The Way to Choose a Home Water Filtering System
Filtering your water at home is an easy way to acquire great-tasting purified water, without the waste or price of buying bottled. But that purification process is best? Do water filtration pitchers work as well as undersink or whole-house models? How can you know what the system is filtering out … and what exactly should […]
Butterfly Gardening: Delight the Eyes With Sculptures
Once we’ve laid out a landscape — installed the pavers and mulch and pruning, placed the crops — we can sit back in deck seating and admire the grandeur of a gorgeous vista. But there’s another element just below the surface — a fourth measurement that thrills our senses and brings us fully into the […]
Muntin
Also known as a grille, a muntin is a thin strip of wood, metal or plastic used to divide window panes to coordinated areas. In many contemporary plastic or metal double-paned windows, vinyl or metal muntins are positioned between two big solid sheets of glass or panes. Older windows comprise wood muntins which possess an […]
Basement of the Week: Tall-Order Design for a Lower-Level Lounge
Designing for a couple who stand 6-foot-5 and 6-foot-3 takes additional consideration, especially when the project is a cellar. “One of the main objectives with this lower level was height,” says architect Mark Udvari-Solner of the new home that he designed for all these tall empty nesters. In the cellar he designed 8-foot doors and […]
9 Molding Types to Raise the Bar on Your Kitchen Cabinetry
Moldings will make any project look habit. When applied to kitchen cabinetry particularly, these architectural details can help enhance the most elementary cabinet style. With all the multitude of unique designs and configurations available, crown molding, edge molding and more might help customize your next kitchen undertaking. Julie Williams Design 1. Traditional crown molding. Traditional […]
Gadgets Help You Watch Your Wellbeing at Home
Have you learned about the quantified-self movement? Millions of health and exercise fanatics are constantly searching for ways to improve their fitness levels. Meanwhile, gadget and technology fans are always looking for new ways to use new technology to improve their own lives. Where these two subcultures intersect, you’ll discover the quantified-self movement. The idea […]
16 Creative Paint Color Names We've Not Seen — Yet
Dog Ear, Going to the Chapel, Baby’s Bottom and Dangerous Robot. No, these are not pictures, cocktails or books — they’re actual names of colors of paint to your home. (See the last two here and here.) Intelligent and at times odd names may or may not explain colors best, but they’re always fun. Thus […]
30 Favorite New Year's Resolutions from the
New Year’s resolutions have a tendency to repeat themselves annually: Be healthy, declutter, save money and so forth. This year we requested ers to consider specific ways they could bring their resolutions home. Though a few of you stuck into practicalities (organizing the linen closet and tearing down background), others concentrated on more emotional aspects […]