Archives for January 2018

5 Different Kinds Of Living To Consider When It’s Time To Put Down Roots

https://www.pexels.com/photo/aged-blue-bright-closed-510532/   Right now, it’s safe to say that you’re loving your way of life. Whether you’re on the road or on the water, you’re able to move about as you please. You have a home, but you don’t have a certain area that you also call home – and you’re cool with that. It […]

Alternative Materials for Building on the Cheap

Image Credit: Wikimedia   When you build your home, apart from making the most of your space, you also need to make the most of your budget. This means finding the best value materials to suit your needs. While there are some aesthetic considerations to make, you also need to think about the lifespan of […]

Taking Care Of Your Tiny Home After Winter

Cost-effective living spaces are gaining support and popularity with every passing day. Some like the nomadic lifestyle of living on a boat or in a van, others like to settle down in their tiny homes to have a static base of operations. Vans and boats have their own particular brand of care required, but tiny […]

Keep Your Kitchen Green Just Like Your Veggies!

Source   Green is such a healthy color! We all know that green veggies are incredibly healthy for us, but did you know that green kitchens are extremely good for the world and environment in which we live? I don’t mean that you should paint your kitchen in green and buy lots of green furniture […]

It’s Your Time! What To Do For Yourself After A Divorce

Pixabay   That time period after divorce can feel amazing and sad in equal measure. If you were unhappy in your marriage, then the periods of relief will far outweigh the periods of sadness, but after the legal battles, the compromises, and everything else that’s left hanging in the air, you are drained. You’ve spent […]

Stress-Free Tech Your Home Needs

Image source   The other day we got caught in a thought cycle and that led on to more thinking. You read all these blogs about how to keep a happy home and, without fail, they all talk about how the whole decluttering thing helps reduce stress, which is true, but this point is almost […]

Pros & Cons Of Buying A Brand New Home

Tiny home living is not for everyone. While some people love them, others prefer the larger space and confronts you get from living in a regular house. The truth is there are benefits and downsides to buying tiny, and in today’s guide, we’re going to take a closer look. Read on and see if the […]

Add A Little Extra Spice To Your Garden

Everyone wants their garden to look beautiful. A garden is an important part of your curb appeal and one of the one area of your home that everyone sees whether they are driving past on the road or visiting as a guest. Many people take an immense level of pride in their garden, and you […]

Turning Your Bedroom into a Peaceful Sanctuary

Image source – https://static.pexels.com/photos/90317/pexels-photo-90317.jpeg   If you cannot relax in your bedroom, where can you relax? Your bedroom needs to be a peaceful sanctuary. It needs to provide you with the perfect environment for relaxation. Moreover, it needs to provide you with a quality night’s sleep. After all, if you wake up feeling groggy every […]

DIY Tips for Your Home Improvement Project from Start to Finish

Working on your latest home improvement project requires a substantial amount of effort, labor, creativity, money, and time. Reducing any of the drudge work involved can help make things simpler and more comfortable. A significant portion of work in almost any project consists in prepping the area, followed by the cleaning up of materials and […]

A Simple DIY Haircare Routine That Keeps Frizz At Bay

Frizzy hair is such an annoyance for many women all over the country. There are few things worse than needing to go out, but seeing your hair all frizzy in the mirror. It makes you feel self-conscious, and you just want to get rid of it, so your hair looks a lot better.   Well, […]

Happy Ways to Run a Greener Home

The environment is an issue which gets more and more air time these days – and for good reason. While there are plenty of big initiatives out there for companies and governments to get on board with, there is also a lot that you can do from your own home as well. These solutions range […]

Transforming Your Small Garden On A Budget

Most homeowners buy a beautiful home with sizeable rooms but compromise on the size of their garden to get the house that they want most. When the time comes to actually use a garden, it can feel impossible that you could be able to change the space on a budget – but it’s so doable […]

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Upcycling is great, isn’t it? You get to turn something old and no longer wanted into an item that is decorative and will still be useful for years to come. It saves money too, but can you upcycle an entire room? That is, can you create a new bedroom by just upcycling the items that […]

How To Create The Perfect Evening Meal

Image Credit: Pexels   When creating a delicious evening meal, there are certain things that you don’t want to forget. This article will go through some of the basic of making a great meal and then regardless of your chosen recipe; the whole should be a resounding success. Without further ado let’s begin.   The […]

Great Ways to Spruce Up Your Home

Your home is so important, and you should feel proud and happy to spend time there. No home is perfect, and it can be difficult to maintain a home with kids running about the home! There are always things you can do to spruce it up, no matter what your budget is. Anything from introducing […]

3 Ways to Make Your Jeans More Exciting this Year

Image Credit: Flickr   Jeans are jeans – right? Wrong. Jeans are a fundamental part of any wardrobe combining all the joys of movement with some sleek design and exciting embellishments. They can be smart, casual, retro, edgy, mom-style – you name it, there’s a pair of jeans for that. This means that while you […]

Create A Productivity-Aiding, Organized Home Office

Many of us fall into the dreaded office trap of clutter and mess. Since you spend your entire week working from your office, you’re hardly going to want to spend your weekend tidying it. Clutter and mess are two of the main factors that affect your productivity and could be the reason you’ve been hitting […]

Bleak Kitchen To Chic Kitchen!

You spend most of your evenings in the kitchen, cooking up delicious meals for your friends and family. The kitchen is a sociable place where everybody feels at home and loves to hang out. You adore the relaxed vibe it exudes, but lately you haven’t given this room the tender loving care it deserves. It […]

Great Storage Solutions Anyone Can Use

Image Credit: Pexels   Everyone wishes that they had more storage. More places to put the things that you need or to store special items that you don’t use all the time. Fortunately, there are several great storage solutions that anyone can take advantage of. Here they are.   Under The Bed   The underneath […]