Highway repair money is running lean in many states, due to decreased revenue from gas tax--a result of cars becoming more fuel efficient and Americans driving less. To plug the crater in highway funding, several states have proposed new ...
Tags: Electric Cars, Hybrids, Taxed Extra
Whether it was the weather or just a slowdown in several performance categories, the athletic footwear market fell a modest 1.4% during the first three months of 2013 to $3,414.8 million from $3,463.0 million. The data showed that unit ...
Tags: Athletic Footwear, Sporting Goods
Garage door repairs are tricky jobs but not that difficult. Adjusting garage door springs on your own is easily possible, if you follow the safety guidelines and go about it in the right manner. When you don't have a handyman around, your ...
Tags: Garage Door Springs, Spring, Construction, Decoration
Painting furniture is a very simple household task actually, and it can help you save a lot of money. Just adding a coat or two of paint on your furniture will make them look like new, and will make them better resistant to termites and ...
Tags: Paint Furniture, Furniture
How about walking on a bed of roses, without having to lay real flowers on the floor? Have you imagined having plants as the skirting of your room? Well, I am referring to floor tile designs which can give your room this very different ...
Tags: Floor Tile Design, Floor Tile
Not everybody can afford a luxurious life. For most of us getting through the month is a difficult task by itself. But fortunately with the advent of new technologies, the cost of living has drastically reduced over the past few decades. ...
Tags: Luxury Furniture, Furniture, Furnishing
Nothing can quite beat the satisfaction that comes from decorating your well earned dwelling. A real hobbyist person is ready to take all the troubles, in the form of efforts as well as money, to decorate his house for good. And if he/she ...
A well-decorated fireplace mantel can be a center of attention of your home interior. The fireplace surround adds to the charm and coziness of your home. The designs of the fireplace mantel will depend on the size of the fireplace surround. ...
Tags: Fireplace Surround
"It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog, It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log..." One of the first things that comes to mind when listening to this evergreen Beatles song is a nice, ...
Tags: Rocking Chair, Furniture, Furnishing
You must have heard many people quoting, "I am so tired, I could literally sleep on this spot", especially after a long and tiring day. Well, sleeping anywhere does not essentially refresh you to the fullest. You must have observed that ...
Tags: Canopy Bed, Furnishing
Your home flooring defines the boundaries of your space. When you choose a flooring type to carpet your floor, you are virtually looking at the impeccability of the impression it creates. One may often ignore other important factors that ...
Tags: Flooring, Construction
When one first thinks about using hardwood flooring in their home, it doesn’t seem like there are a whole lot of options in terms of design. It’s wood. How many options can there be? Well, while you won’t be trying to pick ...
Tags: Hardwood Flooring, Flooring
Before I tell you about flooring for home gyms I would like to tell you about an incident, in fact, an accident, that one of my friends met with last week. He was a hardcore fitness freak and somehow could not join a health club or gym due ...
Tags: Flooring, Construction, Decoration
If you are looking for a durable option for your kitchen floor, consider this: there are intact ceramic tile mosaics dated to around 79 A.D. that survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii. How’s that for durability? Ceramic ...
Tags: Ceramic Tile, Tile Flooring
The kitchen is one of the most important rooms of the house. It puts up with a lot of activity and needs to be durable. Family members move in and out of the kitchen frequently so the kitchen floor has to deal with plenty of foot traffic. ...
Tags: Kitchen Floor, Countertops