Archive | October, 2011

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Living Room Extreme Makeover

One of the hardest room in any house to design a make over for when you’re doing your home-improvement, is the living room. This was no different in our case. The living room was the last one cleared out and painted. As you can see in the first picture, the boring walls were covered with old-fashioned […]

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How To Remove Wallpaper + Prepare Walls For Painting

Removing wallpaper can be a chore even if you’ve done it before. This article is based on personal experience, with months of trial and error. During our extreme home makeover, (which took months and involved shifting an entire house load of wall paper- literally!) I learned how to remove wall paper fast, how to remove […]

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Little Things For Beautiful Interiors

Interior design need not cost the earth. Many people have gone to extremes to make their homes beautiful, sometimes even getting into serious debt. This doesn’t have to be the case. We can all achieve beautiful interiors with little things. These little things come cheap are easy to find. Here are 4 different ways you […]

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Use Fabrics For a Beautiful Home

Fabrics can really make a positive impact on your home. Not only is fabric easy to use, it can be cheap, easily accessible, and most importantly, easy-to-change if you don’t like it any more, or if you change your decor. Beautiful interiors all make full use of fabrics. Whether you shop online or purchase from a […]

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Transform An Old Chair

My friend had this old chair stored in her shed. She used it to stand on to paint in the past, and eventually it was banished to a permanent place in the shed outside. It was the perfect height and size I wanted for the desk in the den, and even though I could afford […]

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