Home Improvement and Decor Articles

Home decor on a budget
When you are on a budget, watching home decorating shows on television or leafing through home design magazines can be really frustrating. As people discuss the merits of new appliance colors, you’re wondering if that avocado fridge can last another year.

Interior Decorating Ideas
We spend a lot of time in our homes. We sleep, eat, prepare to face the day and bond with our families in them. We celebrate special events and comfort each other during tough times.

Cookie cutter decorating
If you’re one of those people who decorate a room using a particular color alone then this article is especially dedicated to you.

Nursery decorating ideas
After nine grueling months of lower back pains and an unknown amount of hours of delivery room drama, your little one is finally out of your womb with a big bratty cry!

Choosing carpet for your home
If your carpet could talk, what would it say? It would probably make a list of the reasons why it needs to go on a permanent vacation.

Using screens to redecorate your home
Unless you belong in the Forbes list with all your home accessories custom-made just for you, then it’s pretty safe for me to assume that somewhere lurking around your house is an item you’d rather live without.

Modern decorating
Tired of playing housekeeping games? Do you have no time to spare dusting and cleaning the hours away? My guess is you’re one of those busy young bees who get so tangled up in the career world...

Furniture decorating tips
While you may not all notice it, furniture items do undergo their own little transformations through time. And although it’s nothing seriously Sci-fi or Star Wars-worthy, these notable changes have made butts more comfortable and lives easier!

Curtain decor tips
Ever wondered what windows are really for? Are they simply great alternatives when you need to get outside during those “grounded” days? Windows don’t serve that purpose alone, although yes, I’ve done some window escapes during my time. I’m sure you’ve done that too, right?

Using colour on your ceiling
Most of us were born in an age where ceilings are expected to look dull and bare to the point of boredom. If it doesn’t come in a stark white color, it’s sure to be done in neutrals with that ho-hum popcorn design.

Childproofing your home
Have you ever walked into a house thinking you went into a pre-school by mistake? With all the synthetic safety locks in every possible corner, it’s no wonder you got confused.

Decorating your walls
Moving in is an experience that can be six parts excitement and 4 parts plain dread. You never really know what to make of the bare walls and the echoing sounds you hear the minute you enter a half-furnished house.

Kitchen gadgets and appliances
If I were given three genie wishes, I’d probably combine all three for the price of one ultimate request! And what would that be?

Decking - bring it back to life
I know the deck of your house hardly counts when you talk about square meters and the like, but that doesn’t mean you have to leave it barren and unattended all year long. Does this sound familiar?

Fixing bad decorating choices
So it’s not your fault the carpet happens to be in the most ridiculous shade of pink. Your mom ordered it online and she’s hopelessly color-blind.

Wallpaper decorating ideas
If you see a house still done in wallpaper, with the sides peeling off in more corners than one, chances are that’s a house that has seen better days and is in need of an extreme makeover!

Tips for organizing your house
Do you walk into your house feeling like it’s a war zone of some sort? With clutter all over the place you can barely remember what your living room looks like without all the mess.

Washer dryers
There’s nothing more tragic than a whopping pile of dirty clothes needing some washing. And if you’re anything like me..

Technology and your home
Yes I know, I can never function quite the same if I don’t have my mobile phone, laptop, iPod or PDA.

Decorating small spaces
For some people whose apartments come in those shoe box sizes that barely admit a bed, the big problem is...