Living Large in A Small Space
Everyone’s home has fixtures, knobs, doors, and shelves that serve a purpose. While you may not think about them often, they all offer something more than their surface role. They are opportunities to display functional fine art! Here are some examples of common household staples that can be modeled to reflect your tastes.
Doors are a perfect blank canvas for functional fine art, Think of a plain wooden front door. (more…)
Many people know that there is a part of the Surrey that attract the famous and the rich; This is not a secret again as the rest of the country and the world know about these hidden treasures of the best investment. As you know that Virginia Water has hit the headlines for having properties owned by millionaires, this is because there other property and lifestyle attraction that comes to play.
Actually, There are some reasons that make people want to live and invest in Virginia water -wealthy business owners move out of London to the Virginia Water purposely to enhance their standard of family living. Properties in Virginia water also have a huge number of foreign potential buyers that have been seduced by the uniqueness of the area and its exceptional living. (more…)
Now there’s lots of information out there on the internet about how to grow things in clay soil. people either tell you to till it up or they tell you to add some more compost or potting soil into the clay but my theory is don’t grow into the clay soil build raised beds above and that’s the only way that you can grow in clay soil.
You’ve got to cover it up with potting soil or compost. There’s really no other way to grow in clay soil so the materials that you’re going to need are a wheelbarrow, some potting soil or composted material anything that’s really organic and good drainage. You know he does add sand even or for clippings or grass clippings. (more…)
Today I’m going to explain how to keep your furniture from scratching your hardwood floors. If you’re in a situation where you’re moving into a house or just rearranging a room. You have hardwood floors then you’re going to need to think about how to protect those hardwood floors from the furniture and how to prevent the furniture from scratching the hardwood floors.
Basically there’s one surefire way to do this and it is a felt pad. Basically when you have a piece of furniture and you have hardwood floors you have to figure out where the furniture touches the hardwood floors. That point is going to be what you want to protect and the size of that point is going to determine the size of the felt pad that you choose. Basically felt pads come in a couple of different sizes. (more…)
One of my least favorite tasks, next to purchasing a car, is buying furniture. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy decorating my house with new pieces or accessories; I just do not enjoy running around from furniture store to furniture store looking at pieces or accessories. And, my husband, who truly enjoys decorating, does not have the time to run around looking either.
Since we both work in the online industry, we wholly advocate the use of online sites and/or catalogs to purchase home furnishings, from large furniture pieces to accessories, so much so that a good amount of the past year’s purchases have been made online.
Many of our friends cannot comprehend how we can purchase furniture without feeling it; we cannot comprehend why you have to touch a piece of furniture to appreciate its workmanship. We are reasonably proficient in reading the online descriptions and being able to recognize quality furniture. (more…)