Homes and Gardens: Making Improvements

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Homes and Gardens: Making Improvements

If you are interested in making improvements to your home and garden, then please read on! My name is Tony and over the past couple of years, I have been learning all I can about how to improve my home and garden. I have visited garden supply shops, home repair contractors and interior design companies in an effort to learn all that I can about how to create the perfect home and garden. I have put this knowledge to good use and transformed my home and garden into a paradise. I hope this blog will help you to transform yours.

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2 Beautiful Exterior Door Styles To Connect Your Inside And Outside Living Spaces

22 February 2018
 Categories: Home & Garden, Blog

In modern home design, there is a strong focus on creating living areas that connect indoor and outdoor living spaces. If you have an older-style home, you may find that there is limited flow between the interior and exterior of your home. It is easy to create a link between your dining or living room and your deck or patio by replacing a window with an external door. Here are two beautiful and stylish door options that you might like to consider for your home. Read More …

How to Deliver Style to Your Home with a Staircase Balustrade

24 January 2018
 Categories: Home & Garden, Blog

Meant to be installed on the sides of a stairway, a staircase balustrade is essentially a row of evenly-spaced posts called balusters, connected together and topped by a rail, to provide fall protection along the edges of the stairway. When its design is well thought out, a staircase balustrade has the potential to become a masterpiece and the centre of attraction within a building.  Here are a number of tips you can follow to make your stairway balustrade an eye-catching feature of your home interiors. Read More …

Be Careful of These Common Kitchen Remodelling Mistakes

19 December 2017
 Categories: Home & Garden, Blog

Remodelling your home's kitchen can mean creating a space that is perfect for food prep and storage and which also makes entertaining easier on you as well. A kitchen remodel can even add value to the home, something to consider if you know you might put your home on the real estate market one day in the future. While a kitchen remodel can offer these benefits, it's easy to make some simple mistakes when planning the remodel and wind up with a kitchen space that isn't as functional as you assumed it would be and which may not add as much value as you assumed either. Read More …

How to Enhance a Small Yard Without Making It Seem Like a Prison

18 December 2017
 Categories: Home & Garden, Blog

When you have a small yard, it can be difficult to create privacy in the space and to add landscaping and other features, without making the yard seem closed-in and claustrophobic. A large panel fence may cut off the view of the neighbours, but it may also make the area seem very boxy and too much like a prison, and landscaping trees may overwhelm a small space, also cutting off your own view of the horizon. Read More …

Simple Ways to Add Security to Your Home

14 December 2017
 Categories: Home & Garden, Blog

A good way to add security to your home is to upgrade the alarm system and install security cameras around the home's perimeter. However, these can be expensive and complicated, and are not the best choice for someone who struggles with technology! There are other ways to add security to your home without any high-tech gadgetry and wiring, and without detracting from the look of the home as well. Note a few simple ways you can add security to your home, reducing the risk of break-ins, and ensuring the home is always as secure as possible. Read More …