Simplifying your life - you won't regret it! Scandinavian Spaces by Vancouver Interior Designers & Decorators Shift Interiors Do you still have every birthday card you've received? Is your house transforming into a mausoleum to the past junk in your life? If so, you may need these 4 tips for simplifying your life. Believe us…
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5 Home Improvement Projects with Great ROI
If you're looking to do home remodeling that you'll make your money back on, look into these 5 projects that generally have good returns: Kitchens - Balance the remodeling project between your own aesthetics and those that most buyers would like to maintain a high ROI. Additional Living Space - Increasing the square footage of your home…
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6 Basement Designs that Think Outside the Box
When looking to remodel your basement, it might be tempting to opt for traditional designs that have a wide appeal. After all, this tends to be the wiser choice as far as your return on investment, as you will be able to potentially sell your house easier and for more money due to large demand.…
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Why You Should Add a Backyard Shed
With prefabricated parts allowing for sheds to be assembled in a half a day with a crew, there are few barriers to actually installing on in your yard. But why would you want to? Let's go over some of the ways a backyard shed can be used to better your life. The most obvious use for…
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8 Improvements for Your Outdoor Grill
If you love grilling, you have to read through these 8 great improvements to your grilling area. From making it more accessible to improving your company's experience, these tips are perfect for any grilling fanatic. Set up an area near the grill for spectators - is it better to grill with company? Add a prep…
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Tips to Rid Your Kitchen of Fruit Flies
You go to bed with your kitchen clean, but one morning you wake up to a colony of fruit flies, buzzing around all your cooking spaces. Where do they all come from? Fruit flies can be a nuisance, so today we're going to address how to prevent them from entering and how to get rid of…
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How to Stay Cool Without A/C
From the windows to the water bottle, here are 6 tips for beating the summer heat: Shade Your Windows - Use natural shade like trees or a mounted overhangs over your windows to prevent the sun from heating your house. Put Up Drapes, Blinds, or Shades - Again, the idea is to prevent as much…
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DIY Sunroom Bench
Looking to build a reading nook? This sunroom bench made from salvage is an inexpensive way to install such a place in your house! To find the salvage wood for this project, check out websites and forums on it, or search for salvage shops in your area. Salvage wood, or wood taken from dismantled buildings or furniture, is…
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Your Guide to Choosing the Best Kitchen Sink
When buying a new kitchen sink, you'll want to take into consideration 3 things so you get the best one for you kitchen: the material, the configuration, and the mounting. For the material, you have many options, the common of which are stainless steel, copper, granite, and ceramic. These each have relative advantages when compared to the others, in aspects…
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Bathroom Vanity Lighting
There are many ways to implement vanity lighting - but how do you go about it in the proper way? This post, we go over the basics of lighting in the bathroom and how they pertain to how you should do vanity lighting in your bathroom for maximum effectiveness. Task Lighting Transitional Bathroom by Liberty…
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5 Shower Door Types
One big decision in your bathroom remodeling project is deciding which shower door is for you. This post, we're covering 5 different types of doors to help you decide. Bathtub Shower Door Gives a more spacious and luxurious feel than a shower curtain. Good for the tub-shower combo. Easy to clean. Alcove Standalone Shower Door…
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How to Make Concrete Countertops
Concrete has become a solid countertop alternative to stone and other materials in recent years. Innovators have played around with the consistency, colors, and textures to produce a variety of options, and none of them the boring cold gray you usually think of concrete as. In fact, they've become so good you can use them…
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5 Unique Takes on Toilets
Toilets are easily overlooked appliances in bathroom remodeling projects, for understandable reasons. However, this post we want to encourage you to think outside the box on how your toilet could influence your design by covering some unique designs that opt for different approaches to the toilet. Who knows, it could inspire you to switch up…
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Tips for Moving a Wall Mirror
The last thing you need during a bathroom remodeling is to have your mirror shatter all over your floor. To help you prevent such an accident, we're covering some tips for moving a wall mirror. Safety first - take precautions to keep you and your fellow mover safe. Spread duct tape across the face of…
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How to Build a Deck Foundation
There's no better way to enjoy the summer weather than with a deck you built yourself. This post, we're covering the first necessary steps to a deck, the foundation, so you can enjoy the summer weather in comfort and style. Before building your deck foundation, there are a few things to consider: How you are…
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