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Redecorating a Room- Part 2

Last week we looked at some tips for redecorating a room. I suggested using your favorite color or colors to decorate a room. Another idea is to think of your favorite outdoor location. If it is the beach, you might be a person who is most comfortable with blues and sandy colors. If it is a forest you might be happier with deep greens. Don’t just consider plain paint for the walls. Instead you might chose to go with a textured paint such as a suede look or you might decide to do what we did in one house and … Continue reading →

Hints When Redecorating a Room

Before you even start to redecorate there are some questions you should ask yourself. First among them is what purpose the room is to be used for and who will use it. These will determine the types of materials and colors you chose to use. For example if you have young children an all white color wall and furniture color scheme and white or pale colored carpet would be highly impractical. You would spend your life getting stressed about keeping it clean and probably drive your family crazy in the process. We have white tiles on our family, dining room … Continue reading →

Handy Home Hints and Tricks

Simplify things with these easy tips: Mark the Spot If you’re hosting a potluck or otherwise having guests who are bringing food along, ask them to mark their containers so you’ll know who belongs to what. A simple return address label intended for mail is great for marking containers. Label makers also work great, so have one handy and apply a label to containers that haven’t been marked as guests place their offerings in the kitchen. Friendships have been damaged by un-returned Tupperware! Use Protection Pick up some felt at any craft or fabric store. It’s very affordable and easy … Continue reading →

Storing Books – Part 2

When it comes to storing books, some people have them arranged by genre as we do. Others have them arranged alphabetically by author. Still others find the shelf height dictates how books will be stored, so they are sorted by size. For this reason a bookcase with adjustable shelves is ideal. Most of our bookcases, and we have a number, have one middle shelf which is fixed and the others are adjustable. It saves the problem of having a large book and nowhere to put it. In our home, books are housed in the family room, lounge room, spare bedroom … Continue reading →

Storing Books

How and where to store books can be a problem for some people especially those of us who collect books the way children do dirt. Then there is the problem of where to put them all. Before you try and sort out where to put them, the first thing is to decide do you need them all. Are they books you are likely to re-read? If not why are you keeping them? Mick is a big re-reader of books. Some like the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, he has read any number of times and still gets just … Continue reading →

Saving on Electricity

With the price of electricity tipped to rise considerably in Australia, and probably the same in other countries, we need to find ways of saving money.So here are a few tips for saving on electricity. Switch off lights when you leave a room. It sounds simple but it’s amazing how many people don’t. Also make sure to switch off appliances when they are not in use. Don’t leave these switched on. Overhead fans are much cheaper to run than an air conditioner and quite effective. Use of blinds, curtains and awnings is another way of keeping heating and cooling costs … Continue reading →

Decorating a Nursery

Decorating a nursery can be a lot of fun. Okay, I know it’s been a long while since I did it, but I still remember the fun of getting a nursery ready for a coming baby. One of the first things these days might be whether you know the gender of the baby, as many people choose to find out beforehand. This could determine the color scheme you choose. This was one I never had to worry about. I just found out when the baby was born. If you don’t know, then you might want to stick with colors not … Continue reading →

When You Don’t Agree

Did you have fun with the quiz? Do you find out anything you didn’t know about your spouse? Sometimes a quiz can highlight areas where we are different. Many times it won’t matter if his favorite color is red and yours is blue, except maybe when it comes to decorating. If you want to paint a room a color he can’t live with or vice versa, then it could create problems you will have to work through. For example a man I knew years ago would not have any green in his house at all. He hated green. Another male … Continue reading →