The key to styling a bathroom with modern vintage design is to choose three major pieces in classic shapes. Accessories complete the modern vintage look. Designing a modern vintage bathroom can be approached from two ways. First, the room’s major items (bathtub, toilet, sink) can be chosen to suit a sleek, modern design, and then…
When Christmas season rolls around, a Christmas tree decorated with doggy ornaments may be found in the dog lover’s home. Dog lovers are known to get a bit extreme at times but hey, man’s best friend is worth it. Some dog owners include their dogs in every area of life. Scruffy joins them in family…
There are many sites offering free or inexpensive Christmas clip art designs. What are the best ways to use these popular and festive images? Top 10 Easy Ways to Use Clip Art at Christmas personalize family newsletters create unique gift tags decorate inexpensive plain gift boxes or tins add flair to plain brown paper wrapping…
Find Valentine’s Day decorating tips that will bring love to your home and fire up your romantic side. Creating a romantic environment for Valentine’s Day is a great way to bring a little heat into your home during the cold winter season. Most people don’t go all out with their Valentine’s Day decorating projects but…
Sometimes, all you want to do is make a mess. There are other times, though, when you want something a little more streamlined. Collages can incorporate both of these. This project is a good example of how to create a collage for Christmas using a few simple materials. Not only is this project simple, but…
Sometimes, working on large-scale pieces is too intimidating or time consuming. Create art cards and ACEOs to use as holiday gifts! For those of you who need a refresher about what an art card or ACEO is, check out this article: Create Mixed-Media ATCs or ACEOs Some have difficulty finding time to create art as often…
Managing debt throughout the year is the wisest approach to eliminating debt at Christmas. But there are eleventh-hour solutions to minimize Christmas credit card debt. Preparing a budget is fairly easy – it can even be fun. Sticking to the carefully written financial plan is often a different story. Unexpected expenses crop up through the…
Lighting is an integral part of any bathroom or kitchen design. Placing lights correctly will help to enhance and highlight the rooms. When completing a kitchen or bathroom design, lights can almost become an afterthought. So often taken for granted, that it’s nearly a given that lights will always be there. Learning to place these…
Putting away an outdoor Christmas lights display can be easy if you follow some simple rules and instructions. Holiday lights don’t have to get tangled and broken! Light sets have to come down. They aren’t designed to face the weather all year. But be careful in removing them. If you don’t put them away properly,…
Decorating doors and windows with Christmas lights on windows and doors can be a fun, creative, and festive way to celebrate the holidays. Most places that light up big for Christmas are big places — houses, for instance. But even if you live in an apartment rather than a house, you can still light up…
Building a retaining wall is one important task that can not be trivialized. If your mind is set on doing it, then you just have to see to it that it is done properly otherwise, there is a cost attached to a shoddy job done on a retaining wall which I am sure you don’t…
A teenager’s bedroom should reflect who they are now, not how they were as small children. Decorate teen bedrooms in versatile styles for years of use. Parents will frequently decorate a nursery or a small child’s bedroom with nursery appropriate themes. This often works well for several years, but as the child becomes a teenager,…
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