Before you do anything to change your home decor – whether it’s just one room or the entire house, ask yourself (and others in your family, if it’s a group decision), what do you want to accomplish. Is it just to get a fresh look with a new color on the walls, or is it to really throw out the…
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Concrete Paint
Many home owners report that their concrete does not look as good as it first did, and indeed some concrete looses its looks and become cracked and dimples and rust stains. This look damages the house look and many find it to be plain ugly, the solutions that people apply to this problem is usually covering the whole concrete surface…
Nutritious Art Activities For Young Children
Arts and crafts activities are a great way for young children to reinforce the ideas they have learned as well as creatively explore new concepts. Art time is very enjoyable to most children, especially toddlers and preschoolers. An art activity by itself can open a number of teaching opportunities on a variety of topics. These yummy projects can be part…
Seven Secrets To Buying The Right Air Brush Compressor
If you’re looking for an air-brush compressor, there are a few things you have to consider. The first big question is to ask whether this is for home or professional use. Home use doesn’t require the same dependability or rugged construction (and comes with a lower price tag) while commercial use requires better quality, these compressors will last longer under…
Making The Most Of The Outdoors Decks
With spring approaching, many of us are dying to get outdoors, some of us are itching to refinish our wooden decks and others of us are resisting the urge to rush out and plant our seeds too early! Decks usually need re-finishing every three years or so, and it will soon be dry enough to make a start. Preparation of…
How Your Oil Paintings Can Flower
When you are producing flower landscape oil paintings, keep in mind the short canvas blend life of oil paints. If you are producing an oil painting of a flower landscape and you need to make a change that isn’t immediately effective, the best thing to do is wipe it off with your paint rag and start over. This will work…
Home Improvements Getting Ready To Sell
Sometimes when selling your home it is necessary to make a few improvements to realize the value that you want or to gain the attention that is necessary to sell a home on today’s real estate market. If you really want to get top-dollar for your home, you should really make sure that your home is in pristine shape, everything…
Painting In Oils
If you’ve thought about doing oil paintings, here are some basics to get you started. The first step in your production of oil paintings is to make sure that the area in which you are going to paint is well ventilated. You need a window or door that can be opened as you work, a good fan and a space…
A Sampler Of Faux Finish Techniques
There are so many options available to today’s homeowner when it comes to choosing alternatives to traditional flat paint. There’s absolutely no reason to hang onto that boring tried-and-true white (or taupe, taupe, taupe) painted in every room throughout your home. Explore the alternatives. Look in magazines for rooms that appeal to you. Architectural Digest, Southern Accents, Veranda and others…
Good House Painting Depends On The Paint Selection Tools And Preparing The Walls
House paint designed for interior or exterior decoration is sold at your local hardware store, paint shops, and do-it-centers nation wide. Many decorative paint manufactures show a huge range of colors on their charts, which are made by blending the main tints and tones of their collection. It can be very frustrating to be forced into buying gallons of paint…