Top Things to Consider When Buying a Toilet

There are many types of toilets to choose from in today's market. Buying the wrong toilet for your bathroom can be costly, since you can end up with high plumber bills, re-stocking fees and high water bills. The most important factors to consider when selecting the appropriate toilet for your bathroom include: Rough-in Dimension, Bowl Size, Configuration, Flushing System, Height, Color and Design. Rough-in Dimension: The first thing to consider is the toilet's rough-in dimension, which measures the distance from the finished wall to the center...

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Bathroom Cabinets To Improve Your Home

Most modern bathrooms today often showcase a variety of bathroom furniture like cabinets and vanity pieces. Having furniture in the bathroom greatly helps in eliminating clutter and covering up fixings to provide a neat and organized atmosphere. Regardless of the style or size of your bathroom, you are sure to discover a perfect piece of bathroom furniture that will enhance the appearance of your bathroom. When purchasing furniture for your bathroom, consider useful pieces like bathroom cabinets. Bathroom cabinets can be found in different designs...

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How to Remove Old Finish From Furniture

General Rules for Removing Old Finish 1. Do nothing that will harm the original surface unless the piece is to be painted. 2. If you plan to replace the old finish with a clear type, all old finish must be removed so the new will hold properly. 3. When removing old paint it is not only permissible but acceptable to most collectors that the marks of wear through the years,...

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Woodworking From Home

Woodworking can be an enjoyable pastime, and maybe that is why you're reading this article. Maybe you're a seasoned woodworker or maybe you are just looking for a hobby to start and working with wood popped into your mind. Whatever the reason you are here, I hope that you find this to be a informative guide. I love working with wood. It makes me feel good that I can build...

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Cheerful Flowers Chase Away Winter Doldrums

Winter days can be short and dark, and it's really beneficial to find some new and interesting strategies to add more cheerfulness and color to your home. Nothing quite comes even close to the loveliness of flowers and live plants in relation to chasing away the winter doldrums. When you really need your house to be freshened and brightened, here are some ways in which you can do so with flowers. Attractive Cut Flower Bouquets Even when your backyard flower garden is deep in its winter sleep, you are still capable to decorate your home with gorgeous...

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Planning Your Kitchen Makeover

Having a whole new kitchen fitted is very exciting but don't rush into it. It can save you a lot of time, money and mistakes if you plan it really carefully. The first thing to do before you go ripping everything in the kitchen out is to consider what you are going to change and what is going to stay the same. If you are making any structural changes to the room such as removing a wall or moving doors and windows then you're likely to need to replace everything in the kitchen, but if not then have a good think about it. If your kitchen cabinets...

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Moroccan Decor for Coziness, Tranquility and Laid Back Ambience

To turn a home into an exotic oasis of coziness and tranquility is easy when Moroccan decor is the theme selected for a more luxury ambience and true profusion of patterns, colors and hues. The sumptuousness of colors and Oriental patterns typical of the African country of Morocco lends a new charm to a home ambience and brings the Mediterranean atmosphere of warmth, peace and quiet, with Moroccan furniture and Moroccan bedding conveying sensuality and spirituality of a culture that has existed for centuries, perfecting craftsmanship to create...

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Feng Shui & Wind Chime Placements in Your Home

Feng Shui is a Chinese tradition that is centered on the correct placement of objects. These items include wind chimes. According to this tradition, energy is everywhere. The attraction of this energy, whether good or bad, depends on where you have placed the objects. Sound is also part of the Feng Shui tradition. It is believed that the enormous sound of fireworks will bar bad spirits or energy from entering your home. However, there are people who do not believe in Feng Shui and use the chimes as garden accessories. According to Feng Shui, there...

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How Feng Shui Water Energy and the Color Blue Can Calm You

Water is the most sensitive element in the environment for it is the universal solvent and can dissolve most substances. Its chemical composition allows great sensitivity and water can pick up the most minute of vibrations. In Feng Shui practice water placements are used to balance the energy of a home, release energy locks, stimulate peach blossom luck and promote career among many things. All living things need and gravitate towards the life giving properties of water. It provides moisture and oxygen. Good Feng Shui and positive chi resides...

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Using Mirrors To Feng Shui Your Home

Mirrors are wonderful as both functional and decorative pieces hanging in your home. They come in handy for a number of different reasons, including getting dressed for the day. They help create depth and light in any part of your home. They are ideal when you have a really small space that you want to enlarge. Mirrors are also extremely critical when it comes to Feng Shui. People use mirrors as a way to alter, move, and attract certain energies into their houses. In Feng Shui, you place mirrors to correct any problem you are having in your home....

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Vegan Black Bean Soup

This is a delicious vegan black bean recipe I tried out for the first time the other day and for me it is definitely a keeper. It had just the right rich with wondrous flavor I was craving. I used dried black beans which I soaked overnight first, then pressure cooked them for about 30 minutes. They came out incredible. I did add some flavoring into the juices for some...

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Cleopatra's Milk & Honey Bath Recipe

Cleopatra was known to have beautiful skin, and her secret was soaking in a bath made of milk and honey. Scientist have discovered the magic of milk upon the skin is because of the Alpha Hydroxy Acid it contains. What it does is release the bonds that hold dead skin together, leaving the skin renewed and vibrant. Honey is also a natural antiseptic that removes impurities in...

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