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Home Remodeling: Colors and Temperature Perception
Posted by admin in Home Remodeling Ideas on May 26, 2010
Colors contain underlying psychological meanings and evoke particular feelings when we see them. All of us have preconceived notions, learned from childhood memories and family customs concerning colors.
Since our entire world is actually colorless, we only see color through light. Colors are simply wavelengths of light that we see. Color perceptions, however, change from culture to culture.
Home Makeover Ideas
Posted by admin in Home Remodeling Ideas on May 26, 2010
When you want to update your home and cash is something that you don’t have a lot of, there are many ideas under $100 that you can use to make your space feel new again. Remember, you don’t have to always buy new, a lot of these items can be found in antique shops, thrift stores and yard sales.
- Paint a room
- Add a live plant or tree
- Use fragrance throughout your home
- Create a curtain wall in fabric
- Update your electronics
- Paint your ceiling and tint it with your wall color
- Buy lamps in unusual shapes
- Create the perfect picture wall
- Add a bench
- Wallpaper your closet
- Add a textural area rug over your solid color carpet
- Upholster an interior door in fabric or leather
- Add a fireplace to any room with a bio-fuel unit
- Hang art in unusual places
- Organize your drawers and cabinets
- Set your furniture on an angle
- Put a throw over your sofa
- Buy crown molding, mount it to your wall and use it as a picture ledge
- Tack fabric ribbon to the borders of your room
- Put a mirror opposite a window to really open the space
- Get all new bath accessories
- Buy new throw pillows
- Change out your hardware, either your cabinets or your doors
- Buy a bench that doubles as a coffee table
- New bedding can mean a whole new personality
- Get a photo mural
- Add dimmers to all your switches
- Try out different light bulbs
- Change out your lampshades
- Place some flowers around your home
Basics of Roof Inspection
Posted by admin in Home Remodeling Ideas on May 26, 2010
When was the last time you checked your roof? If you were like everyone else, you would not have gone up and do actual inspection and repair until such time that water starts dripping from your ceiling. Roofing work is expensive and the condition of the roof should always require a thorough examination of a roof inspector.
Frequent roof inspection is an effective means in maintaining your roof. Your house roof will only last so long that once it begins to leak, you might become a victim of flooding and other related problems. Since prevention is always better than cure, have your roof inspected at least twice per year and every after a major storm.
