Interior Lighting: How to Brighten Up The Darkest Areas of Your Home

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interior lightingThere are a lot of reasons why we sometimes feel cranky and so not in the mood even when we are just sitting idly in some corner of our house and in some cases, that dark mood may have something to do with the interior lighting or the lack of interior lighting to be precise.

It has long been established that we humans respond, act and feel better in a home that has plenty of natural light. That is the very reason why we need to let natural light in as much as we can. However, brightening up the dark areas of your home is not just all about finding ways to let natural light in. It also has a lot to do with how a certain room is finished, or its current paint colour scheme.

To help you get started, we’d like to offer some tips that will help you brighten up the darkest areas of your home.

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Quick Home Improvement Ideas for the New Year

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home improvement ideasThe new year brings a fresh start that more often than not inspires new home improvement ideas. Nothing spells “fresh start” better than to get home improvement projects up and rolling . These projects don’t even have to be big ones. They can be quick, simple and should not cost you that much.

Here are some quick home improvement ideas for the new year to get you started:

1. Do some painting

Whether it’s done in a high-traffic area or a barely used room in your house, painting adds a pop of colour and a fresh clean feel to your walls. If you’re painting newbie, don’t hesitate to ask for tips from people working at the paint store, from colours to do to painting techniques that will make the job easier and faster for you.

2. Put up wallpapers

If painting is too much work, then perhaps putting up wallpapers might do the trick for you. Many of the wallpapers available in stores today are very chic, and they certainly would make amazing accent walls. Plus, the choices are simply amazing. You can get wallpapers with texture, wallpapers with retro patterns, metallic wallpapers and many more.

3. Change your drapes

Changing your drapes is one great way to greet the new year. Sure, everyone wants brand new drapes every single time we change them, but there are less expensive ways of changing them. One such way is to recycle your curtains and drapes to another room. The drapes you had in your living room, for instance, could be switched with the ones in your bedroom, and vice versa.

4. Give your cabinets a facelift

When you give your cabinets a facelift, it  does not necessarily mean you have to change a lot of things about them, although that could be an option. Giving it what we call a “spa treatment” will do. Dust the cabinets inside out, then wipe them down with a soft, damp cloth. If your cabinets have nicks and scratches, get a soft cloth and dab those areas with just a tiny bit of wood stain. When the wood stain is dry, wipe lemon oil onto the whole cabinet using a soft, clean cloth. All these will enhance the natural colour of your cabinets and give them a newer feel.

5. Change door handles

Your door handles are perhaps the most worn-out among all the fixtures in your home, and the coming of the new year is the perfect time to replace them. To spice things up, you can actually replace them with handles that are actually different from the last ones. Just make sure that they look perfect for the door and that they don’t end up looking out of place.

6. Organise your home

With the holidays just a few weeks in the past, it’s safe to assume that your home has to deal with a lot of clutter, especially when you have children at home or when you’ve had people come and go for the entire holiday season. The new year would be the best time to organise your home. You can start with just putting things back where they actually belong. If you’re up to it, do some segregation, like keeping the things you still use and deciding which ones you can actually throw or give away. Organising your home may not be as simple or as quick as other home improvement projects, but it’s one of those home improvement ideas that has to be done, whether it’s the new year or not.

Kitchen Renovations: Ideas to add Appeal

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Kitchen RenovationsThe kitchen, as far as many home owners are concerned, is the most important part of the house so if you are planning a kitchen renovation, naturally, you will want to get it right in all respects.  Here are some kitchen innovations to think about when you are planning and designing your dream kitchen.

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Kitchens of the Future

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Kitchens of the FutureThe way the kitchens of modern homes function and look like today, most of us are probably thinking that we have reached the pinnacle of kitchen design. Then again, if the innovators of the past thought about things that way, it’s highly likely we’re not going to be enjoying stuff like smartphones or even the Internet.

No matter how seemingly modern and multifunctional our present-day kitchens may be, they can still be made significantly better with innovations that may seem crazy or just too much today, but could be really necessary and useful in, say, half a century into the future.

Let’s talk about some of these kitchens of the future, which are actually really cool to have.

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Should You Use a Credit Card for Renovation Projects?

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renovation projectIf you’re thinking about taking on a renovation project, there is no better way to spend for it than using a credit card. Using a credit card for these projects, without a doubt, is the most convenient way to buy the materials you need. It is easy to use, and purchases are a lot easier to track, especially when you have one dedicated to just your renovation project.

Credit cards, for sure, are not without their disadvantages. There’s always the lure of easy spending, which could lead you to buy building materials that cost way beyond your budget. Even if you do use your credit card responsibly, there’s always the risk of forgetting a monthly payment due date, which could have costly consequences.

Still, no one can argue how valuable credit cards can be as long as you use credit cards responsibly and wisely. When used strategically, many renovators have found credit cards to be quite the powerful tool.  Here are some benefits of using a credit card for your renovation project.

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Your Interiors Can Be Influenced By Window Design

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window designTo many home owners, the size of the home does not really matter as much as its location and the views its residents can see through windows that enhance the views. This makes the windows that deliver these views very crucial. Beautiful windows can influence your interiors, and that makes it important to have every single room in your home fitted with such windows, that come in a virtually countless styles and designs.

In case you’re wondering how windows can influence your interiors, consider the following:

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Prepare Your Home For Summer

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prepare your home for summerPrepare your home for summer in Australia. If news reports are to be believed, the Land Down Under is heading for a really hot summer. There are even reports saying this summer could be the country’s hottest ever, with at least one or two heatwaves cutting across the southern states.

One of the greatest dangers Australians face with every sweltering summer is that the hot and dry weather provides a perfect condition for bushfires, which almost always rage throughout the country in the summer and damage acres of bushland as well as properties near it.

This summer, which is expected by experts to become record-breaking on so many levels, you need to prepare your home against bushfires, as well as to keep all members of your household from suffering heat strokes and other heat-related health problems. Here are some tips we hope could help you prepare your home for summer.

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Troubleshooting Christmas Lights That Go Out

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troubleshooting Christmas lights that go outThere are many different types of Christmas decorations that you can put up in your home for the holidays, and all of them would certainly bring a lot of joy and cheer to your entire household. However, none of them would have the enchantment and sparkle that only Christmas lights can bring. Wrap them around your tree, or have them installed on that real tree right on your front lawn.

Christmas lights, however, do go out, often without warning. Still, before you go ballistic on the people who made those Christmas lights, you may need to do a little troubleshooting first. For all you know, your Christmas lights went out for reasons than you can easily remedy. Here are some tips for troubleshooting Christmas lights that go out.

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Home Safety this Christmas

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home safety this ChristmasHome safety is always a concern during the Christmas season, and rightly so. With all the Christmas lights and decorations made of light materials all over our homes, there is always the risk of accidents.

These accidents, fortunately, can be avoided by implementing certain safety measures during the holiday season. Here are some of them that will assure you of home safety this Christmas.

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A Luxurious Makeover For Your Bathroom

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luxurious makeover for your bathroomAre you still on the fence about doing a luxurious makeover for your bathroom? If so, then you might want to consider the following reasons. Much has been said about the kitchen being the most important part of the house. The bathroom, however, is no less important, if only for the fact that it also serves as our sanctuary from the stresses of life. The bathroom is where we can enjoy a long, hot shower, or luxuriate in a relaxing bubble bath for hours on end after a long and stressful day at work.

The bathroom may be one of the smallest rooms in the house, but just because it’s small doesn’t mean it’s all right for the bathroom to look so drab or cheap. You can actually do a lot of things that will add more style to your bathroom. Here are some ideas to do just that.

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