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The Newest Styles and Popular Trends in Hardwood Flooring

Hardwood floors are as timeless as they are beautiful. Making the right choice to fit your lifestyle is as important a decision as any home investment. Your new hardwood floor should last you the life of your home. Picking the right one for you has never been harder. Hardwood Bargains is here to make it easier.

COOLER TONES ARE IN!

Easily the most popular trend in hardwoods are the whitewash and greys with that beach cottage feel. If you are looking for that floor to give your home that New England coastal feel, these tones will work perfect for you. They are also go well with the modern, clean looks that are fashionable in urban loft living. As universal as this floor can be, its a style with staying power.

WIDE PLANKED and WIRE BRUSHED

The wider the plank the bigger the canvas. More grain, more variance and more character.  The wide plank is a dominant statement that will fill even the biggest rooms with liveliness.

Wire brushing adds a subtle texture that naturally can only be achieved over years of living on. Add a slight stain color to go with any decor. Never worry about excessive expansion  with Hardwood Bargains engineered core. Our cross ply core will tame any size plank.

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Smooth is Back

Nothing looks better than a perfectly sanded floor. Flat edges and ends lend to an elegant look that is both timeless and traditional. With todays milling technology, engineered hardwood has come a long way with the perfect milling needed for a successful, smooth, prefinished hardwood install. The exact milling minimized over wood on square edges.

Ordering Online

When you purchase hardwood from a retail store you will end up paying more. Retail stores act as a middleman. Purchasing products from a distributor then additionally marking it up. When you shop at Hardwood Bargains, you effectively cut out the middleman. We buy directly from the source and pass along the savings  to you.

Guy Ventimiglia is the Sales Manager for Hardwoodbargains.com. He has over 23 years’ experience in the flooring industry, and is an industry expert in all types of hardwood flooring. When he isn’t working at Hardwoodbargains.com, he is enjoying time with his family skiing and snowboarding.

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Perfecting Your Home’s Interior Design

Living in a home that you actually like is one of the best pleasures a person can have. It can’t always be easy to achieve though – with expenses entailed in purchasing furniture, fixtures, and remodeling costs, the process can turn out to be burdensome and stressful.

Nevertheless, you can still have your home designed exactly the way you like even without having to spend a million dollars. To have a perfectly designed home, you just need to see to it that all the elements work together to create the effect you desire.

The following are some of the important considerations you have to make in home design:

  1. Color schemes

It’s a no-brainer – the colors of the house have a lot to do with its overall look. For an elegant-looking house, light and neutral hues are highly recommended to achieve that subtle yet classy ambience. White, cream, beige, and mauve are just some of the colors that will be effective in giving that elegant vibe without being tacky. Such shades are so versatile that they also work in modern and contemporary home design themes.

  1. Lighting

The lighting conditions in a home have quite a huge influence on its functionality, safety, and overall beauty. As such, it’s one of the aspects of interior design on which you shouldn’t hesitate to invest. Aside from the fact that sub-standard lights have caused fires in homes and corporate buildings, they also compromise safety and security. Aesthetically, the right lighting will also enhance the best highlights of a room. There are also lights that heighten the degree of comfort the room can provide to its dwellers, as well as increase productivity in offices and the home study. For high-quality and long lasting Artemide lamps – click here. Artemide lighting has been a world-class provider and manufacturer of quality light fixtures and appliances for many years now.

  1. Furniture

Choosing the right furniture for different areas of a home can be quite knotty, as you have to consider factors like price, design, and durability. The main goal in buying furniture, though, is function and not ornamentation. Sure, you should pattern your choices after your chosen theme, but this does not necessarily mean that you should pick a pretty-looking couch over a comfortable and durable one. As much as possible try to strike a balance between function and design – that way you can be assured that you are getting the value for your money.

  1. Theme

Following a specific theme for your home’s design is very important because this will be your basis in choosing all the other decors, appliances, color schemes, lighting, and fabrics that will be used to create a distinct look for your interiors. You can choose from modern, contemporary, traditional, shabby chic, and even avant-garde.

  1. Flooring

The floor constitutes one of the biggest spaces in your home; hence, the way it looks can change your home’s aesthetic value for the better or for worse. One of the most versatile floorings for home is wood – it’s not only classy, but it also looks good with other decors and furniture.

Cedric Loiselle is a highly talented writer who enjoys imparting useful information about home improvement to his readers. For lighting options, he highly recommends interior-deluxe.com.

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Advantages of Mahogany Door

When choosing for the right door the price, functionality and design are the primary concern of most home owners. Most people consider buying a decorative and attractive door for their front door because a beautiful door can enhance and improved the overall appearance of your home. There are a wide variety of doors according to materials used, thickness, size and designs.

Mahogany Door

My family informed me about the good news that they can already move to our new home once the tiling is finished and before I could ask about the door my sister already uploaded a picture of a door,  it was made from mahogany tree.  My father has a mahogany tree planted so they had it sown and voila my uncle made a door from a mahogany wood. It saves us from buying solid wood to construct an exterior door.

I have read that mahogany wood is highly sought because of its durability and attractive appearance.  It was used for furniture making, construction, music instrument making and even boat building.  Mahogany wood can be expensive but consumers and woodworkers enjoy working with mahogany wood because it cuts well, sands down to reveal an attractive grain, can be glued easily and solidly, and can be finished and polished to a shine.

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Living Room Furniture and Design Ideas

When it’s time to start redecorating your family game room, remember to choose plenty of items that are comfortable, cozy, and convenient. Never pick items just because they are cheap. Instead, opt for furniture and accessories that you just can’t get enough of.

First of all, check out StandsandMounts.com corner TV stands. A corner TV stand works well to make your room seem bigger. It will keep your TV well out of the way, but still within convenient reach so you can play video games or watch movies.

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Another important thing to do is to get a comfortable couch or sofa. The right couch should be big enough for you and your guests to sit comfortably while you either play games or watch shows together. Guest comfort is essential when it comes to designing the right family room.

Finally, make sure you have a great bookshelf to house your board games. Board games are a “must” for anyone who has a family room. Choose something big enough to house all of your games but that also matches your other furniture. You should keep your shelf within reach so that everyone can grab games whenever they want to. Make sure you organize your games well so that each guest can find the games they want as soon as they want them.

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Importance of Choosing the Right Lighting

Lighting is critical for any workplace. The advent of the electric light changed how we work and electric lighting still underpins all the basic business functions of any urban complex. Without light, you can’t work. No exceptions. This makes lighting a concern that applies to every business. Whether you run an office, a restaurant, a major department store or a tiny boutique, you will need to light it one way or another, and that is going to represent a percentage of your budget every year.

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Compact fluorescent bulbs have become the new industry standard, for the most part. They are very energy efficient and last a very long time. The human eye responds differently to light in different spectrums. The right frequency of light can therefore be supplied wit much less power and be just as effective as a more energy-hungry bulb in terms of effective light provided to the human eye. CFLs produce light in such a spectrum as to properly serve the human eye efficiently. However, CFLs are more expensive. While they last much longer, the initial investment will usually be higher for anyone looking into CFLs.

It is possible to buy CFLs online and save. You can acquire compact fluorescent lamps from GenesisLamp.com and other dedicated lighting outlets online. You need to cover shipping in this case, but it allows you to buy them in bulk at a lower cost in general. This makes the initial cost of CFLs much more attractive for anyone looking to stock a workplace for the future.

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Creating a Space in a Bijou Bedroom

We don’t always get the bedrooms we want. Sometimes, you have to put your dreams of a massive king-sized bedroom on the backburner and make do with what you have. A lot of people feel concerned by the prospect of dealing with a small bedroom, but it really doesn’t have to be such a hardship.

Making a small bedroom look bigger by creating the illusion of space is a skill that everyone should learn, particularly if you move home frequently for one reason or another. It may help to leaf through some design magazines, or visit websites like Betta Living to get some inspiration.

Think about function

Most people who get stuck with the smallest room in the flat or house tend to just use it to sleep and get changed, opting to spend their work or relaxation time in the living room instead. If your room is exceedingly small, you may well be restricted as to what you can do in it, but with a bit of creativity, you’ll be able to do a little bit more.

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By rearranging the furniture in your room to maximize floor space (you can put your wardrobe and bed up against the corners of the room), you can make the spare corner of the room your ‘reading nook’ – or whatever else you fancy.

A simple light fixture and a beanbag will give your room a little extra scope. If space permits, maybe you could even fit a small desk in there.

Purpose-built furniture

Instead of cramming in traditional wardrobes, try and buy or fit a wardrobe with sliding doors, which will save you space when taking clothes out.

Likewise, try and get a bed that has plenty of storage space underneath for stuff you don’t need regular access to, but still want to keep.

Use the walls

If space is an issue, you could restrict your wall decorations to one large piece of art, allowing you to use the rest of the wall space for open shelving. By installing some shelves on the walls, you can get rid of that unnecessary floor-standing bookcase and move your films, video games and books on to the higher shelves.

Now that the bookcase is out of the way, you have a little more space on the floor. A good way of preserving space is to buy two small chests of drawers to stack on top of each other.

So as you can see form the above tips, with a bit of imagination and ingenuity, you can make your bedroom less of a claustrophobic squeeze and more of a cozy den.

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Choosing the Right Bathroom Tiles

One of the most difficult decision you face when creating a bathroom is choosing the right tiles.  A good bathroom tile design should create a floor surface that is attractive, water resistant and safe to walk on.

Bathroom

Our bathroom is almost finished, the tiles were already installed and the ceiling is already done. My mother choose shade of blue for our bathroom making it spacious and brighter.

Choosing Bathroom Fixtures

An organized bathroom is what I want for our new home so I informed my mother what are the things and bathroom fixtures I want.  Like a sink, tissue, towel and soap holders, shower and medicine cabinet with mirror. Yesterday they uploaded the items they bought for our bathroom and when I saw the medicine cabinet I was surprised that it has no cover at the back, it turns out they don’t think it is needed.

Medicine Cabinet

My mother decided that the color of our bathroom is sky blue so they bought bluish tiles. Hopefully they could install them soon as the bathroom flooring was already done.

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Outlet Furniture Store in Athens, Georgia

Residents of northeast Georgia who need to furnish their homes will be happy to find a furniture store in Athens GA that has furniture for every room. They can purchase all the furniture they need in just one store.

Adults can buy everything they need to furnish their bedrooms. Beds, dressers, mirrors and nightstands are available. Shoppers will not need to visit another store to purchase mattresses or bed linens. Bed linens sold here include sheets, blankets, quilts and bedspreads. Furniture for children’s room includes sets with delicate touches for little girls and sturdy furniture for little boys.

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Seating options available for living rooms include sofas, chairs and recliners. Shoppers can also buy media centers, coffee tables and end tables to completely furnish their living rooms. Recliners and media centers can be used to furnish a den or a media room. People who want to set up a home office will find writing desks here.

Every piece of furniture needed for a dining room is available here. There are dining sets that will seat 10 people and small tables that will fit in a kitchen. Buffets and sideboards to store china and table linens can be purchased to match the dining sets.

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On Hiring Carpenters and Labors

There are some projects which you cannot do alone without hiring a carpenter and labor men, when we pour cements for the finishing of the concrete roof of our home we needed a lot of workers.  My older cousin has a lot of male friends and when he informed them they immediately grab the idea of working and earning money even on just one day.  With this hiring people made it easier, we don’t need to do employment screening at easy back ground especially most of the workers are neighbors and family friends.

Carpenters and Labors

Carpentry jobs are hard to find these days because only few people prefer wooden structures, meanwhile in our town where carpentry and farming is the main source of living, made it hard to find job when only few people are remodeling or building their home.

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