Aesthetically Pleasing With Chandelier Lighting
It is essential for all the rooms in your house to have adequate lighting. However, you might want to enhance the overall attractiveness of certain rooms by changing the lighting fixtures in your house.
Installing a chandelier fixture is one of the simplest ways to do this. Chandeliers are available in a wide variety of designs [...]
Dress Up Your Doorstep
It’s mid-summer and if you like to do a little yard work as relaxing destressing do-it-yourself therapy like I do, you might be at a loss right now.
I spent a lot of time in the yard earlier in the summer. I had to re-plant some patchy grass and refresh the piles and piles of red [...]
Endless Summer
Do you love the balmy breezes, long days and sunny skies of summer? Are you really a beach bum at heart? Well, you can keep that summer feeling all year long through the choices you make when you decorate your home.
The colors, furniture and accessories you choose will create the atmosphere that soothes your [...]
Mid Florida Gardening; Not For The Weak
My little piece of gardening paradise is in Florida Zone 9b. I have enough room to indulge in quite a few plantings, but not so much that I have to have a riding lawnmower.
Zone 9b is a small area and has the blessings and problems of both the North and South Florida zones. We are [...]
Tips For The Right Window Drapes
Window drapes are called by many names and are one the items in a living space that are stylish yet functional. The can add a splash of color to a room as well as provide so much needed privacy.
Window drapes are called curtains by some and window hangings by others. They can be as light, [...]
Home, Tree and Me
They say that home is where the heart is, but I would say home is where heart and tree is. I can not imagine living in a house without a tree.
At the age of 20 I married my husband, who was in a transferable job. My first marital home was a ‘basha’. It is a [...]
Run For Your Life, The Mower Is Coming!
I took time out today to mow the yard before another group of thunderstorms blew through. It’s amazing to me how fast this lawn can grow in just a few days of nourishing rain.
Not only is the grass growing like weeds, so are the weeds! I just can’t seem to keep up with them.
Last summer [...]
Extend the Garden Season
It is high summer now in my zone 6b garden. All the hopes that were poured into planting those seeds and seedlings back in April and May are coming to fruition now in a bountiful harvest of squashes, cucumbers, lettuces, peas, potatoes, green beans, and onions, plus delightful herb offerings.
My plan for gardening intensively (more [...]
A Little Extra Touch With Antique Chandeliers
Chandeliers have been around since the 15th Century and are very fascinating. People want to decorate their household and make it look like an older time period. The sight of hardwood floors and antique chandeliers in a Victorian house is breathtaking.
Many people have the problem locating antique chandeliers though. They do not know that many [...]
Afghan Rugs & Throw Rugs
The most common rugs used in America are Afghan and throw. Afghan rugs were first made in Afghanistan, hence how they got their name, and there are some of these rugs with many holes in them. One common point among all Afghan rugs is that they are made of yarn and are stitched by hand.
The [...]