Quick Kitchen Facelift: How to Restore the Heart of Your Home All On Your Own
Want to redo your dark and dreary kitchen without spending a bundle on new cabinets and appliances? Consider giving it a DIY facelift next weekend.
Changing the ambience from outdated to trendy in the heart of your home, the kitchen, doesn’t have to be any more extensive than thoroughly cleaning the cabinet fronts and applying a coat of fresh white paint. White is the most popular color for kitchens today, with good reason. People are tired of dark wood kitchens that look somber and serious! White makes a wonderful backdrop for bowls of fresh fruit, stainless steel appliances and shiny kitchen utensils, too.
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Put the ‘Boo’ Back in your Yard this Halloween: Quick, Fun and Cheap Decorating Projects
Thinking of going all out in decorating your yard for Halloween this year? There’s certainly no reason not to—Halloween decorations are inexpensive and fun to make, and the effects on others, especially young children in your neighborhood, can be fun to watch as well.
Go through the family closets and find the oldest, rattiest clothes to use for dressing scarecrows. That pair of jeans you reserve for really messy tasks like painting the garage door or hauling trash to the dump will be perfect. Then gather up some white trash bags with pull closures, some small rags and an old broom an get started building your scarecrow. Stuff a small trash bag with rags for the head. When the bag is big enough and fairly round, tie it off and draw a face on it using permanent ink markers. Attach the head to the bottom of a small broom, secure a piece of wooden doweling crosswise under the neck, then dress your scarecrow, pulling a long-sleeved shirt over the dowel “arms” and a pair of jeans or trousers over the broom handle body. You can use the same process to make ghost heads and complete their ghostly look by tying old white sheets around the base of the “neck.”
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Getting a whole new look for a room doesn’t always have to mean repainting the walls, replacing the flooring, or buying a brand new set of furniture. It’s much easier to transform the interior look of a room by changing out a few key items to give it a fresh new look without draining your bank account. Changing your décor seasonally can give a room an instant lift without spending too much money or exerting too much effort. Try matching the room to the season by using floral patterns in the spring, pastels in the summer, plaids in the fall, or blues and whites in the winter.
Tired of looking at that same old sofa and chair year after year? Instead of getting new furniture, why not invest in one or two slipcovers to give your room an instant makeover? You’ll be amazed how different a room will look with new slipcovers. You can choose one or two solid colors as a base to add patterned throw pillows to or you can choose a specific patterned slipcover that will go well with your room’s main color scheme. It’s all up to you!
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When you have space for a table in your foyer, you should celebrate it by creating an eye-catching table montage on top. The foyer greets your guests and makes a first impression about your home. Creating an exciting table montage is a welcoming way to inspire conversation and admiration.
What exactly is a montage anyway? Formally defined, a montage is an art form that consists of a number of smaller items put together. There are a variety of items you can use to create your foyer table montage that will reflect your unique tastes and preferences to people as soon as they enter your home.
When choosing items to create a table arrangement, consider the size of the foyer and the table and make sure they fit the space properly. Choose colors that compliment the colors used in the foyer and throughout the rest of your home.
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Taking full advantage of the space available in an open-plan living area calls for a thoughtful approach to arranging the furniture and the interior decorations in order to accommodate a variety of activities.
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One very easy and inexpensive way to decorate your home is to use things you might already have. Almost everyone has a collection of old hard back books for instance - and if you don’t have some, they’re very easy to get at almost any thrift store or yard sale.
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