• Interior Design Room
    DIY,  Interior Design

    5 Shabby Chic Living Room Decor Ideas That Are Also Affordable

    The shabby chic trend is one of the most popular home décor trends of the year and is a great opportunity to start using those vintage pieces you keep finding in your parent’s house. The style became popular in the ‘80s, both as a way to give a new purpose to old items, as well as because of budget limitations some had to face. Since then, its popularity grew and magazines became filled with pages and pages of shabby chic décor ideas.

  • Parquet Floor
    Home Improvement

    Tips on Doing Parquet Flooring Sanding DIY Projects

    It is so important to maintain the integrity of any type of hardwood flooring that you have. You have likely put a substantial amount of money into this type of project. Over the course of years, grime and dirt can build up on these floors, and if it works its way in, it can leave a permanent stain. Keeping your floors clean is very important, and sometimes that will require a sanding project. This will remove the top layer, allowing you to improve its overall appearance, subsequently followed by sealing the floor with a recommended sealant. Here are a few tips on completing a parquet flooring sanding DIY project. Overview…

  • Keys Signing Lease
    DIY,  Interior Design

    How to Hide Home Damage from Your Landlord

    We all get in this awkward situation at least once in our lives: our landlord is at the house and you know there’s something they won’t want to see that could possibly get you in trouble. Nine times out of ten it’s easily fixable, but it’s just not fixed yet. Maybe it just happened a few days ago or it’s a personal improvement you made to the place but it’s technically against the lease. It will only benefit you to know how to cover up damage from your landlord. 1. Decorate Your Walls If the damages you are trying to hide are cracks or stains on the walls, try decorating…

  • Miter Saw
    DIY,  Home Improvement

    A Guide to Woodworking with Miter Saws

    Working on a miter saw ensures that your crosscuts will become more accurate. The product is not that complicated to use as well because you can make a quick motion to entirely do the fine cuts that you need for your woodworks. Any angled cut across the wide board is also considered as a miter once you operate it with a saw.

  • Smartphone Coffee
    Gadget

    Get More Out of Your Smartphone With These Ideas

    Your smartphone can probably do more than you currently give it credit for. Most people don’t make the most of every feature and every function that their phone offers, and they don’t even realise that this is happening. The number of unexpectedly cool things you can do with your phone will blow you away, and these functions could even make your day to day life easier than it is right now. Here are just some of the ideas you should try out. Get a Clip-On Lens Everybody’s a photographer nowadays thanks to the high quality of the cameras that are found on pretty much every smartphone. But you can get…

  • Tool Box DIY
    Engineering,  Gadget

    A Complete Guide To Stocking Your Tool Box This Spring

    Spring is finally in the air, folks. The weekends are a little warmer and the flowers are beginning to sprout. Any houseproud DIYer loves this season. Why? Because it’s a chance to get out in the garden and start working. It’s chance to give the whole house a deep, spring clean. Best of all, it’s time to take on a new set of DIY jobs. The house often looks a little worse for wear after the cold, harsh winter. It takes a battering from the winds and suffers at the hands of the cold frost. It means you’ve got to throw off those winter blues and breathe new life into…