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  • Treating Your Windows to Prevent Heat Loss

    The window treatments in your home can help reduce your home heating costs this winter. If you're looking for ways to prevent heat loss around your doors and windows, keep on reading. Here, you'll find a few ideas that can help you accomplish this task. Thermal Drapes Thermal drapes are one of the easiest ways to prevent some heat loss around the windows. These heavy panels are lined with special material that stops air from flowing through them.
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  • Benefits Of Hiring An Interior Designer For A Luxury Home

    Purchasing a luxury home is a big investment, and few people want to spend that kind of money to live in a house that is not properly decorated and designed. Working with an experienced interior designer to create a custom luxury home design is the ideal way to ensure that your new luxury home is a beautiful place to live and entertain. Some of the top benefits of hiring an interior designer to take care of designing each room in your luxury home include:
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  • 3 Tips For Using Color Theory For Interior Design

    When you want to update the interior of your home, the color wheel can be your biggest source of inspiration because there are numerous color combinations at your fingertips. Learning some basic color theory will make your design projects easier. Go Complementary For A Simple Theme If you want to keep your color scheme basic, the standby is to use complementary colors. Complementary colors are opposites on the color wheel and create bold contrast next to each other.
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  • 3 Simple Solutions For Choosing A Great Rug For Your Formal Dining Room

    Considering that a formal dining room is an appealing space for some buyers, ensuring this space is functional and attractive is smart. Of course, your formal dining room will also benefit your own family, allowing you a more elegant space to dine and entertain. If you are in the process of updating your dining room, choose an area rug that suits your personality and style while adding some warmth to the space.
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  • 3 Principles Of Feng Shui To Include In Your Kitchen Design

    Often considered the heart of the home, the kitchen is most likely an imperative part of your family's life. Even though it may already be a favorite part of the home, improving the look and feel of the kitchen is beneficial. Through Feng Shui design, a principle first used 3,000 years ago, you can balance your kitchen's energy to ensure happiness, peace, and good fortune. If you are planning to sell your home, using Feng Shui to stage your kitchen can make your home more appealing and valuable to potential buyers.
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  • Information For Taking Care Of Your Granite Countertops

    Granite countertops can make your kitchen look very classy, but only if they are kept in the best possible shape. If you allow your counters to become damaged, their luster and beauty will be gone and you will have to invest money on the purchase and installation of brand new counters. To avoid that happening, you will want to make it a point to check out the following tips. Quickly Clean Up Spills
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  • Small But Savvy -- 6 Staging Tips To Make A Tiny Home Feel Bigger

    Prepping your house to show to potential buyers can be daunting when the home is less than ideal. How do you cultivate interest, for example, in a house or apartment that's smaller than many on the market? If this is your quandary, here are 6 staging tips to make any home feel -- and look -- larger than it really is. Remove Furniture. One quick way to make a room seem smaller is to cram it with furniture.
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  • Once A Gardener, Always A Gardener: Creating The Perfect Gift Basket For Disabled Gardeners

    One of the most difficult issues for those who love gardening is not being able to participate in the hobby they love due to health issues or physical limits caused by the aging process. Giving up the hobby they once enjoyed can be devastating and often leads to discouragement. If you know a former gardener who has become disabled, why not brighten their day by creating a garden-themed gift basket to show them you care?
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  • The Do's And Don'ts Of Hardwood Floor Care: 5 Golden Rules For Newbies

    If you have recently installed hardwood flooring in your home and are unfamiliar with how to properly care for your new floor, it's in your best interest to learn about maintenance and prevention. To protect your new investment and keep it in optimal condition, take heed and learn what mistakes to avoid and what measures to take for everyday care. The following guidelines will help you learn what you should be doing and what you shouldn't do to your new wood floor:
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