Create Your Own Holiday Home Makeover

Do your own home holiday makeover. Interior designer offers tips on how to achieve a successful home decorating makeover that will achieve a “wow” from your family and guests.

55 Rules For Cutting Home Heating Bills

photo by Alexander Abolinsh

1. Heat your home with energy that is cheapest in your area. 2. Consider heating your home with solar heat. It costs the least. 3. Insulate your water heater. This will pay for itself quickly. 4. Open draperies and shades in winter to let in sunshine. 5. Keep thermostat at 68 degrees; 55 degrees at [...]

Feng Shui and Chi

Feng Shui is an ancient discipline which shifts the chi (life force energy) in your home to improve your life. Children are indeed a blessing and add joy to one’s household. In ancient times, a family was regarded as incomplete without children. Many methods were utilized so that couples could be successful in their bids [...]

Feng Shui Improves Life

Business people as well as common folks throughout the world improve all aspects of their lives using Feng Shui. Although the exact origins of feng shui are debatable, it is thought to have originated in China about five thousand years ago. According to Feng Shui cultural and social issues are influenced by natural, metaphysical and [...]

The minimalist approach, clear that clutter

The minimalist approach to interior design is all about clearing the clutter and reducing the elements of a room down to the bare essentials whilst at the same time retaining an aesthetically pleasing appearance in a room. Functionality therefore is extremely important as everything that exists must have a reason to be, a purpose to [...]

Western and Rustic Bathroom Decor Ideas

Often, the bathrooms in our homes get little or no consideration when it comes to decorating. That’s too bad because there are plenty of bathroom decor ideas that can make a big difference. After all, the bathroom is usually where we’re at right before bedtime and where we spend time in the morning getting ready [...]

Window Illusions – the “Magic” of Window Treatments

Do you live in the perfect house where windows are symmetrical, evenly spaced, logically located and aesthetically pleasing? Wait, don’t answer that. I will – you don’t – none of us really do. The majority of homes have windows that are not placed exactly where or how we might want them. And sometimes it takes [...]

6 Tips for Protecting Your Home – and Yourself – During a Remodeling Project

Spring and summer in Northern New England means relief from the cold, the end of the school year, and a boom in home remodeling projects. “This is the busiest time of year for us,” said Ed Campbell, VP of Operations for Nashua, NH-based remodeling firm G.M. Roth. “With the warmer weather, people can finally open [...]