well-being. Here is how you can create harmony in your garden—which is considered a living entity—and bring peace and happiness within your home. A Beautiful Rose Is Natures Gift Roses are one of natures most beautiful and splendid gifts. Roses come in a variety of colors and scents, from deep, deep red to the brightest yellow. The many pedals on roses offer a texture and fullness to roses that far outshine any other flowers. Black roses, red roses and white roses have all been used in historical writings. Even Sherlock Holmes paused from his busy work while solving the case of "The Naval Treaty" and said, "All other things …are really necessary for our existence…But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers. Closing Up Your Container Garden All good things eventually come to an end and so summer is waning, even as autumn gives most of us a fresh start. Ill bet your summer container plantings arent really benefiting, though, from the "back to school-oh I love a clean notebook" boost and arent dying as gracefully as summer itself is. Youre going to have to help them through this! How to Build a Shed The easiest way to build a shed in the backyard is to make a trip to the local Lowes or other hardware shop to purchase a shed-building kit. Never choose one from a picture in a brochure or from the Internet. When viewing in person, you can check for important quality control details such as thickness of timber, overlap structure of panels, type of wood, whether it is pre-treated with a preservative and the quality of flooring. Thick timber is longer lasting. An overlap structure on wall panels is important to prevent water leakage. It is beneficial for the shed to have been pre-treated with preservative, but in your upkeep you will still want to treat it once a year. Flooring should be thick so that it does not give with the weight of tools and equipment you want to store. Do not skimp on size or quality, because in the long run, you will be happiest with a large, lasting building. |
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