Home Improvement Tips

Building your own home can be difficult and intimidating. There are a lot of things to consider such as budgeting, planning and most of all how to build a top quality fully furnished place that you can call home. A custom home builder can help you with a problematic task of making house plans and making house designs exactly the …

Camellias are beautiful evergreen shrubs that bloom with large, exquisite flowers in many different shades and colors. Although originally from Asia, camellias are beloved plants in the southern U.S., even becoming the official state flower of Alabama. If you’ve ever seen their romantic and showy blooms, you might be wondering how to add these shrubs to your garden. Camellias can …

Almost every log home is a custom design, whether you’re modifying a stock plan or starting from scratch. By their very nature, custom floor plans open up a lot of untested challenges, especially if you’re trying to design the house yourself. With almost all log home manufacturers, an in-house architect will take your design and turn it into a set …

With 2006 behind us, it’s time to start looking forward to what the new year will bring. For me, the New Year is not just about making resolutions; it’s about keeping the design up to date with the very latest trends. Read on to find out what will be popular in 2007. Colors A few key color trends are emerging …

Are you considering becoming a professional home stager? You have done your research and met other professionals in the field of home design and real estate. Now what? Before you jump right into building your home staging business, you must first have a plan. It will help you stay on track and focus on your business goals. A business plan …

It’s no secret that the cost to install a carpet can vary greatly from home to home and even room to room. The size of your space, the quality of your carpet, and even the professional carpet installer you hire can all heavily influence your budget. Still, as useful as it is to know all that, it doesn’t exactly help …

If you have purchased a section of land and enlisted the services of a custom home designer to design your plans, it is very important that you spend time considering the following home design points before any construction begins. Make sure that the bounding pegs in your sections match your plans or have a surveyor do this so that you …

If you’re looking for a small, easy to care for, and attractive houseplant, look no further than Haworthia cooperi. This dainty succulent is perfect for small spaces, offices, dorm rooms, and window sills. Haworthia plants are just as easy to take care of as aloe vera and have a very unique appearance because of their transparent leaves. Here’s exactly how …

In interior design and interior decorating, there are many styles to choose from. There are the “pure” styles and then the mix-n-match styles. Two of the most common styles are the rustic chic look and the industrial look. Many people think these looks are the same. I am here to explain why they are not the same style. First, a …

The sweet fragrance of a honeysuckle plant is one the smells of summer. A wildly attractive garden plant, honeysuckle draws scores of wildlife to your garden with its rich smell and sweet nectar filled tubular flowers. There are over 180 known varieties of honeysuckle, many of which grow in every state in America. While some varieties are compact, shrub-like plants, …