When it comes time to settle on a flooring material, many homeowners are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of options available to them. In addition to long standing materials such as stone, carpet, and vinyl, there are now choices to include ...
Tags: Hardwood Flooring, Flooring
Constructing an outdoor fireplace near the house's patio meliorates the look and adds beauty to the house. It is useful in the winter months to provide warmth to its surroundings. You can simply sit near the fireplace in the evening and ...
Tags: Fireplace, Construction, Decoration
These days, it’s all about cutting costs without sacrificing aesthetics and function. This used to be a difficult thing to do, but the advent of new building materials have made marrying beauty and function without going over budget a ...
Tags: Laminate Flooring, Flooring
Today Consmr Inc. unveils Consumr – The People's Product Guide, a follow up to their top rated iPhone app, Consmr. Shoppers are overwhelmed with thousands of choices at the average retailer and they often experience buyer's remorse. ...
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No one will argue the fact that though some flooring materials may get close, nothing will ever completely duplicate the look and feel of hardwood flooring. However, there are some applications for which hardwood is poorly suited, and ...
Tags: Laminate Flooring, Wood Flooring
There are many reasons homeowners choose laminate flooring over the vast array of other flooring materials available from cork flooring to stone tile. One of the major advantages laminate has over these other choices is the ease with which ...
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You know you don’t want to install vinyl flooring in your home. Carpeted floors are too much of a hassle in terms of upkeep, and laminate floors just don’t quite pull off the look you’re going for. No, you know you want to ...
Tags: Solid Hardwood Floor, OAK Flooring
As quoted by Marcus Tullius Cicero, 'there is no place more delightful than one's own fireplace!' The amount of relaxation and peace that you get sitting next to the fireplace with a cup of coffee in your hands in this freezing winter ...
Tags: Brick, Construction, Decoration
Weddings are an occasion of great joy and celebration. One of the best ways for portraying this joy is by decorating your house and also the place of wedding. In the house every room will be decorated with some of the choicest confetti, ...
Tags: Wedding Mantel, Construction, Decoration
A fireplace in the living room or bedroom, can be converted into the focal point of the room, provided some innovative techniques are used to decorate it. A simple act of changing the fireplace mantel décor, every season, can lend ...
Tags: Spring, Construction, Decoration
A fireplace mantel shelf, also known as a chimney-piece, is a hood-like projection over the fire grate that vents the smoke rising from the fire. A mantel shelf is built decoratively around the fireplace to conceal the walls blackened from ...
Tags: Fireplace Mantel Shelves, Fireplace, Construction, Decoration
The beauty of nature…we search it out, revolve vacations around it, and spend as much time in it as we can. We feel better and relax when we're around the natural elements. So why not bring those elements that bring you such joy right ...
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Fireplace mantel is also known as mantelpiece or chimneypiece and is a framework or shelf that projects from the wall of the fireplace. The origin of fireplace mantels goes back to the Medieval times. Earlier, it was a beautifully decorated ...
Tags: Fireplace Mantels, Construction, Decoration
White Pine Flooring was once one of the most commonly used flooring in America. It has fallen out of favor with some people who feel that because it is a softwood it doesn’t meet their needs, and it isn’t as durable or wear ...
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Many houses (and especially apartments) don't necessarily come with in-built fireplaces and at times, it can be an unfortunate thing. People who love its romantic settings and/or simply appreciate the beauty of a hearth with dancing flames ...
Tags: Fireplace, Construction, Decoration