Author: Samuel Davis

Drink Coasters - Interchangeable Accessories
Small Bathroom Ideas

Drink Coasters – Interchangeable Accessories

- by Samuel Davis

Most decorative and functional items in a room are quite static. They are in space, dominating their own small area, adding color or beauty, contrasting and adjusting, but not changing. Even the most interactive items, such as books and magazines, will never be more than what they are, a square of art statically standing about the space, waiting to bed read. One exception to this rule is beverage coasters.

Coasters are tiny, functional pieces that are designed to stand between stains and other decorative surfaces in a room. As such they are generally relegated to the status of support items, like ash trays and trash bins, used more for maintenance than for any real decorative purpose. However coaster sets have a variety of properties which can make them unique elements in the beauty of a space.

For one thing, coasters can be singular, or they can be plural, or they …

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Environmentally Friendly Building Materials For Your Home
Home Repairing

Environmentally Friendly Building Materials For Your Home

- by Samuel Davis

If you are planning to build a new home it is a great opportunity to make it environmentally friendly. This does not necessarily mean expensive as some materials can be even cheaper than traditional building materials. Other items like solar panels offer long term savings and upfront costs are also often subsidized by governments offering refunds for part of the costs.

Concrete and brick have both positive and negative things to consider. A good choice for areas where the climate varies greatly, concrete and bricks helps to insulate against the summer heat and also retain heat during winter.

They do however have some negatives when taking environment into consideration. Bricks and concrete is quarried from the earth and heavily processed. The burning of bricks in a large kiln also impacts on air quality.

Transport includes not just the concrete and bricks but also sand, soil and stone from a quarry …

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Environmentally Friendly Materials for Your Home Renovation Project
Remodeling

Environmentally Friendly Materials for Your Home Renovation Project

- by Samuel Davis

Earth Day was last week, and are you ready to save the planet, or simply practice more environmentally friendly habits, easier to implement green and sustainable products into your home renovation project.

Here are some material considerations that you need to check before starting a kitchen or bathroom renovation. Educate yourself on all the green and sustainable products available today, because they will give you a greener home and a far healthier lifestyle.

Counter Tops

Bamboo is considered a very sustainable material because it reaches maturity within five years, and regenerates from its original root system – it never requires replanting.

Wood is an amazing material for block-meat counters and floor counters.

When these logs are planted locally, sustainably, or certified by the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), they tend to give very high values.

Concrete countertops are increasingly popular in contemporary settings, and don’t be off-gas. They are considered the …

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Unique Backyard Planters - Outdoor Designing With Pot Gardening and Backyard Planters
Home Garden

Unique Backyard Planters – Outdoor Designing With Pot Gardening and Backyard Planters

- by Samuel Davis

In the event that there was an easy and efficient way to improve the feel of your outside without including too much for your monthly resources bill can you do it? Along with solar backyard lights you receive the benefit of each beauty with no monthly power bills. There’s no restrict to the decorating and calming abilities associated with great photo voltaic garden lighting.

Patio

The outdoor patio that edges a backyard; a path made of aged brick that is laid in between flower mattresses or a event gazebo in the middle of official flowerbeds-can all be outlined and made the main focus of interest by adding illumination that each decorative and helps to create enough lighting for you to appreciate your garden through night.

Lights

These types of strategically positioned solar backyard lights may bring your landscape designs to life through the night. Consider using small, clear chain lights …

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Eclectic Home Decor in 2012
Girls Bedroom Ideas

Eclectic Home Decor in 2012

- by Samuel Davis

The biggest issue that many people face when looking for home decor to complete their space is trying to make everything “match.” While it can be nice to have matching home accessories and decor to make your space feel “pulled together,” one of the big trends for 2012 is the use of eclectic style. In other words, no “matchy-matchy.” Here’s the low down on eclectic home accessories and how to use them in your home.

Before the economic downturn, people were focused on perfection when it came to their home decor. In recent years, as the economy has finally started to come up, even if ever so slowly, people are focusing on the more important things in life and choosing to enjoy their home decor rather than stressing over having it be “perfect.” As a result, eclectic home decor has risen significantly in popularity.

Wall art in this style can …

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