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Wall Decor in 8 Easy Steps

By michael On June 26, 2011

You would like to get some cool decorations on the walls of your home and you are not sure whether you should apply some wall graphics by using wallpaper, stenciling, hand drawing or wall tattoos. Wall tattoos are extremely easy to apply.

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Organize your Home Painting Project

By admin On May 27, 2009

It is being said that good preparation is the key the excellent results and I am totally in agreement … as long as I do not forget what I was trying to acomplish while preparing. Painting your home is not different. The better you prepare the most satisfied you will be with the results and [...]

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5 Easy Steps to Apply Primer and Paint

By admin On May 22, 2009

Painting your home could be both fun and rewarding, if you know what you are doing. Otherwise it could be a real paintfull experience, yes paintfull. Nobody likes paint peeling off, uneven wall surfaces, careless painted trims, paint stained carpets, doorknobs and door hinges. I am sure you also want to avoid any mess, get [...]

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Prepare your Painting Workspace

By admin On May 22, 2009

Have you ever seen paint peeling off, uneven wall surfaces, careless painted trims, paint stained carpets, doorknobs and door hinges? These are typically the results of not carefully preparing a painting workspace. Properly preparing will guaranty excellent results both in terms of esthetics and durability of the painting. Not to mention that the results will [...]

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6 Easy Steps to Shadow Striping

By admin On May 18, 2009

Are you bored with the look of your walls and you would like to get a truly elegant finish? You looked at monochromatic, complementary, analogous, and triad color scheme options and your selected your monochromatic palette of colors. The striped tone-on-tone painting technique is one of the simplest ways to achieve a designer look to [...]

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7 Easy Steps to Paint Smooshing

By admin On May 18, 2009

Are you bored with the look of your walls and you would like to try something new? You have kicked around a number of home decoration ideas, compared monochromatic, complementary, analogous, and triad color scheme options and your chose your preferred palette of colors. You have considered different styles but you really like moire wallcoverings [...]

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How to Build Custom Scaffolding to Paint High Walls

By admin On May 15, 2009

Many modern houses follow the “open concept” design trend. This translates into a few very high walls and ceilings in your home up to 18-20 feet or even more. While elegant, these walls and ceilings present many challenges when you want to paint them.

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12 Tips for Selecting your Bedroom’s Wall Color

By admin On May 13, 2009

A bedroom is your personal space and it should be an accurate reflection of your personality. It serves as a personal retreat and private space for personal growth. Since the color sets the mood and overall feelings, the colors in this room should reflect your inner self by using your favorite colors to decorate this [...]

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Tools and Supplies for Painting Your Home

By admin On May 12, 2009

You and your significant other decided to remodel your home. Repairing the chips in the wall your naughty kids did, adding some nice colors on your home’s walls and repainting the window trims, the door trims and the baseboards will definitely change the way your home looks like. All is nice, at least on paper, [...]

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How to Select a Paint and a Paint Sheen

By admin On May 12, 2009

You decided to paint your home but your have no clue what paint sheen you should select. There is the oil-based and the water-based, the low odour, the you-cannot-go-wrong-with-it, ours-looks-the-best and the must-have-now paint or, when it comes to its apearance, one can choose a flat, egshell enamel, satin, semi-gloss, hi-gloss sheen paint, just to [...]

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ShelfFor many people the purpose of the garage has shifted from being the place where our cars stay protected from the weather into a place holding piles of "junk" and "stuff".

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