Useful Tips for Organising Your Home

organising your homeAs long as people live in a home, there will always be a mess in one form or another. This is most especially true when you have little children leaving their toys—among other things—all over the place. The only way to not go crazy with all the mess or clutter is to organise your home on a regular basis.

Truth be told, organising your home can be a daunting task. There are ways, however, to make the job of organising your home a bit easier. Here are some tips and trick to do just that.

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Is A DIY Wardrobe For You?

pros and cons of a DIY wardrobeDoes the house you just moved into have enough cabinet space in the bedrooms? If the answer is no, you obviously are going to need a wardrobe or two to accommodate all your clothes and accessories. The question is, which route should you take into getting that wardrobe done? Are you going to hire a professional cabinetmaker or carpenter to build and install a wardrobe for you, or are you going the do-it-yourself or DIY route?

If you’re thinking about tackling a DIY wardrobe,  there are certain advantages and disadvantages attached to it. We spoke to some of the great cabinet makers in the Tradebusters network who have shared  their  insights into the pros and cons of DIY wardrobes.

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Keep Your Home Safe While On Vacation

keep your home safe while on vacationFinally, after months of planning, you and your family are going on a well-deserved holiday, and outside the country at that. You’ll be gone for weeks, which means no one will be home for quite some time. Have you done enough to secure your home safe while you’re away? Here are some tips to help you keep your home safe while on vacation.

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Spotting Signs of Roof Damage After A Storm From The Ground

signs of roof damageNo one will argue that the roof of our house is our primary protection against the elements. That means it bears the brunt of harsh sunlight, strong winds and heavy rains that hit us from time to time. With all the abuse it goes through, it would just be a matter of time before our roof begins sustaining some damage.

Typically, we check our roof for damage after a storm by climbing up the ladder and seeing it with our own eyes. There are, however, ways to determine roof damage without going up the ladder. There are signs of roof damage you can spot from ground level, and here are some of them.

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Make a Room Easier on the Eyes With These Tips

make a room easier on the eyesWith all the stress that our eyes go through every single minute of every single day at work or anywhere else, there is nothing more refreshing than to go home to a place where our eyes won’t have to work that much. That, however, isn’t really the case with many of us.

More often than not, our homes are also loaded with visual stimuli that further stress our eyes out. Clutter, see-through cabinets, differently-coloured walls—all these are visual stimuli that overwork our eyes and cause us stress.

The typical knee-jerk reaction to this is to want to get rid of visual stimuli that overwork our eyes at home altogether. However, aside from not being possible, too little visual stimuli can still stress us out. The best way to not overwork the eyes is to strike a visual balance for any room within your home. In short, you should make a room easier on the eyes, and here are some tips on how to do just that.

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6 Simple Home Makeover Ideas For Spring

simple home makeover ideas for springSpring is a great time for giving your home a makeover. When the first signs of this lovely time of the year begin to appear, you can start with these simple home makeover ideas for spring and make your home look as fresh and as stunning as it was the first day you moved in.

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12 Small Home Projects You Can Do In Your Spare Time

small home projectsEvery home owner would love to do projects around the house. Projects, however, could take a lot of time, money and effort, and many home owners cannot spare much of those.

Still, some projects are small enough to be done in your spare time, like when you’re waiting for that roast in the oven to cook or waiting for clothes to come out of the dryer. Here are some of those small home projects that will cost you almost nothing yet help achieve some noticeable result.

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Creating Play Space for Kids at Home

make your house conducive to creative play for kidsMost of the time, your child’s playtime takes place within the confines of your own home. Now the question is, does your house provide them the opportunity not only for boisterous play but also quiet and introspective play?

If you’re not sure, here are some ideas for creative place space in your house for the kids.

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Why Choose a Fiber Glass Shower Base When Renovating

benefits of fiber glass shower basesToday’s article comes from Tim, one of our terrific Sydney bathroom renovators in the Tradebusters network and is all about the benefits of fiber glass as your material of choice for your shower base.

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Transform Any Room By Adding Texture

transform any room by adding textureFor a room to be considered really beautiful, it needs a lot of things. Colours, for one, can spell the difference between a so-so looking room to a lovely one. The right lighting, furniture and accessories are also important factors in making any space look great.

People, however, tend to overlook one essential element when designing a home. More often than not, texture is a factor that is not taken into consideration when in truth, it can add to any space a subtle but powerful dimension. It is texture, without a doubt, that makes any beautifully-designed room complete.

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