2,189 articles on "home_improvement"

Log Home Automation? Excuse me?

Log Home Automation? Excuse me? by: Tom Heatherington On first hearing the term "home automation", most log home owners will say something like... I didn't build a rustic log home to turn it into a high-tech, silicon powered "smart building...

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Amazing Chandeliers Can Transform Any Home Into A Palace

Chandeliers are timeless and have been providing indoor lighting for centuries. Today, there is more emphasis on how a chandelier can make a home look, and finding the right one can turn any home into a palace. There are more designs and styles than ...

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Caring for your Wood Furniture

Caring for your Wood Furniture by: Batsheva Vaknin There is nothing like wood furniture to add elegance and beauty to a home. Whether it is a thick, all-natural butchers block table, an Art Deco wooden dresser, a simple mahogany dining room tabl...

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How to Grow Asparagus

How to Grow Asparagus by: Hans Dekker Asparagus is a perennial plant with erect, edible stems and tiny branches that bear even tinier flowers that become red berries that contain the black Asparagus seed. Formerly in the Liliaceae family, botani...

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Easter Lilies, and the Number One Gardening Question Right Now

Everybody asks about Easter lilies! Can they go outside; can I plant them in my garden? And to this I reply, "Why not?" Like other bulbs,there are two options if you plant your leftover Easter lily bulbs - either they will live and flower for many ye...

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How To Use Biennials & Perennials In Landscaping Your Garden

BiennialsBiennials are generally very beautiful plants, with most attractive flowers. They are somewhat more trouble for the gardener, since they keep growing during their first year and do not bloom until the second. Their great advantage is that t...

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The art of home decoration

If you would have your rooms interesting as well as beautiful, makethem say something, give them a spinal column by keeping allornamentation subservient to line.Before you buy anything, try to imagine how you want each room to lookwhen completed; get...

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Should You Install Your Own Ceiling Fan?

Ceiling fans are a great investment. They look nice, and act as a light source and save energy in both summer and winter by circulating air more efficiently. But should you risk this investment by attempting to install it yourself? There are several...

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What Are Light Fixtures Used For?

What Are Light Fixtures Used For? by: Mike YeagerLight fixtures are something not many of us think about. But, the way we light a room can cause us to feel a certain way or enhance what we want to accomplish in that room. There are many types of...

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How to Select the Proper Pond Pump

How to Select the Proper Pond Pump by: Gerry Fung Whether you have a preformed or a liner pond, a pond pump is a paramount component of any water feature. Stagnant bodies of water attract mosquito infestations, which are a nuisance, and also und...

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