Many of us have old furniture lurking in our homes. That wood buffet that belonged to your great-great-great grandmother. Those floral print dinning room chairs from your mother that you keep around because you can’t afford a better (less frightening) set. That scraped up dresser from your college dorm days. Whoever you are, chances are, you’ve got some old pieces of furniture that you’re either stuck with or can’t bare to part with; well rest assured that there are easy and inexpensive things you can do to take a piece of furniture from trash to treasure.
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September 4, 20121 Comment
Wet Room in a Weekend with Fermacell
Wet rooms have significantly grown in popularity over recent years and can offer real benefits to a people of all ages and abilities. As well as their impact on the development of bathroom design, the trend is having a significant impact on the design and development of building products. Whereas traditionally, in order to keep your bathroom sealed against water leaks, a tanking system would be required, manufacturers are now developing new ways, including new dry-lining systems that can keep you – and your house nice and dry!
August 31, 20124 Comments
Newest Cloud-Based Surveillance Camera Systems for the Home
Cloud-based technology is all the craze these days. Everything seems to be moving to “the cloud,” which is just a really cool way to refer to the Internet. Instead of storing your videos, music and data on your computer, you can now save it in the cloud. The best thing about cloud-based services is they can be accessed anywhere in the world as long as you can connect to the Internet.
The latest technology to benefit from this is home video surveillance systems. Yet, remote access to surveillance video isn’t a new thing. Home security companies have been offering remote access services as a part of their security offering. Security professionals have been installing these systems in large homes and businesses for several years.
July 25, 20121 Comment
Home Automation: Not Just for The Jetsons Anymore
You remember The Jetsons; the animated space age family created by Hanna Barbera Productions, originally aired in 1962, but can still be found in syndication. Their captivating and humorous futuristic push button home was set a hundred years in the future where Rosey the robotic maid assisted the family with chores already over simplified by devices. Home automation was only a cartoon dream back then, but today it has become a prized reality.
July 15, 20121 Comment
Uses of Shade Sails
The renowned Shade Sails are large encompassing sheet like devices used predominantly in order to prevent the direct rays of sunlight. They are mainly used to negate the sun’s powerful infra-red and ultra-violet rays during peak seasons of continued heat in tropical and arid places. Interestingly their function is based to perform on the same principle as that of a ship’s sail in a co-incidence of sorts. The scientific methodology stems from a similar axiom.