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The Life of Grass Seeds

Home Improvement Guy — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:30:40 +0000

Home improvement doesn’t just stop inside the house, or with pavers, decks and siding.The yard your house lies on is a responsible for the first impression of your home : both for selling and also when you invite guests or family over.Growing grass can be very important to the environment, its provides a magnificent green surface to enjoy in many different ways. Haven’t you ever wonder what goes into or even how grass seeds seem to spring up from the earth? This graphic takes in-depth look in the Grass Growing Process.

Verizon Cellular Sales : The Network to Depend On

Home Improvement Guy — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:50:49 +0000

Speaking for most contractors, I can honestly say that keeping up with technology means a streamlined business approach on the worksite and also the need for a flawless mobile network to make sure the various netbooks, smart phones and Myfi wireless networks are always working, whether we’re in the middle of the city or out working on a farm house in the middle of nowhere.

We’ve had some of the crew on iPhones and some on Nextel, and have experienced numerous problems with the carriers which power those networks, especially when in offbeat locations. Verizon on the other hand, always seem to work. Verizon is my cellular network and I suggest “My Network” to all of my crew.

Cellular Sales got my crew on with a robust and dependable network. I suggest hitting them up if you’re in the South Carolina area.

Most Extra-Ordinary Bar Stools to Shine in Your Interior

Ann Smarty — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:21:21 +0000

A bar stool is not an integral element of your home decor. Yet it can combine two really important features: it saves place and makes your interior look stylish. Let’s have a look at most creative and extraordinary bar stool designs:

Bubble Bar Stools

Designed by Italy’s own Archirivolto Design for high-end Italian furniture maker Delight, these contemporary bar stools blend style and comfort (via trendir.com).

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Color Quizzes to Define How to Colorize Your Interior

Ann Smarty — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:52:52 +0000

More often than not you are pretty much sure which colors you want to surround you at home. But have you ever tried to understand why? Do you know which colors match your personality? Which ones make you feel comfortable?The Pratt and Lambert color quiz is the best one of all. It consists of only 9 quick questions meant to determine “what color combinations are best suited for your needs and personality”.As a result you will see the picture of the interior containing the colors that best suit you, your personality description and a list of colors you should choose:

Colour Personality test by the New Zealand / Australian company Resene is designed to identify colors that fit you best. The test is based on the premise that:

Surrounding yourself with colours that fit with your colour personality can help you feel at home in your environment. Without these comfort colours you may always feel a little out of touch, detached or dissatisfied as your personality works hard to try and find things in the environment that resonate with your preferences. Even introducing a few elements of your colour personality into a room can make it feel instantly welcoming even if the overall scheme fits another colour personality.

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Last Minute Cash for a Proper Burial

Home Improvement Guy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:06:45 +0000

The irony about life is that you need money to live, and you need money when you don’t live! Does that sound confusing? The above statement holds very true to today’s life. You spend all your life making money to ensure a nice life for you and your family, and when you die–your family has to spend a huge amount of money to give the guy who gave them a good life a decent burial. The old adage “you don’t take anything when you leave this world” is true, but you most definitely leave behind an expense when you leave. Funeral and burial costs are so high these days that sending someone away decently on his or her final journey can be a pocket wrenching experience.

You can’t blame the high costs on the burial service people. Funeral homes and cemeteries are like any other business. They need to pay their staff, pay for their utilities, insurance, and a whole lot of other things. So it is only natural that they meet all the expenses and make a profit through the only source of income they have—your death! Sad though the situation is, it is a fact. Nobody should flinch a bit when it comes to giving a nice burial and conducting a nice funeral service for the departed loved one. You should at least ensure that your loved one goes to the maker in a nice little coffin. The only problem is that all these cost money, and deaths happen unexpectedly. You can’t make savings for the funeral years ahead thinking your mom or dad is going to die on such and such date. It happens unexpectedly, and when it does happen, you’re more often than not, strapped for cash.

Elastic emergency loans can help you out on this. When something unexpected like a death happens, and when you need to stretch your paycheck to give the departed a nice good-bye, all you have to do is to get yourself an elastic loan. Elastic loans can be quite a solution in emergency situations like this as you can get a loan pretty fast, and you don’t have to worry about high interest rates or about paying back the money, even before your mourning period is over. You only pay an access fee each time you cash the loan, and you can even extend the loan period by paying a small fee on the remaining principal. Therefore, the next time you need money for a nice burial or funeral service, let elastic loans take care of your expenses while you spend your time mourning the memories of your loved one.

Decorating a Dorm on a Dime

Home Improvement Guy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:11:00 +0000

Students who are entering college this year are going to be on tight budgets. Parents are tightening the checkbooks and locking down their credit cards, telling students to buy only what they need. Families are going to be shopping at discount stores, looking for the best deals. Even with an eye on frugality, many freshmen are looking to spend on average $820.77 on their back-to-school purchases. One of their big ticket items is going to be dorm furnishings. (more…)

Funniest Doormats for Stylish Exteriors

Ann Smarty — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:39:59 +0000

A doormat is the tiniest, yet an essential element of your home design. It’s the first thing a person sees before entering your house - so a properly chosen doormat can set up the mood and create expectations.

For Real Geeks:

“Enter” doormat styled as a computer key: you gotta love this (via bigbolt.com)!

IPhone-styled doormat: slide to unlock (via Meninos):

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Most Unusual, Innovative and Brain Wracking Bathtub Designs

Ann Smarty — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:39:05 +0000

You might have seen multiple photos of luxury bath designs - where everything is glowing with somewhat cold beauty. This post is not about that. Instead, I made my best to find most unusual bathtub designs, those that connect several functions or spot a completely new concept.

This awesome shoe-shaped bathtub spots unique design and absolutely new concept; I’d love to have one - available in multiple color schemes, it can be also custom designed! (via luxurylaunches.com)

The following multi-purpose bathroom unit turns the traditional bath on its head: it transforms from bath to a shower as the whole unit revolves (via topblogposts.com)

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Using Yellow in Interior Design: Making the Most of the Most Complex Color

Ann Smarty — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:03:44 +0000

Yellow is the color of sun, that’s why people think it can save them from depression and attempt to use it in the interior to lighten up the mood. However not everything is that simple. Let’s have a look at a few most controversial features of the color yellow:

Conflicting properties of color yellow
Yellow is the first color the eye sees in daylight. Thus yellow objects immediately draw attention	Yellow is also the most fatiguing to the eye due to the high amount of light that is reflected. It is hard to perceive the color especially for elderly people.
Yellow can also increase the metabolism. It make you feel energetic.	Yellow can make you both energetic and aggressive by stimulating brain receptors that may trigger very controversial emotions (from anger to happiness).
Yellow is the color of sunshine. It denotes happiness and joy.	In nature yellow is used by some animals to warn they are poisonous (or pretend to be). There is a biological reflex built into us that causes even babies to recoil from this signal. People are more likely to lose their tempers in yellow rooms and babies tend to cry more in yellow rooms.

However the controversial nature of the color doesn’t mean you should avoid it completely. Knowing both sides of this complex color will help you to make the most of it. It is recommended to use yellow in entry way, powder room, and halfways as well as transitional areas. (more…)

Tetris Furniture : Video Game Inspired Shelves, Sofas and Beds

Ann Smarty — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:56:48 +0000

Why Tetris? Inspired by the once popular Soviet video game, this type of furniture has a number of important advantages:

It is functional, I’d say “multi-functional”: you can use it for many purposes;
It is space-saving (as any assembled furniture is);
It is playful: you can re-design your apartment again and again;
It looks fresh and appealing.

Tetris Shelves: Blocks can be attached to one another the way you like it: you can change it weekly or monthly once your eye gets used to it (designed by Brave Space Design):

More book shelves designs: multi-feature T-style blocks assembled in a number of constructions (by tetrisfurniture.com) (more…)