While attending an early holiday party I noticed something both practical and clever that I would like to replicate. The punch bowl not only looked inviting with its festive raspberry coloured contents, and chopped fruit, but their was another addition I was not expecting. The host had taken the mold for mini bundt cakes and [...]
If your bedroom is lacking lustre, you might be able to change it by the flip of a switch. Bedrooms often only have overhead lighting, but should instead also have bedside lamps or alternate accent lighting to create the appropriate ambiance. The light in a bedroom should be softer, and thus more comforting than that [...]
Modern life is increasingly stressful and busy and this is without doubt having a negative affect on the way we sleep. More hours at the office mean less time with our children, which in turn means less time with our friends. To fit in extra work, extra playtime and extra socialising we are sacrificing our [...]
Zen means meditation in Japanese and is a style that plays an important role in Japanese home decoration. You may think that Zen is simply a word and a style to achieve in the home, but it’s so much more than that. Zen reflects balance, harmony and relaxation; it’s a way of feeling calm and [...]
I have never been one to revel in tons of options. To put it simply, I function best as a decision maker when there is a limited selection. It does not matter if I am facing a choice between large items such as competing garden sheds, or smaller ones like sunglasses, it is always the [...]
It used to be that I could pull out my trusty rolodex to locate whomever I needed to get a job done. Having been a property manager for numerous vacation homes and other accommodations strewn from one coast to the other, I was one of those people whom others would call up when they needed [...]
When dealing with the issue of limited space, the daybed is a very strong contender for creating both a seating and sleeping area in my book. So when I was speaking to a friend who works over at the UK single beds supplier Time4Sleep.co.uk, and she was telling me about their daybed stock, I was [...]
If you are going to be giving wine or champagne to friends and family this New Year’s Eve, then here is a good solution to save your bottle from looking like everyone else’s. It is not like you are buying the least expensive bottle of wine, and because of that it does not seem fair [...]
The plastic jugs that milk comes in can be used even after the milk is finished. If you cut off the top just above the handle then you have just created a useful scooping tool. So, you will be able to get large amounts of dog food out of the container all at once, sprinkle [...]
Many recipes call for the filling of melons and gourds, thus leaving you with the exterior to discard. Feels so wasteful to just ditch the lovely pumpkin, watermelon, or honeydew shells, especially when they make for fantastic decorative containers. Plus, you have already hollowed them out, so the work has been done. Place a watertight [...]