Upcycling Projects, Fun Projects You Can Turn into Treasures

Upcycling projects is often an overlooked option or project for home decorating ideas. Reusing items to create great pieces of home decor can go a long way to creating a unique home. And you can actually save money on your home decorating budget.

The first step in upcycling is look around your home to review what you do not want to use in its true form any longer. Once you set these items aside, you then get creative to create some new decorating ideas. Using unusual items to create something new requires dipping into your creative juices.

Creativity

No creative juices you say, no worries. Research fun projects or bring in your creative friends to help you thing outside the box. Brainstorming ideas can happen over a nice bottle of wine. Try putting all the “I do not want anymore” items on a table. Then find extra items around your home and add them to the table. Now see if you can make something new and fun.

Upcycling is all about looking at something with a new perspective. This infographic can also help give you some ideas of some upcycling projects for unique home decor.  Read More

I Want to Remodel My House. Can I Get Financing?

I Want to Remodel My House. Can I Get Financing?Guest Blogger: Gerri Detweiler

Maybe you’re hoping to sell your home sometime soon and it needs sprucing up. Maybe you just can’t stand the look of your kitchen cabinets anymore.

Whatever the reason, you may want to remodel your home without depleting your bank account. Or you may be short on cash. That’s where a home remodeling loan comes in. You may have more options than you realize for financing home renovations. 

Low-Rate Credit Card

If you have a credit card with a low interest rate (or perhaps even a 0% balance transfer option), charging your remodeling purchases allows you to pay them off over time at an attractive interest rate. (Lower rates require good credit.) But you’ll need some discipline to avoid charging more than you can afford to pay back in a reasonable period of time.

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Home Remodel Tip: Game Room Furnishings

HomeZada Game room furnishingsWhat a great way to celebrate family, friends, and teamwork then with a game room. All right inside your home. A separate game room or loft area is a great addition to encourage gatherings and fun. The interior design of this room depends on whether the game room is for small children, teenagers or adults. A game room used a toy room can be a designated play area for smaller children. The room can evolve into a gaming room for kids who want to play online or video games. If your game room is for adults, the room can be designed to support a Read More

5 Tips to Deck and Patio Design

deck and patioDecks and patios are great areas of a house that are fantastic for entertaining during warm weather, but are also great additions that enhance home values. Outdoor living areas like a deck and patio can also increase the overall resale of your home as buyers look for outdoor areas as valuable upgrades when buying homes.  When building a deck or patio to entertain your family and friends there are some simple principles to practice. Read More

Relocating vs Remodelling

Relocate or RemodelGuest Blogger: Edna Thomson

If your house or flat isn’t big or spacious enough for your family and you have to make the decision whether to remodel it or move to another property, this article will help you make a decision. Both relocating and remodelling has its advantages and disadvantaged so you have to answer yourself some questions before you decide. Measure the pros and cons of relocating and remodeling to decide for yourself which option is better for your case. Read More