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5 Ways to Create a Minimalist Living Room

If your home currently feels cluttered and overcrowded, then switching to minimalism in your home can be very liberating, both for your peace of mind and your wallet. However, how exactly can you adopt a more minimalist design scheme? In this article, we will look at five ways that you can become a minimalist. What Does it Mean to Be Minimalist? To live in a minimalistic way means to live with less, and especially so in the case of possessions or financial burdens. In interior design, embracing minimalism means living with less in the home and having a simpler design…

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Increasing the Value of Your Home: A Guide

If you are thinking about putting your home on the market, either in the near future or in a few years, it would be wise to contemplate how to increase the value of your property. With so much competition on the market from other properties of a similar size and features, you need to make your home stand out from the crowd. Getting the most money on your property will allow you to reap a substantial profit that could otherwise be spent on purchasing a larger home or putting it away in the bank for a rainy day. In this…

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A Step-By-Step Guide to Redecorating the Home

Now that we are spending more time than ever at home and are unable to go out and socialize in bars and cafes as much as before, it is key that our homes are a place we want to be. Therefore, considering features that might make our homes a nicer place to be are important 1. Getting help from a home organizer One thing that is key is getting advice from someone who knows about your space. The most obvious source of help is a home organizer, as popularized by The Home Edit, who knows how to declutter and make…

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Popular Plants For Home Improvement

Plants are inexpensive decoration items that live in a room, but they have additional health building purposes. There are many reasons to include a healthy dose of plant life in any and every room in your life – including your actual health. Beyond their aesthetic value, having plants in your home reduces air toxins, and in particular improves air quality. In today’s article, we will discuss various house plants to spruce up your living space. Peace lily Peace lily has long been popular for its beautiful looks and easy maintenance. It is well suited to low-light conditions, but will bloom…

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4 Top Tips for Building the Perfect WFH Space on a Budget

Now that the pandemic has left a large majority of us working from home, it is the perfect time to spruce up your home office and to make sure that it is as comfortable as possible in order to allow you to create your best work. However, with budgets being tight in 2020, it can seem impossible to create the perfect workspace. In this article, it will detail some of the steps that you can take to create a welcoming and cheap home office. 1. Look for Home Office Furniture Coupons Before you start splashing out on new desks and rotating…

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Why Homeowners are Choosing Asphalt Roofs

Maybe it’s the low price—asphalt can be obtained at anywhere from $3.50 to $6 per square foot. Maybe it’s the look—asphalt roofing puts on a rough, rugged show in a variety of colors. Or perhaps, because people are pack animals by nature, we’re all just going with the flow—almost 80% of the homes you see in America have this kind of roof. Finally, it could be plain old, warm and fuzzy tradition—asphalt shingles are an American invention, born in Michigan in 1903. These are but a few possibilities to explain why, exactly, so many homeowners bet their money on this material…

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What are the Best Trees to Plant for the Environment?

Today, stories of harsh climatic conditions are nothing new. News of a pressed ecosystem is hitting hard, as it takes center stage in the mainstream media.  Recently, the increased number of vehicles, industries, and fossil fuel has led to a massive CO2 influx in the atmosphere. This could only mean one thing; our environment is more polluted like never before. Scientifically, it’s proven that probably one of the simplest ways to counter the CO2 influx in the atmosphere is by planting trees.  But the question is, can all trees help with environmental conservation? Maybe yes. Maybe no. But what’s obvious…

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5 Reasons to Have a Privacy Fence

Generally speaking, a privacy fence is fencing which can provide your home with an ironclad shield from the rest of the outside world. Ideally, for a fence to be classed as a privacy fence, it should be no less than 4 feet in height. Also, it will need a solid infill that will enable you to optimize the privacy of your residential property. In some given circumstances, privacy fencing might feature latticework close to its upper end. This crisscrossing of material with gaps can facilitate improved visibility up high, but privacy down under. Privacy fences tend to be very appealing…

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How to Refinish and Restore Your Deck on a Budget

You spend all summer out on your deck, but your deck spends all year out there. Through the rain, snow, and beating sun, your deck is taking on the elements and wear and tear is inevitable. The good news is that you don’t need to spend tons of money hiring a professional or buying new equipment. It’s relatively straightforward to refinish the deck yourself if you know what you’re doing and are committed to making your deck look like new. Supplies you’ll need Before you begin your project, here are the supplies you will need for the job, in the…

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Proper Disposal: Ways to Get Rid of House Junk

Dealing with household junk is one of the tasks that every homeowner should learn how to handle. Since commercialism has brought new spending habits for consumers, most tend to buy even products without much significance in their lives. The result is the piling up of stuff that is left unused and later on treated as junk. This junk can be dealt with efficiently, if permitted, with enough time, with a few easy ways. These methods, although simple, are commonly overlooked and, and if rightly done, can clear out unnecessary or unused materials as well as add space and more beauty…

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