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you all may have seen this absolutely adorable bird mobile before, but i just saw it.  i’m definitely going to have one of these in our nursery when we decide to have a baby. get the how to instructions here at the d*s blog . so, so cool.

August was an unusual month in the garden this year. The main gardener (me) was indisposed, the vegetables were sulking (or being eaten by woodchucks), the flower borders look nice enough, until you look closely and realize that crabgrass has invaded the edges and editing is highly necessary. My gardening companion, totally focused on finishing a book project, has been rather desultory in his mowing of our remaining lawn, encouraged by periodic rains (uh, I don't know how to run the riding lawn mower, thankfully). But he has 'edited' the front meadow, cleaned up a lot of fallen branches, and probably done a lot more that I know. But our garden definitely shows the absence of our attention. I remembered recently that I had added a visit to our garden (aka 'home landscape') at the end of a natural gardening program in mid-October for our (Clemson University) Osher Lifelong Learning Institute program. This was late spring madness, to be sure. I know the garden was l

Whether your living room is a 21 foot length with a large picture window at one end or you live in a tiny apartment and the living room is bijou to say the least, there are living room décor ideas to suit you and your budget. You can go for cozy chic and warm up your living space or go for open-plan with vaulted ceilings and an expanse of herringbone hardwood floor. At the end of your project you will have ended up with a space that you can live in comfortably, decorated according to the space you have available. Are you aiming for a peaceful retreat, full of serenity and harmony or a more user-friendly, basic living space where you feel comfortable slipping your shoes off and putting your feet up. If I was choosing a color scheme for my living room I would go to the cooler colors on my color wheel chart - the blues and greens which can be used in different shades to achieve a 'joined-up' look of cool elegance. I always make sure that, when I paint my ceiling, I use a light sha

There are many ways open to everyone who wants affordable home insurance. But while many of them may save you some money, they could leave you with inadequate coverage. But in this article, I'll show you a few time-tested tips for paying less and at the same time maintain sufficient coverage. Here they are... 1.The amount you pay is influenced by your credit history. The poorer your credit rating, the higher the rates you attract. A bad credit rating implies that you have not been paying your bills promptly. No insurer is happy with this as it shows a behavior you are quite likely to repeat in the payment of rates. If you're seen as a likely defaulter, it makes you a higher risk and draws more expensive rates than otherwise. So do all within your power to clear all your bills in a promptly. You will draw cheaper premiums if you do. 2.You may be spending a lot more if your's is a government homeowner's insurance policy. Natural disasters in certain areas made it ver

Northeastern Hurricanes On The Horizon: Saturday's New York Times had a story about hurricane preparedness that I want you to see . The paper reminds you that, while it has been a long time since the Northeastern US has suffered a significant hurricane, the potential exists during every hurricane season, and the time to prepare against loss is now. Home Inventory is, of course, a part of the solution. A home inventory will help ensure that you have purchased enough insurance to replace your personal possessions. It can also speed the claims process and substantiate losses for income tax purposes. A detailed home inventory is also helpful should you need to apply for disaster aid. You may live in a place that is safe from hurricane damage. (Tennessee remains unscathed! Tornadoes are another story.) However, regardless of where you live, your risk of loss exists. It may come through natural causes like tornado, hurricane, or lightning. It could come through man-made causes l

You no longer have to carry a bunch of home keys along wherever you go or worry about your home security. iHouse is here with the technologically advanced door that lets you open the doors with biometric readings. Yes, you read it correct, it first identifies your fingerprint and lets you enter your house, so obviously burglars won’t be able to open your hi-tech home doors. :) All you have to do is place your finger on the scanner to release the door’s lock, and you can program other fingers for operating the lights, activating the AC, lifting the window blinds and lots more. Not only this, your smart door lock is endowed with a cool feature of storing the data, date and time of the last 64 accesses, thereby giving you the information on who entered the residence during that period. If somebody in your family doesn’t have the clearance to enter the house at a given time, he or she can remotely, by making a call, via PC or pocket PC unlock a gate. Its number pad also enables you to open

Anyone who implements the right tips will easily get cheaper California homeowners' insurance rates without sacrificing adequate coverage However, if you have the wrong advice, even though you may still save, it will be by compromising the level of coverage you get. If you need tips that you can use to save much and still maintain adequate coverage, read the following... 1. A fire-safe home exterior will help bring down your premiums. Do you have things that could likely aid combustion near your house? They will make you pay more. As simple as it looks, cutting back bushes and keeping them up to 10 feet from your building will help reduce your premiums. The risk of a fire in a house is one very strong factor that shapes your California home owner insurance premium. 2. You'll as well enjoy a discount if you have motion-sensitive lighting in your home. Your house becomes less attractive to thieves as they'll be noticed easily. Since thieves keep off from houses with such l

well it’s that time of year again, fall and football at the holcombe household.  the first weekend of college football starts this weekend.  i’m a huge auburn football fan as is the rest of my family.  well all except for my husband billy. he is a georgia fan , but i still love him.  although i’ll be in washington dc this weekend on my annual girl’s trip(YAY!), i’ll still be getting regular updates on the scores from my husband who will be in charleston for his annual guys football kick-off trip.  this post is dedicated to auburn and to the wonderful color combination of orange and blue.  i don’t suggest designing a home or room around a sports team but auburn is fortunate enough to have great school colors…orange and blue.  take a look at all the photos i found of homes designed with this color scheme. this bedroom was designed by anna spiro author of the blog absolutely beautiful things . image – martha stewart image – martha stewart nursery designed by jeanni

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Contrary to what you might have thought, it is a lot easy to get an affordable home owner insurance rate. You only need the right information and the determination to implement what you'll be taught to get a more affordable rate. Below are several things that will help you get to this goal... 1. Do not insure your house along with the land it is built on as this will cost you more but is needless. Those who ignorantly do this pay for more insurance than would do them any good. They just insure their house for its complete value without deducting the land's cost. If you did such ignorantly, you'll have to review your home owner insurance coverage and go through it again with your agent. Lower your coverage to the worth of your house and its contents minus the cost of the land. Doing this will lower your premiums considerably and still have enough home insurance coverage. Bear it in mind that insuring the land your house is standing on is plain waste of money because it d

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There are many options open to everyone who wants affordable California homeowners' insurance. Nevertheless, a number of them could put you at risk. But in this article, I'll share several proven tips for paying less and at the same time maintain adequate coverage. Here they are... 1.Your credit rating has a big impact on what you pay. The lower your credit rating, the higher the premiums you will pay. A poor credit rating implies that you have not been paying your bills in a timely fashion. This is a behavior that most insurers believe will play out again in the way you treat your premiums. If you're seen as a potential defaulter, it makes you a higher risk and attracts much higher premiums than otherwise. So do your best possible to pay all your bills in a promptly. It makes it easier for you to attract cheaper rates among other things. 2.Maintaining a government homeowner's insurance policy could be making you spend a lot more on your home insurance than you wo

How to convert a loft attic1 Home Improvement Image: a. Murray Construction Remodeling your attic, you can earn some extra living square footage, you can use for a home office, bedroom, playroom for children, and even a bathroom. What was considered a storage space can now increase the comfort of your home and area. Firstly it is necessary to consult a specialist to see if your attic is suitable for renovation. Is it structurally sound? Does the home electrical system, water lines and units of air conditioning can reconfigure the attic? The second thing you must do is set a budget. Consider a realistic amount of go into this business, the money spent must be at least equal to the benefits you get from remodeling the attic. Make a list of supplies you'll need, including price, comply with the budget. attic2 Home Improvement Image: apartment therapy Watch the walls of your attic. Do they need editing? If yes, then think of drywall or paneling. Advantages and disadvantages: drywall -

Dutch Waterstudios Rise Along sea level Waterstudio1 green Here's a look at housing in the future. Do not run the risk of catastrophic damage as a change in sea level, just design housing that floats. Waterstudio designer Koen Olthius from Holland, where the management level of the sea for centuries thought of him. He came with a very innovative ideas. All swam residential complex. Waterstudio4 green His solution is prefabricated modules for the entire town of floating roads and 60 luxury apartments with parking. Units will be built on a small area, which makes the apartment complex to reach the density of 30 units per acre of water. Outside each apartment is a terrace garden and the complex will include greenhouses. Waterstudio21 green From within each apartment, there are views of the water. But it's not just looks. Cool water from the depths of the lake, which will be used to cool the interior temperature of the complex, which helps to save up to 25% more energy than convent

Creativity is the core of interior decorating. You need to let loose your imagination, aesthetic sense, and intelligence, and cull out as many ideas as possible. Interior decorating can be compared to poetry, as both are vast and simply do not seem to have a definite end. You can go on and on and on. There are several styles of interior decorating. You can browse through them leisurely, compare and contrast their features, advantages and effects, and then select the best option. Broadly speaking, interior-decorating Ideas can be obtained from catalogs, brochures or promotional advertisements released by interior decorators or designers. Before deciding to adopt any particular idea, its feasibility, affordability, and flexibility needs to be determined. You should never go just by appearance, but consider the appropriateness of the idea. Interior decorating can be obtained from various styles belonging to different areas. The most popular among them are colonial, post-colonial and Georg

I'm quite fond of hyssops ( Agastache spp). Southwestern U.S. and Mexican natives, they include all sorts of delightful plants that are well-suited to our often droughty summers. Hummingbirds like to visit their flowers, and they're drought-tolerant, which first got me interested in them , but their variety of forms and flower shapes is equally entrancing. I planted Mexican hyssop ( Agastache mexicana ) in an oak half-barrel near the porch early in the summer. The hummingbirds have been enjoying it.

If you don't know what you want for home office decor, these photos may help. See before and after pictures of a bedroom converted to an office, creating workspace from stock cabinets and shelves, and much more.

Between about age six and 11, children can experience the world in a wonderfully free way. Liberated from the limitations and frustrations of early childhood but not yet in the thick of the demands and concerns of adolescence, kids, in what classic psychology calls the "latency period," are avidly discovering their world and their own potential. You can guide and support this discovery process by the way you design your child's room. Grade-schoolers are a mixed bag. Like younger kids, they still need space to play on the floor and kick up their heels in safety. But like older kids, they have to contend with a lot of homework. A good-size desk, a comfortable chair, and a minimum of breakable knickknacks help satisfy both the big and little kid inside your grade-schooler. When it comes to decorating the space, a grade-schooler is old enough to have significant input. No guarantees, but the more your child is involved in helping plan the room scheme, the likelier it is he o