Creating a Sleep Sanctuary
By: Karen
It seems more important than ever to get a good night’s sleep. Not only because sleep is extremely important to your health, but because the world we live in rarely allows for the rest and relaxation that we really deserve. I personally, have realized lately that I have not taken enough time to make sure I’m getting the kind of sleep I need and deserve.
Sun’s Heating Up, Are you Keeping Up?
By: Karen
As the warm weather quickly approaches, it is time to remember what I said in the middle of the summer last year – you need to figure out how to make this house cooler!! Unfortunately, central air is definitely not in the budget, so I suppose it’s time to hit the internet to find out what do-it-myself tips I can find out there.
Porch
By: Sai
There is always this huge dilemma on what I should do on my enclosed porch. It is great when spring rolls around, because that’s when I remove the screens from the windows. This makes it nice and cool in the spring and summer time, and I can sit at the porch and enjoy this glorious time of year. There is only one huge problem every year. The glare and the light can be very intense. You would think that is an easy fix, but it isn’t. You see the issue that I keep having is that the window isn’t fully enclosed, so when the screens come out Mother Nature comes right in and takes over! How am I going to solve this problem?
Child Safety
By: Sai
Child Safety myth versus reality, now-a- days everyone seems to be worried about the kids. Leave it to kids to play with blinds as if they were toys. We already know kids are curious and they love to touch everything and as much as you tell them to stop it’s like speaking on deaf ears, they just want to do it even more. When these things happen you feel limited on what you can do as far as blinds go. I am here to tell you that you are not limited on what you can do. There are plenty of safety choices that all blinds bring. So strap your seat belts and enjoy the ride!
Doors
By: Sai
Doors, doors, doors what to do with them? There are all types of doors with all different problems presented. My big concern right now is sliding doors. I have no idea what to do on them. They are big and wide with an intrusive amount of glass that always needs to be covered. So the big dilemma is, how do I cover them? To explain a sliding door in plain English, it is a door that slides and collapses into each other. They can either go from left to right or right to left. Sliding doors on average are about six feet and have two panel doors. Then there are over sized sliders which are usually anything above ninety six inches. These doors tend to have three to four panels. On a three panel door either the middle one slides, and the two sides are stationary, or vice versa where the sides slide in and the middle is stationary. The same concept is used for a four panel sliding door.
