What are some simple DIY home improvement ideas for beginners?
If you are a home owner, with a certain amount of involvement, patience and creativity doing DIY projects for your house can be a very rewarding and cost effective experience. One of the most exciting aspects of owning a home are the vast number of changes that you can keep incorporating in your house to increase its value and looks. And when it comes to home improvement projects, it is not always essential to hand over every task to a professional.
So if you are a home owner and are thinking of simple and easy ways to begin DIY projects the following list of ideas will be surely helpful to get you going:
1. Indoor and outdoor painting – One of the most easiest and effective way to give your house an instant facelift is to paint it yourself. Painting a home is one of the simplest DIY tasks as well as an inexpensive one. All you have to do is to choose colors that complement your rooms as well as the exteriors of your home. An important point to keep in mind while painting your home is to keep all the flooring, woodwork, switchboards well covered before starting your task.
2. Creative woodwork – Though woodwork and carpentry requires practice as well as skill one can always begin with a simple task such as building a bird house in the garden or your porch area. You can look up a simple birdhouse design and include a bird bath as well as a feeder which will be sufficient to keep your home bright and chirpy with your winged guests.
3. DIY garden projects – Your garden area is one the best places to do home improvement tasks which can give your whole residence a beautiful look. From mowing your lawns to pruning and weeding you can include a fountain, tree benches, hammocks as well as wind chimes and gravel paths.
4. Exterior lighting – Lighting can beautifully enhance the exterior appearance of your home. You can experiment in diverse ways like putting up Victorian style lamp posts at the entrance or creating beautifully lit corners in your garden area.
5. Repair work – Another great way to begin DIY home projects is to take up minor repair works such as electrical repairs and plumbing. For this you would need to invest in a good tool box as well as read up about home repair basics in order to perform your task safely and successfully.
With the large number of user friendly tools and DIY books as well as websites on the internet, improving your home has never been so convenient, enjoyable and economical. So go ahead and take up simple projects and you will soon be an expert at home improvement.
Modular Pieces for your Bathroom
If you want modern looking bathroom feel for your bathroom, you can make use of modular furniture for bathrooms. These kind of furniture have ergonomic patterns and very stylish designs that would look great on any bathroom. There are many advantages of using modular furniture. Aside from being durable, they are also eye catchy and can maintain the comfortable atmosphere of your bathroom’s interior.
If you are looking for modular pieces, you can check out product lines from Duravit. It is a well-known and established name when it comes to manufacturing bathroom furnishings. Other popular designer companies where you can buy modular bathroom furniture from are Frank Huster, Sieger Design, Philippe Starck, Phoenix Design, EOOS, and Joschen Schmiddem.
The good news is that you can buy branded bathroom furniture online. You can even purchase a wide array of products from Hudson Reed Online. This company is known for their stylish and quality shower units. To start your online shopping spree, visit QsSupplies.co.uk!
It’s a Family Tradition: Flip That House
It’s a Family Tradition: Flip That House
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 25, 2006
Jeanette Fisher, author of best-seller real estate investing books Doghouse to Dollhouse for Dollars and Home Staging with Design Psychology, and her large family of expert house rehabbers will be featured on TLC’s Flip That House. Filming begins on October 29, 2006 at their fixer in Lake Elsinore, California.
This episode will differ from other shows because the house flippers work on the property as a family and have been turning “doghouses” into “dollhouses” for thirty years using design psychology. They have sold houses before even listing the property, in as little as three hours, and for more money than any other house has sold for in the neighborhood. Their fixing strategy includes profiling the prospective home buyer and using interior design details to attract that buyer.
The Fisher children grew up living in “fixer” houses. They learned how to clean, paint, landscape, and then move. Although they moved every year while young, the family did live for ten years in their largest project, a three story Queen Anne Victorian in Palatka, Florida. When this former home sold, it became a Minute Maid Orange Juice grand prize, and is now the Azalea House Bed & Breakfast.
All the Fisher children live in Southern California and work with their parents investing in real estate. Evan completed a Master’s degree at Harvard University where he helped his mother Jeanette research design psychology. Now an architect at Scheurer Architects in Newport Beach, Evan helps with the redesign on the family’s fixers. Enicia supplements her teaching income by investing in real estate, and daughters Katie and Elise have both flipped houses in partnership with their parents. Although still in college, Kirk lives in his own fixer near the University of California, Riverside. Brett, still living at home, rebuilds classic cars as well as houses.
Even the Fisher’s son-in-laws and grandchildren join in the flipping family tradition. Enicia’s husband Ted Blake teaches college English and helps manage flipping projects. Katie’s husband Randall Smith is a solar electrician, which comes in handy with the “doghouses” the family transforms into “dollhouses.” Elise’s husband Dan Woodward, an archaeologist by day, will fix the drainage problem at the current flip. The family hosts “housewarming” parties during which friends and grandkids get to help with the fun aspects of transformation such as ripping out carpet or painting picket fences.
Brian Fisher, a former special education teacher, does most of the work on the houses except when he cooks big Sunday dinners for the family. Jeanette Fisher, interior design psychology instructor, is the author of interior design, real estate and credit books, plus textbooks, magazine and encyclopedia articles. She conceives of the design and marketing psychology plan for each flipper and picks up a paintbrush when she’s not writing.
Jeanette offers a free ebook The Truth about Making Money Flipping Houses.
She also gives homemakers free Home Decorating Interior Design Ideas.
Part of the filming for Flip That House will be shopping excursions to local specialty home improvement centers and the Fisher’s favorite shopping place: Restore, Habitat for Humanity’s thrift store.
To see pictures of the Fisher’s fixers, visit Real Estate Investing Fixers at http://www.realestateinvestingfixers.com
Media Contact
Jeanette Fisher
Joy to the Home
Design Psychology Expert
951-678-8780
###
Attachments
©Copyright 1997-
, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Furnitureland South Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Furnitureland South Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Jamestown, NC (PRWEB) November 15, 2009
Furnitureland South, the World’s Largest Home Furnishings Showplace, is celebrating its 40th Anniversary during the month of November. Founded in 1969, Furnitureland South has grown from a small, one-man operation to today’s multi-faceted campus featuring 1.3 million square feet of showroom space, a state-of-the-art, climate-controlled Distribution Center, a sales force consisting of more than 150 expert Sales & Design Consultants and a nationwide delivery team.
In 1969, Darrell Harris recognized that people equated furniture manufactured in North Carolina with quality. As a result, people frequently traveled to High Point searching for furniture values. During his first year of operation, Mr. Harris sold, delivered, and serviced the furniture himself. Now the World’s Largest Home Furnishings Showplace, Furnitureland South continues to offer customers quality home furnishings at an exceptional value.
CEO, Darrell Harris reflects on how Furnitureland South has come to be the world’s single largest furniture store, “I prefer to think that Furnitureland South became the largest as a result of my genuine desire to offer our customers the winning combination of the best service, the most choices and the greatest values.” He continues, “Our family is thankful that God blessed us with good health, thankful for our many dedicated and honorable employees, thankful to our manufacturing partners, and especially thankful to our many clients for being so loyal and supportive.”
In honor of its 40th Anniversary, hundreds of Furnitureland South’s manufacturing partners are offering special discounts during the months of November and December. In addition, Furnitureland South is holding a 40th Anniversary Dining Table Giveaway. Customers can register in the store or on-line at http://www.furniturelandsouth.com. Special discounts are also available at Furnitureland South’s Bear Rock and Starbucks cafés.
About Furnitureland South
With more than 1 million square feet of home furnishings and accessories, Furnitureland South provides acres of exquisitely designed vignettes, expert designers and a white-glove national delivery service. The store is a multi-day destination for discerning consumers from every state and many foreign countries.
###
©Copyright 1997-
, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Bathroom Interior – Bathroom Interior Design Ideas
Bathroom Interior Tile
Colorful decorative tile can give your bathroom surfaces and flooring that additional design detail they need. Try around your bath tub with attractive tile designs, and if you need to use up less area, you can introduce a tile design on to your white bathroom walls, for the look that is both easy and elegant, also eye catching. Put the tile on the primary focal point of your walls.
Clean looking tiles are amongst the most necessary things that you should imagine while you design your bathrooms interior as they create your bathroom not just clean and also beautiful. To create your bathroom look attractive, you can place same colour tiles on the floor and unique colour tiles on the wall. You may try placing the tiles diagonally on the floor to give it a strange look.
Interior Wall Color
Making the walls of your bathroom come alive with colour is amongst the perfect and enjoyable ways to liven up its design. Many bathroom fixtures and cabinets are white, which makes them good for bright-colored walls. Lime green or blue, for instance, can be ideal colours for your bathroom walls. Do not be afraid to try few colour palettes and designs, like stripes flower patterns.
Shower and tub
The right shower and tub is necessary in bathroom interior design. You should select one that fits your needs, is easily cleaned, and will not be damaged easily in case your bathroom sees a lot of use. Acrylic is a perfect selection for these situations. Classic fiberglass is light weight, but can be easily scratched. Cultured marble and cast iron give timeless looks, but are heavy and can be costly. They may also want additional support under the bathroom floor. Try and ensure that your shower or tub is proportioned for the folks who are using it. It is important to adjust your bathroom interior design ideas for the folks who will be using the room.
HGTV BathDesign Showcases Outlandish Ultimate Bath Ideas
HGTV BathDesign Showcases Outlandish Ultimate Bath Ideas
Knoxville, TN (PRWEB) August 3, 2007
It is estimated that the average American spends roughly seven years over a lifetime in the bathroom. HGTV BathDesign, in a series of 10 interactive broadband videos, dishes out fantastic design ideas on how to reclaim that time.
Krista Watterworth, the charismatic host of HGTV’s Save My Bath whets viewers’ imaginations with wonderfully outlandish bathroom designs, and equips them for action with information on how to purchase all of the products featured, right down to the paint color used on the walls.
Here are a few design innovations to spark the imagination, as featured in HGTV BathDesign’s Ultimate Bathroom series:
Stretching multi-tasking to new heights, HGTV BathDesign presents an Ultimate Bath “Home Office,” a bathroom outfitted with computers, printers, file cabinets, shredders and more, proving there is no better way to begin your workday than with a cup of coffee in the comfort of your own bathroom.
HGTV BathDesign provides a refreshing alternative for a child’s Ultimate Bath with a bathroom design plan featuring chalkboard walls-perfect for doodling, dreaming and designing. An affordable and simple option, chalkboard walls transform bath-time into playtime.
If a night on the town is your idea of fun, the Ultimate Vegas Bathroom is the bath design for you. With lights, energy and a hint of fantasy, this bathroom is the premium getaway for those who love to take a trip down the strip! Equipped with a showgirl mirror, slot machine and a neon lights as bright as Las Vegas itself, the Ultimate Vegas bathroom is a crowd-pleaser.
From popcorn to sewing machines, HGTV’s BathDesign has it all. The Ultimate Bathroom series proves that with a vivid enough imagination, any space can become an ideal living place.
HGTV BathDesign features hundreds of streaming videos on the latest bathroom design trends, step-by-step instruction for bathroom fixes and expert room makeover tips. This dynamic online platform includes a variety of interactive tools to enable the user to personalize, plan and share ideas and projects.
Scripps Networks Interactive:
The dynamic Web sites created and supported by Scripps Networks Interactive attracted an average of more than 13.5 million unique visitors per month in 2006. The Scripps Networks Interactive properties — Web sites HGTV.com, FoodNetwork.com, DIYnetwork.com, FineLiving.com, GACTV.com along with broadband channels HGTV Pro, HGTV KitchenDesign, HGTV BathDesign, HGTV SimplyQuilts, DIY Automotive, DIY Crafts, DIY Gardening, DIY Home Improvement, DIY Woodworking and GAC Still Rollin’– are not only extensions of Scripps Networks leading lifestyle brands, providing users programming information and additional instructional content, but also exciting destinations for original content, engaging video and powerful interactive tools.
###
Attachments
©Copyright 1997-
, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
New South Interiors– Upscale Home Furnishings at an Exceptional Value
Just 25 minutes south of uptown Charlotte (NC), New South Interiors is the destination for upscale home furnishings at an everyday price up to 60% off retail. Our showroom is located in a former textile mill, circa 1881, and we carry name brands like Hickory Chair, Sherrill, Hooker, Hancock & Moore, and Somerset Bay. Great selection of hand-knotted oriental rugs. We ship virtually anywhere in the continental United States. For more information, go to www.newsouthinteriors.com.
Video Rating: 0 / 5
Hgtv.com Helps Dorm Rooms Make the Grade with Ideas and Interaction at Rate My Space — Dorm Rooms
Hgtv.com Helps Dorm Rooms Make the Grade with Ideas and Interaction at Rate My Space — Dorm Rooms
Knoxville, TN (PRWEB) August 27, 2007
A dorm room’s design can be tricky, but it can also make the difference between “home sweet home” and “I want to go home!” College students can find creative ways to trick out their dorm room, or show off their dorm room design ideas, through HGTV.com’s Rate My Space and the new online Dorm Room wing. At the popular social media hub, college students (or their friends and family) are able to upload photos and videos of dorm rooms’ cool design or as a cry for help.
The HGTV.com Rate My Space community encourages rating, feedback and sharing design ideas or asking design advice. The new Rate My Space- Dorm Room feature is accessible at http://www.HGTV.com/dormroom.
One HGTV.com Rate My Space – Dorm Room user shares her room explaining, “This is my freshman year at college. I was so excited to go in this room and design it from scratch. My inspiration for the Paris theme was the $ 12 poster I found.” Another user posted a decidedly un-dorm Pink Palace themed room. One HGTV.com Rate My Space – Dorm Room comment reflects why dorm room design presents such a universal challenge; the posting says “a lot of things change in life, except the size of a dorm room.”
HGTV.com’s Rate My Space presents an easy-to-use hub for those who share a flair for decorating and who would like to show off their spaces, as well as for those who have the desire for design, but may need some help pulling it together. The easy upload process lets users submit photos and videos, along with thoughts on the existing decor or requests for “design intervention” from the community.
Rate My Space is among the most-visited areas on HGTV.com, the leading home and garden destination on the Web. HGTV.com’s Rate My Space hosts more than 13,000 user-generated spaces in categories including Bedrooms, Bathrooms, Kitchens, Patios and now Dorm Rooms. HGTV.com’s Rate My Space has scored nearly 50 million page views since its launch in February.
About Scripps Networks Interactive:
The award-winning, category-leading Web sites created and supported by Scripps Networks Interactive attracted an average of more than 15 million unique visitors per month in 2006. The Scripps Networks Interactive properties — Web sites HGTV.com, FoodNetwork.com, DIYnetwork.com, FineLiving.com, GACTV.com, Recipezaar.com along with broadband channels HGTV Pro, HGTV KitchenDesign, HGTV BathDesign, HGTV Simply Quilts, DIY Automotive, DIY Crafts, DIY Gardening, DIY Home Improvement, DIY Tools, DIY Woodworking and GAC Still Rollin’ — are not only extensions of Scripps Networks leading lifestyle brands, providing users programming information and additional instructional content, but also exciting destinations for original content, engaging video and powerful interactive tools.
###
©Copyright 1997-
, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Home D
Home Décor Express Launches Homedecorexpress.com, a Home Decor Store Online That Makes Home Decorating Easy and Fun
Park Ridge, NJ (PRWEB) October 6, 2010
Remember when life seemed simpler and when shopping for your home was supposed to be fun? When there weren’t as many confusing details and choices to waste your time stressing out about technical details in decorating your home to express your personal style? Home Décor Express launches http://www.homedecorexpress.com, designed to make home decorating easy and fun at affordable prices.
The brainchild of Bert Shlensky, Cindi Rosner, Charley Pellingberg, Alan Behrendt and Michael Shappell, Home Décor Express is the solution to the problems in today’s home décor industry. Home Décor’s founding group is a merry band of veteran home textile, marketing and operations executives who are passionate about home fashion (although they differ quite a bit in their opinions in what fashion entails, that’s where a sense of humor comes in) and decided to band together because they were frustrated by the lack of quality, style, fun, focus and affordable options in home furniture and décor.
Home Décor Express was founded on the belief that everyone has a right to quality, stylish, home decor without having to spend a small fortune and without having to stress out about technical details. Home Décor Express’ mission is to provide everyone with stylish, quality home furnishings and home textiles at a great value, all in a manner that works seamlessly with consumers’ daily lives.
A Better Way to Buy Affordable Home Furnishings
By partnering directly with a select group of leading home furnishings suppliers worldwide who ship directly to consumers, Home Décor Express offers every day savings of at least 10-20% more than other home furnishings retailers that offer contemporary, classic, casual, or eclectic, decorating styles. These savings are available to each and every consumer, all from the privacy of one’s home or office.
According to company CEO, Bert Shlensky, “The Home Décor Express motto is instant, affordable style, for in the Goldilocks tradition, that is JUST RIGHT.”
“We’re a company that began with a dream, a sense of humor and a desire for instant, affordable style and quality for less. We were frustrated by rigid business environments that were known for one area of expertise but could not effectively integrate e-commerce, home furnishings, merchandising, and design with a great customer experience. Bert, Charley, Michael, Alan and I knew there had to be a better way so we decided to launch homedecorexpress.com to make it easy for consumers to find fashionable things that make a house more into a home — furniture, affordable bedding, bath towels, rugs, curtains, slipcovers and other home accessories without them having to stress about the right blend of quality and price”, says Cindi Rosner, VP Marketing.
About The Company
HomeDecorExpress is a direct-to-consumer Internet based company specializing in quality, fashionable, affordable home decor that offer customers style and value for their home furnishings and living needs. By partnering directly with a select group of leading home furnishings suppliers worldwide who ship directly, Home Décor Express offers everyday savings of at least 10-20% more than other home furnishings retailers.
Home Décor Express is headquartered in Park Ridge, NJ. We invite you to visit us at http://www.homedecorexpress.com. For additional product information please call 1-888-770-4086 or email info(at)homedecorexpresscom(dot)com.
###
©Copyright 1997-
, Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.
Vocus, PRWeb, and Publicity Wire are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vocus, Inc. or Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC.