Some homes have a separate room or loft area that is used as a game room. The interior design of this room depends on whether the game room is designed for small children, teenage children or adults. A game or 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 video games. With adults, the room can evolve with a billiards table or ping pong table as a center piece. Maybe the whole family of all ages are fans of cards or board games with a different layout of the room. A game room is a great home remodel project to create entertainment for the entire family. Read More
5 Scientific Home Decorating Tips to Boost Your Mood
Have your ever heard of neuro-architecture? Well, let us tell you a little bit about it. There are 5 principle areas of the brain that have an effect on your mood. Your mood can be affected by the items or style of items in your home. So home decorating can have an effect on your mood. You mood can also be affected by the light and sound in your home. Neuro-science tells us we can sleep better and become more productive without computers and technology in our bedrooms. It tells us that ceiling height effects our mood and physical state.
When we came across this infographic that tells us more about some techniques that can be used to better boost your mood at home. We definitely wanted to share with our readers. We also invite you to visit their site for some other tidbits on how your home can affect your mood.
Read more to learn about boosting your mood. Read More
Home Remodel Tip: New Window Blinds
Privacy, as well as, a good nights sleep are key uses for adding blinds to the windows in your home. Shading a room or managing the heat possibly getting into that room are some other uses of blinds. Read More
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?
Guest Blogger: Gerri DetweilerMaybe 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.
