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Things to Consider When Renovating Outdoor Living Space

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When home owners plan a renovation, the first thing that readily crosses their minds are interior ones, like bathroom renovation or kitchen renovation. Sometimes, it’s all too easy to overlook outdoor living places like the patio, porch or a gazebo when thinking of renovations. However, renovating your outdoor living place could give your property some extra flair and add to its value.

On the other hand, if you are actually planning to renovate outdoor living space, there are a number of things that you should take into consideration before actually proceeding with renovation work.

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Renovation Tip: Add Space To Any Room With A Nature Wall Mural

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More often than not, most renovations are meant to add space to any room. That added space, however, is constrained by the actual size of the property. A renovation project can only do so much to add space to any room. But what if there’s a way for you to add space without actually having to add space? Put up nature wall murals, and you’ll be able to do just that.

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Painters in Sydney: How to Find a Professional

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find a professional painterAre you looking for a House Painter in Sydney?

Painting your own house can be fun, and it’s a great way for you and your loved ones to bond. However, there is likely a big difference between the painting job that you and your family can do and one done by a skilled and experienced painter. If you want your home to have that professional finish you’ve always wanted, your best bet would be to find a professional painter in Sydney. Here are 5 useful tips that could help you find a professional painter.

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3 Ways to Deal With a Squeaky Door

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Few things in life are as annoying as squeaky doors. Imagine trying to be quiet so as not to wake up anyone in the house as you come home late. You keep silent and take off your shoes to muffle your footsteps—only to have that darned hinge give you away as its squeaks its heart out as you open the door.

Another thing that most people don’t like about squeaky doors is that the sound they make conjures up images of horror movies, especially when the squeaking goes ever-so slowly like some ghost or monster is going to pop out from nowhere and bring you to your doom.

It’s just as good thing that fixing a squeaky door is easy. Even home owners with very minimal DIY skills can do it easily enough. Here are three ways to deal with a squeaky door.

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Aussies Like Modern Interiors For Their Homes More

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modern interiorsData gathered by Australian property site RealEstate.com.au has revealed that more Australians prefer their homes to have modern interiors characterised by simplicity, clean lines and fully functional furniture.

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6 Easy Ways to Boost The Efficiency of Your Home

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ways to boost the efficiency of your homeAnyone can make their homes more energy efficient. However, those who are building a new home have the upper hand in this regard, since they are bound by the Building Code of Australia to meet a minimum level of energy efficiency.

Granted, the law requirement could mean additions to the total construction budget, but those additions are generally a pittance compared to the savings such energy efficiency measures will give you.

In any case, whether your house is new or old, there are a number of things that you can do to make it more energy efficient and in effect, a little friendlier to the environment. Here are some of them.

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Interior Lighting: How to Brighten Up The Darkest Areas of Your Home

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interior lightingThere are a lot of reasons why we sometimes feel cranky and so not in the mood even when we are just sitting idly in some corner of our house and in some cases, that dark mood may have something to do with the interior lighting or the lack of interior lighting to be precise.

It has long been established that we humans respond, act and feel better in a home that has plenty of natural light. That is the very reason why we need to let natural light in as much as we can. However, brightening up the dark areas of your home is not just all about finding ways to let natural light in. It also has a lot to do with how a certain room is finished, or its current paint colour scheme.

To help you get started, we’d like to offer some tips that will help you brighten up the darkest areas of your home.

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Quick Home Improvement Ideas for the New Year

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home improvement ideasThe new year brings a fresh start that more often than not inspires new home improvement ideas. Nothing spells “fresh start” better than to get home improvement projects up and rolling . These projects don’t even have to be big ones. They can be quick, simple and should not cost you that much.

Here are some quick home improvement ideas for the new year to get you started:

1. Do some painting

Whether it’s done in a high-traffic area or a barely used room in your house, painting adds a pop of colour and a fresh clean feel to your walls. If you’re painting newbie, don’t hesitate to ask for tips from people working at the paint store, from colours to do to painting techniques that will make the job easier and faster for you.

2. Put up wallpapers

If painting is too much work, then perhaps putting up wallpapers might do the trick for you. Many of the wallpapers available in stores today are very chic, and they certainly would make amazing accent walls. Plus, the choices are simply amazing. You can get wallpapers with texture, wallpapers with retro patterns, metallic wallpapers and many more.

3. Change your drapes

Changing your drapes is one great way to greet the new year. Sure, everyone wants brand new drapes every single time we change them, but there are less expensive ways of changing them. One such way is to recycle your curtains and drapes to another room. The drapes you had in your living room, for instance, could be switched with the ones in your bedroom, and vice versa.

4. Give your cabinets a facelift

When you give your cabinets a facelift, it  does not necessarily mean you have to change a lot of things about them, although that could be an option. Giving it what we call a “spa treatment” will do. Dust the cabinets inside out, then wipe them down with a soft, damp cloth. If your cabinets have nicks and scratches, get a soft cloth and dab those areas with just a tiny bit of wood stain. When the wood stain is dry, wipe lemon oil onto the whole cabinet using a soft, clean cloth. All these will enhance the natural colour of your cabinets and give them a newer feel.

5. Change door handles

Your door handles are perhaps the most worn-out among all the fixtures in your home, and the coming of the new year is the perfect time to replace them. To spice things up, you can actually replace them with handles that are actually different from the last ones. Just make sure that they look perfect for the door and that they don’t end up looking out of place.

6. Organise your home

With the holidays just a few weeks in the past, it’s safe to assume that your home has to deal with a lot of clutter, especially when you have children at home or when you’ve had people come and go for the entire holiday season. The new year would be the best time to organise your home. You can start with just putting things back where they actually belong. If you’re up to it, do some segregation, like keeping the things you still use and deciding which ones you can actually throw or give away. Organising your home may not be as simple or as quick as other home improvement projects, but it’s one of those home improvement ideas that has to be done, whether it’s the new year or not.

Kitchen Renovations: Ideas to add Appeal

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Kitchen RenovationsThe kitchen, as far as many home owners are concerned, is the most important part of the house so if you are planning a kitchen renovation, naturally, you will want to get it right in all respects.  Here are some kitchen innovations to think about when you are planning and designing your dream kitchen.

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Kitchens of the Future

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Kitchens of the FutureThe way the kitchens of modern homes function and look like today, most of us are probably thinking that we have reached the pinnacle of kitchen design. Then again, if the innovators of the past thought about things that way, it’s highly likely we’re not going to be enjoying stuff like smartphones or even the Internet.

No matter how seemingly modern and multifunctional our present-day kitchens may be, they can still be made significantly better with innovations that may seem crazy or just too much today, but could be really necessary and useful in, say, half a century into the future.

Let’s talk about some of these kitchens of the future, which are actually really cool to have.

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