Written by crizlai on May 19th, 2013 | Filed under:
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Most homeowners, especially those with younger kids at home, would always be on alert unnecessarily when their garden has all the potential dangerous equipments left exposed in the open. Firstly, those equipments might even wear off faster under the direct heat from the sun or the wetness from the rain. Other than being an eye sore when the equipments are left haphazardly everywhere, it might also cause injuries to the kids at home. After all, kids are kids and they are always having that curiosity when left unattended to.
The ideal way to rectify these issues would be by constructing a handy shed to keep those equipments away from the sight of adult visitors as well as kids. Your preferred shed could come in many shapes and size based on your budget with options of Vinyl Sheds, Metal Sheds, Plastic Sheds, Wood Sheds, DuraMax Sheds, Arrow Sheds, Lifetime Sheds or even Suncast Sheds.
As for me, I love to have the materials to blend in with the nature within my garden. I chose the extra wide, pre-hung lockable double doors Wood Shed. The wonderful thing about purchasing this American made product is that it would come with a 10 Year Limited Warranty. Moreover, it would be delivered to your doorstep free and without any sales tax. Everything would be pre-cut and ready for assembly just like how you would assemble your kid’s LEGO® set. You just need to refer to the accompanied manual with clear illustrations which would be easily understood by anyone without any carpentry skills. You would also be assured of long term of usage as the materials had been treated professionally to prevent fungal decay and insect infestation. Now that you have a proper storage place with the necessary security features, you can live your life more worry free.
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Written by crizlai on Mar 13th, 2011 | Filed under:
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With most of my friends back during the recent festive season, we took the opportunity to hold a reunion cum open house party at one of my friend’s recently bought double-storey semi-detached house. To our amazes, it was one of the most well maintained houses we have ever been to, with not even a speck of dust in sight. The puzzling part was that she would only employ the help of a weekend maid every fortnightly to assist in cleaning up the house.
As a working wife, mother and cook for dinners, how did she manage to cope with the vast space? Magic? Hmm… maybe not as she’s not just like the “Sabrina” I know and I did not see “Salem” the cat around too. Haha! I hope she will reveal to us her secret as my house would really need such a clean environment and I do have some pets running about too.
Ever since junior high school, I have never seen her surrounding to be this super clean unless she had the help of her mother, who was not staying with her that time. After much persuasion from our bunch of good friends, she finally revealed her secret. She relied on the help of her old faithful – the Miele vacuum cleaner to do all the wonders. With barely much effort, she managed to suck up all the unwanted allergens at every loops and corners in the house. What an amazing product! I better get one too as mine did not have the ability to keep my house spotlessly clean.
Anyway, it was indeed a great party as we get to exchange news about our lives since leaving school. Moreover, I had an enlightening experience learning how to be a great household taker in the near future.
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Written by crizlai on Mar 10th, 2011 | Filed under:
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Sometimes you might ask yourself about the quality of your furniture. You paid a bomb for them and yet you don’t see them last as long as you would have expected. The reason behind this is that most of them are manufactured in mass and they do not really provide you with super quality parts, unless you are willing to purchase those custom-made ones with high soaring prices.
Just ask yourself on one scenario. How often do you need to change your furniture casters or perhaps caster brakes? Are they made of high quality that you do not need to worry about them getting spoiled that soon or ever? If I were you, I rather go for the ones with great standard that would get rid of any future stress. There are many great companies out there that produce quality casters in different sizes and shapes, may they be caster brakes, caster wheels, furniture casters or even rigid plate casters. Do find one that would suit your needs.
Many people could not differentiate between a caster and a wheel as most of the time they refer it as the same. In fact, there’s a vast differences. A wheel is referred as a round rubber ball like object that would be able to roll whereas a caster is a wheel which is attached to a bracket (caster bracket) where it is able to swivel 360 degrees. Normally, each set would have a lock.
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Written by crizlai on Jan 13th, 2011 | Filed under:
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In order to make your house into a place you can call home, you would need to be focused on how comfortable you would want to be in. The living room being the most utilized area throughout your house would surely be the first place you would like to liven up with some magic touches. All you need is a basic layout plan, a bit of creativity and of course some lifestyle purchases to make your dream place come true.
So how can you go about making those changes? You can start by studying how you can make those walls look attractive. Try choosing colors that would soothe your senses after a long day of work. Pastel colors would be great with one side of your wall where you would be having your entertainment equipments having a stronger color tone. You could consider having a few strategic located pendant lightings from your ceiling that would help in generating positive moods. I’m quite sure that you won’t want to leave those walls bare looking. Hanging up some family photos or even your pet photos would create that feeling of being surrounded by the people you love always.
Bringing in part of your garden would also help in staying tune with nature since green is the most relaxing color to the human eyes. A few cut flowers from your garden placed in vases around your room would add more colors to your life. Moreover, they would give out that natural fragrance that would freshen up the whole place. With all those little touches in place, it’s time to get pampered. I would think getting a set of theater seating would not take up much space, would you?
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Written by crizlai on Jan 2nd, 2011 | Filed under:
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Do you know that bad lighting can spoil your mood? Each day after work, you would expect to come home to be mentally free from stress. Can you imagine walking down a dim looking hallway towards a dull looking living room? Even when you thought you could pep up a simple dinner, your dimly lighted and sole incandescent fixture high on the ceiling kitchen would just run down your motivation to be creative with your cooking skills. These would be the few main problems faced by most homeowners nowadays.
With a little budget, you could easily style your whole house into your sanctuary with some proper lighting. You should consider pendant lighting to drop a little soft light on strategic spots to brighten up the whole place. With a variety of styles, designs and colors, these pendant lighting would solve your dim area problems easily.
There are many pendant lighting that you can consider for your home, whether it’s indoor or outdoor. Most commonly, you can have some mini-pendant or multi-light pendant practically anywhere within your house. Those small and energy saving yet soft lighting would make the whole place looked even fresher and brighter than before. They sure help in rejuvenating your moods to stay happily always with your family. If you think your house needed that extra touch to liven up things a bit, why not get some experts to touch it up with some pendant lighting today?
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