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Five Top Tips In Spring Cleaning Your Home

10 / 31 / 12

My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance. —Erma Bombeck

We all want a clean and organized house. Seeing that furniture dust free, the floor squeaky and sparkling clean, a living room that would pass on for a great cover photo on a home and lifestyle living magazine is every mom’s wildest dream.

The thing is, we cannot keep it that way 24/7. Especially if you have kids around the house whose favorite activity is go and create mess. 🙂 But then again, doing some spring cleaning to your home will keep everything back on track.

Here are my 5 top tips in spring cleaning your home

1. Schedule Cleaning Time. Once or twice a week, every other day, once a month, find the best time that will keep you inspired to make it very easy and convenient for you.

2. Keep a List of To Do. After you find time to do the cleaning, it is would be wise to know which are the things that needs to be cleaned up. A check list is a sort of an inventory for you to also keep a note of all your home furniture and equipment. You can even go and prioritize those easy tasks and keep those hard ones for another day to give them your full attention.

3. Keep Dependable Cleaning Solutions. It is best to use environment friendly products and those that are pocket friendly supplies. 🙂 Having them would make cleaning more convenient and easy to do.  A perfect partner for all your spring cleaning needs.

4. Move around and start. The best way to create your starting point in cleaning is to dust off dirt first, from top to bottom- from ceiling to wall down to the floor. Then wipe off, this will keep you from going back and forth and will save you a lot on time and energy. For those carpet cleaning tips, you can keep a cleaning solution that would work best with your carpet. You can also seek professional help when dealing with a delicate one to ensure quality and good cleaning service. You can always count on the RugDoctor for all your carpet cleaning needs.

5. Tossing things in a designated box. Organizing your things and declutter first before you clean. This would also lessen your cleaning time as this would result in a faster and more quality time in cleaning.

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Looking For a New Home

10 / 15 / 12

DH’s niece is on the her way again for their second baby 🙂 It was quite fast since their first born is just four months old. Since they are temporary living with their parents, they are now very eager to find their own house. They’ve been looking around for outerbanks homes for sale  similar to the ones being offered in a coastal property at the beaches of north carolina. they found one near the south, although the place is quite far from the city, they still wanted to push through and live there because of the nice ambiance, clean air and away from the hustle and bustle of city life. It will be available for their occupancy after a year I think. So we will be visiting them I think every once in awhile.

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7 Inspiring Ideas for Creating a Low Maintenance Backyard

10 / 2 / 12
Use Rocks & Pebbles to Eliminate Work

While natural grass is very aesthetically pleasing, it can become a hassle to maintain – particularly if you already have a busy lifestyle. Designer rocks and pebbles can be purchased from landscaping supply stores and make for great additions to any garden or backyard. While I’m not suggesting that you need to cover your entire yard with lose rocks, creating portions of stone feature pieces can really enhance an area, while also helping to create a low maintenance backyard.

Research your Plant & Flower Choices

Researching the plant and flower species most suited to your climate and needs is a must for any low maintenance garden. Drought tolerant species of flora are easy to maintain and can stand a little neglect, should life get busy. If you have children or animals, opt for plants without thorns and always steer clear of poisonous varieties.

Create Designated Areas of the Yard

To maintain your desired design, create designated areas within your backyard. If you have children, for instance, create a special play area for them, as this will make clean up time and packing away toys a breeze. Separating grassed areas from planter boxes also helps to create a safer play environment for your family.

Create Pathways

Imagine you’ve just mowed your lawn, weeded your garden and watered your plants – only to have 40 or so guests arrive to trample all over your proud, garden masterpiece. Eliminate the extra work of maintaining a yard with heavy foot traffic, by adding a path to major areas. If you have a clothesline in your backyard, for instance, make a clear walkway to this area. If guests pass through your yard to enter the house, also create an attractive path to and from your front door.

Consider Slopes & Angles

Always consider the angle or slope of your block of land. Steep angles can be a nightmare to mow, creating more unnecessary work. If you cannot eliminate slopes in your backyard, create a smart living area, by using these sections as gardens with mulch or stone ground cover. When building a new home it is important to take the slope of the block into consideration. Many of the leading builders Toowoomba has to offer work closely with landscape gardeners to complete the overall house and land product.

Use Mulch

Plants and flowers really do make a backyard something special, but they can also create a great deal of work. Using mulch will help to eliminate unnecessary work and also assists in decreasing the growth of weeds.

Implement Regular Garden Maintenance Sessions

While it may sound like more hard work, regularly maintaining your garden takes the stress and long hours out of having the perfect garden. Pulling a few small weeds, in comparison to weeding your whole backyard, will seem like a breeze and you won’t begin to detest your beautiful garden. Getting your family involved can also create time for some great fun, while also taking all of the hard work away from little old you! Working as a team, you’ll have the garden looking spick and span in no time!

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How To Make A Style Statement For Small Bedroom

10 / 1 / 12

Dream house do often have this picture of every big and spacious rooms filled with luxurious furniture and high end appliances. Of course, everybody loves to have such kind of house that really brings comfort and convenience.

Reality check, not everyone can afford to have those mansions and palace looking dream houses. One can always find and go for the simple yet elegant home that perfectly fits their style and personality.

There are big benefits out of having a small home like having less cleaning time, energy saving and efficiency, added the fact that it challenges your creativity to make that small bedroom look like a big, spacious and yet functional room that you may find comfort to rest and sleep in.

So how do you make a small bedroom style statement?

Get that creativity juice start flowing and go ahead on that makeover 101 for your small bedroom.

  • The bed is the center piece that everyone notice when entering the bedroom. A nice and oversized headboard works well as it makes a style statement and is a stand out in the room. Perfect to accentuate as a wall design too. One can either go for the metal frame or wooden one.

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  • Perfect bedding adds up by having those luxury beds setting of elegant and class. Those duvet covers that consists of silky soft and fluffy look makes more even comfier and looks pleasing to the eyes.

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  • A nice Bedroom curtain also made up a look for your room, so you can always check on the best way to hang those lovelies to create a nice impact on you bedroom.
  • Choose the right colour scheme for your bedroom. The color of your room sets in the mood and ambiance. A light one is perfect over the dark ones to make it look bigger because the latter tends to make it look crowded. Colour should also jive with the furnishings around the room.
  • Choose the right theme the fits your style, personality and preference. You can go for the touch of feminine, the modern or country style, vintage look, sensual, glamorous

Making a style statement for your small bedroom doesn’t have to be costly and hurt your pockets. Proper mix and match, research, planning and organizing, styling and drawing inspirations out of that wonderful idea of your dream house will help your through in designing that small nook in your home.

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Home Office Inspiration

9 / 26 / 12

Source: bhg.com via Gabriella on Pinterest

 

I have been working in a day job on an eight-plus hours, five days a week for the past seven years and I’d love to become a sahm/wahm for quite sometime now. I just love to have  this home office lovely set-up  once I became one… and I hope it will be soon!

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Elegant Home Security

8 / 12 / 12

"A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn’t climb over it." – Arthur Baer

Our home is a place where we get to spend our time with our family. So it is just essential to keep security and protection for our peace of mind. Nowadays, there are lots house-related threats that we often see and read on the news. So to discourage those burglars, one should make an extra effort to provide homes with necessary safety protection from criminals doing break-ins, theft and worst is putting own life at stake.

Yes, there are now known advanced technology security measures that you can get like those home security cameras and all. But one of the oldest and still effective way is putting up fences.

Aside from setting up the fence as a mark of section/ perimeter of your house. Security is also one of the foremost benefit of the putting up a fence around your home, this will prevent or will give those criminals a hard time to get inside your house. This will also prevent those wandering animals like stray dogs, reptiles, etc around your area to get into your house.

Fences can also make your house look elegant and stylish at the same time.  Richmond Fences provides custom fence design and installation services around Richmond VA and nearby areas.

They got the traditional wood fences, vinyl, chain and the Richmond Aluminum Fencing which are made up of quality aluminum that are durable and can last a lifetime.

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Lovely Bright Pools

8 / 5 / 12

We were invited a few weeks ago from a house blessing of of DH’s relative. The house is so big , complete with all the nice furniture and high end appliances.A dream house accomplishment indeed!

We were even asked to bring the kids to try out the new swimming pool and the spa for adults. It’s pretty amazing to see the wonderful pentair led pool light at night! Similar to the photo below from Pool  Supply Unlimited.

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Such a beauty and eye catchy! Perfect for night pool parties at home with friends and colleagues. Now, I am more inspired to work hard to build up our dream house too for the family.

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Room Makeover

7 / 29 / 12

I had the chance to clean up room the other day. Tossing in and out some things. We were thinking if we can put  kiddies’ bean bags, filled with 100% recycled and shredded furniture grade urethane foam perfect for kids use whenever they watch cartoons or just hanging around our room to play.

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They’ve been using our bed as their play area and I think having this will divert their attention as  I am pretty sure kids will love this cute Jaxx Loungers from Soothing Beans. Easy to clean and move around from one place to another. 

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Handsome Home Decor

7 / 20 / 12

Perhaps you’ve been on a charity house tour or maybe you’ve looked at new sample homes or better homes for sale in your neighborhood – often they feature incredibly chic and stylish bedding and window treatments that look as if they may have cost thousands of dollars. You may be interested to learn that some of the savviest decorators don’t call in a professional; instead they do it themselves by shopping online and using the power of the internet to achieve professional results.

While you may not be able to install a bathroom on par with those found in the better homes and hotels you can still enjoy many of the same or comparable amenities. Luxurious Egyptian cotton, plush or terry towels are readily available online as are top quality bath and shower mats. By adding a teak shower bench, bath mat or towel ladder you can create a spa-like feeling in your bathroom.

Two amenities commonly found in better homes and hotels include towel warmers and handheld showerheads. Step out of the shower and wrap yourself in a hot fluffy towel – it’s easy when you invest in a counter-top, freestanding or wall-mount towel warmer. Towel warmers are not only luxurious; they are quite practical and can be used to fry fine washables, to warm baby clothes, mittens and blankets and to dry swimsuits.

A handheld showerhead is great for family members of all ages – seniors and invalids can bathe while seated while parents can easily shampoo a child’s hair. A handheld showerhead makes it easy to wash pets, water plants and clean the shower or tub enclosure; most ca be installed without the aid of a plumber.

 

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In Our Home

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