Showing posts with label house and home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label house and home. Show all posts
Monday, February 11, 2013

postheadericon Contemporary Furniture


The furniture business always has been controlled by local or regional chains, and people generally have purchased their furniture from one of a few stores that advertise heavily in their area. But now consumers have the ability to price shop, via the Internet. Furniture sold by retailers who are reaching outside their traditional market, and that’s making an enormous difference. More and more, instead of buying from a furniture retailer a few minutes from home, people sit in front of the computer and do the shopping.

One such furniture store which you could find via the Internet is Wholesale Furniture Brokers. Such online store has been said has become famous because of the quality, the services they provided to their customers, and they offer good prices. You can get more information if you are interested or have planned to shop for furniture one of these days. I have been navigating this online furniture store, and I like the contemporary furniture I saw, but I don’t have a budget yet at this moment. We all know that furniture is expensive, and so, if ever I like/want to have. I shop, I would buy one piece of furniture at a time, rather than a set of furniture(or depending on what. Let’s say, if you are looking for a bed, buy the bed only. Later, when money is available, buy another piece that complements the earlier purchase.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

postheadericon Values at Home


Honesty is the best policy, and honesty pays. The virtue of honesty should be part of the children’s training. Children should be disciplined for telling lies and for stealing are not good, and should be rewarded when they are honest enough to tell the truth or return things they don’t own. Equally important is to call the children’s attention when they are dubious in their dealings with people.

Children should have good personal cleaning habits, and should be trained to keep their rooms neat and well-organized. Giving them chores and rewarding them afterwards are ways of teaching them to be conscious of their surroundings and take responsibility. They should also be taught to be civic-conscious by not littering in public places.

The good life should never be presented to children on a silver or gold platter. During children’s schooling years, studying well should be a task and a responsibility. Temper children’s allowances. At a young age, they should be taught to save and to spend judiciously.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

postheadericon Where Leisure Meets Luxury


Upscale leisure developer, Kolter Homes recently has opened new model homes ready for viewing. It has a luxury home, and community, at the price that one wouldn't believe it, its Palm Beach Gardens New Homes. As it has been said,there are available for sale now. It has a private, gated community for better protection of the residents. Other great features of the community are golf courses, where the PGA headquarters can be found, swimming pool and spa, fitness center, fine dining, walking area, and more. You could also find designer shopping at The Gardens Mall, Downtown at the Gardens, and Midtown at the Gardens. You don’t need to go elsewhere for your shopping spree. The neighboring community and surroundings are the World-class South Florida beaches.

Nestled along the stunning nature views, and a breezy, cool climate come together to redefine relaxation, and living in this kind of place reshape your idea of a weekend getaway. At Palm Beach Gardens Luxury Homes and Townhouses, life rises to a whole new level. It's great to enjoy the life that you have been looking for. If money is not an object at this time, I would love to visit this place too.Ooh well, mommy's thoughts. :)

Saturday, November 17, 2012

postheadericon A Perfect Gift for Christmas Holiday


Christmas holiday is fast approaching and you probably making a list now for your Christmas shopping. Does it sound too early for making a list? I guess not, but I know there are people who like to shop as early as possible to avoid the snake-like counters if you shop at the nearest local store. Sadly, I am not one of those housewives who start shopping for Christmas gifts in August, which is of course, ideal.However, there are also people that couldn't avoid the last-minute shopping due to their hectic schedule at work. I usually shop for Christmas gifts online for there are lots of choices, and it is easy to find a perfect gift for your love ones.

A moment ago, I found a unique wildlife home décor. Those small wonders are actually a perfect gift for in- laws. Well-mannered pieces such as watches, wine holder and more are sure to be appreciated by any father figure. I wish the husbands out there would have time to visit this online store for I really like the “Circle of Friends” wall décor. So, if you are looking for a gift this Christmas, try checking the site and see if you could find a perfect gift for your friends and family.

Monday, October 22, 2012

postheadericon Life is Not Complicated Enough as It Is


I would like to ask this to all mothers. How do you manage holding an academic position while being a wife, mother and homemaker at the same time? Well, I am not currently employed in a company. I stayed at home all day and night together with my little angel of my life. I sometimes blog if I get a chance. And now, I realize that many women today live in a similar situation.

In this stage, mothers performing other roles do not sound uncommon. The question perhaps which these well-meaning friends really want to ask is this: How do you behave as a wife, subordinate to your husband, while occupying your time with your child? Truthfully, it is hard. I am just lucky because my husband never acted like a king in our home. In fact, he has time to take care of our only child when he gets a chance, or sometimes even if he is tired from work. He likes being with his little angel. Just like when he arrived from work today, instead of laying his back on the bed, so he could rest for a while, he played with Sarah. That was really an awesome scene for me. I just hope that hubby will always be a devoted father to Sarah, and a supportive husband to me.

Friday, October 5, 2012

postheadericon Make Your Home Truly Your Own By Adding Attractive Home Signs


Adding accessories to your home, indoor or outdoor can also turn your place from simple to eye-catching. I am talking about putting a unique design of house address plaques. Whenever I and my husband (with our little one) goes for a walk around the village, we usually observe beautiful houses specifically house design. Most of the houses have their own very nice house signs. Some were very simple, others are very attractive. There are also homes in the village that have a home address printing on ordinary mail boxes.

 Ours is just a simple address sign that mounted to the wall. We have been planning to replace a nice but not too fancy home sign but the husband always putting it on his last lists which I understand it because the baby's need or our family need has to come up first. I told him that if he has time and budget to shop for address signs, or address plaques, I wanted a sign that has a good-quality, and it will last long regardless of the weather because I was planning to put it outside. There are so many ways in which you can make your home truly your own. I just want the one that has the simple letters and numbers design that could easily be seen by the people, especially the delivery men.

Monday, September 3, 2012

postheadericon Choosing a Suitable Heating and Cooling System


As parents or mommy, one of our main concerns is how we can provide a safe and comfortable living environment for our children. We want to make sure that we provide them with a home where they can grow up without having to worry about whether they can sleep comfortably even if the weather is too cold or to hot and if they are inhaling clean air or not. It is important that we install a heating and cooling system that will provide a stable home temperature whatever season it may be.

Choosing a heating and cooling system for our home is not going to be hard because there are companies that can assist you with it. Right now, they have great typical current specials which you can enjoy. They can provide you with an estimate on what kind of heating and cooling system your home would need. They can have highly trained technicians that know how to properly install the heating and cooling system suitable to the needs of your home. They can have the system up and running at the soonest possible time. They can also guide you on how you can properly maintain your heating and air conditioning system to ensure that they will work properly at all times. With a stable home temperature and with the quality of air improved, your family’s health is not going to be compromised in any way.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

postheadericon Home Sweet Home


I have always believed that there’s no place like home. Most especially now that I already have a family of my own. I just want a place where I can decorate and arrange the way I want and more importantly, a place where I can be a wife to my husband and a mom to my children.

It is our ultimate dream to have a house where we can raise a beautiful family and call it a home. Sometimes, it doesn’t really matter if it is the palace-like house that we used to dream, at the point when we become fed up of renting; a small house that we can call our own feels like a heaven.

Even here in the United States, not everybody can afford the luxurious way of life but it is a good thing that there are companies that offer low income housing. There's such company which helps needy individuals and families to find available low income housing units across the country in all 50 states. Their web site lists more than 50,000 available properties, and also offers FAQs concerning low income housing and other related issues.

The size of the house doesn’t really matter to me now. As long as it is full of laughter and love shared by my family, then it is for me a “home sweet home.” Ain't it a happy family journey? :-)
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

postheadericon Proper Lighting at Home

If you are a mom like me I bet you’d agree that proper lighting at home is one important weapon in your mommy arsenal. Imagine changing your little one’s diaper in the middle of the night under the dim light? Or can you picture giving you baby a bath in a badly lit bathroom? It can be complicated at least and disastrous and dangerous at best, either way, I bet no one wants to be caught up in either scenario. You’d probably agree that you can do your home chores and perform your motherly duties seamlessly if the lights are working perfectly in every corner of your home. So check out those pendant light fixtures and bulbs in the kitchen. You wouldn’t want to end up putting peppercorns in your dish instead of salt, would you? And while you are at it, you might as well make a quick check-up of all your outdoor lighting fixtures, you wouldn’t want to be groping in the dark in case your toddler who is just beginning to learn how to walk suddenly wanders into the yard, right?

Mommy if you cannot check these lights on your own, remind dad to do it regularly or better yet get someone who has technical know-how to check on your lights every few months to be sure that your home is perfectly lit any day anytime!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

postheadericon Mosaic Tile

Renovating parts of the house may not be costly as you think if you plan everything ahead of time. Whether you are the mommy, daddy or the head of the family, the two of you is a great planner especially in terms of financial. Smile. Determine the improvements that you want to implement for each room. Make sure that you list everything you need especially the new materials that you will use including mosaic tile for your kitchen or bathroom. You will be able to determine just how much they will cost if you make a comprehensive list of all the materials needed to complete the renovation.

Now if you plan to install glass mosaic tile, find out where you can buy quality mosaic tiles at a much cheaper price. There are many ideas where to get. The thing is you already know what to get and seems of where to get. Some stores offer huge discounts on glass tiles that are purchased in bulk. Know where you can avail of such offers. You will be able to get huge savings from them. Hire only competent workers so that you will not waste funds and resources in the journey of renovation of your house.
Thursday, December 22, 2011

postheadericon Moving Here

(Guest post written by my buddy Royce Heath)

When I moved here my parents helped me buy a house so I wouldn’t have to blow so much money on rent, that was super nice of them. They even made me get a Louisiana ADT home security system because they were worried about me being a single girl in a big house by myself but I thought that was overkill, that is, until I got broken into. Thankfully I wasn’t at home (I was at the library studying for the BAR) but when the police called to tell me my alarm had been tripped I felt totally violated. I have since gotten a roommate and that makes me feel safer and we’ve got a big old dog who also keeps me calm. I never knew living alone would be such a hair raiser but at the end of the day I prefer this to living at my parents’ house, bar none. I like my independence and being able to come and go as I please and I’m old enough it makes sense to give up apartment living. I even saved money on my home with an FHA loan.
Friday, October 7, 2011

postheadericon Avoiding Costly Home Renovations

Home renovation or remodeling does not have to be costly. If you cannot afford to hire a professional to do the entire job, you can always do some of the repairs or renovations on your own. You can just leave the more technical aspects to them. That way, you will be able to save a considerable amount of money from professional fees if you only hire their services for a particular task and not for the entire renovation. You can even do some research beforehand and read some tips and tutorials on how to do minor repairs and cleaning like how to remove stickers from glass. There are some effective tools that can help you with it. Once you are done with the minor tasks, you will only have to pay for the tasks that require technical expertise that professional's offer. Determine which tasks are simple enough to do on your own. You can ask family members to help you and have a family bonding at the same  time. You know, family must be together through thick and thin. Yeah.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

postheadericon My Rents

(Authored by Rickey Combs)

My mom and dad are the best parents in the world and when they moved into their new place just outside of Dallas I knew I wanted to do something special for them. I went to Direc4u.com and started researching satellite packages since my mom was really into food shows and my dad has always been all about football. They said it was a great gift since they could use it in the new place and it wasn’t something they would have bought for themselves! I was really happy for them to start this new chapter in their lives and I’m really pleased they chose to include me. I can remember not that long ago when I would have had to call them ten times a day to get one of them on the line because they were so busy at work! I’m glad they’re retired and finally get to rest for once in their lives and I really hope they take some time to spend together and really savor this moment in their lives, you know?
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

postheadericon Hawaii Houses for Sale

We love to have our own house, don't we? Okay, everybody loves to own one or even several houses. A typical person working a typical job, owning a dream house is hard to get especially in places where houses are in-demand. It is surely expensive in that area. Prospective buyer is in a journey of looking for sale or the down-priced ones hoping he/she is lucky enough to own one or in the future. And what about living in Hawaii? Is Hawaii your dream place to live one day? Or a vacation place perhaps? I bet you would like to have a house there. Good thing, it is a perfect timing now because there are many Houses for Sale in Hawaii nowadays. Who knows you are one lucky person to own one just by browsing and checking it out which would lead to a prospective one.

As a mommy-to-be point of view, it is really great to have a house of our own (if we can afford and does not conflict to our spouse job location and alike to the sense that it is less hassle and we have steady place of stay aside from the word, it is or "own"). A newborn baby can also disturb people in the neighborhood and if we don't have a comfortable place, it is shameful to them. The point is "being comfortable" and having our "own" . :-)
Friday, August 5, 2011

postheadericon For Sale Homes in Hawaii

There are many folks here USA that would love to spend and explore the rest of their lives journey in tropical countries. I can see Hawaii as being part of the 50 states of United States of America (obviously not a country but a state) has that weather condition which Americans and other international folks would really love to live in this place. There is no reason (when it comes to weather) to go out in another country just to look for such beautiful weather condition but Hawaii. There are many homes for sale in Hawaii right now which, are looks-like-new since as it has been said, it were only occupied for just a year! Who knows your dream house could be located in one of their real states! Mommy/mommy-to-be would love to indulge the beautiful beaches for their mommy-hood/pregnancy journey. If you have a wife like that, she would really love to enjoy such. Well, you two like to live in tropical climate, then why not check it out for yourselves, right?

Time is gold and when opportunity knocks for your dream house/home to get in, then why not grab the opportunity to see and get it! Hawaii is a very nice state and I would love to visit or live in such place one day. What about you?
Saturday, July 30, 2011

postheadericon Calgary Rental Houses

We cannot guarantee our journey to be stable. Only, we have choices and there are solutions as well for the obstacles. When talking about living, most of the times livelihood comes first (of course excluding family) especially that we cannot move without bucks nowadays. It is a must. So when livelihood/work tells that we have to go to Calgary, Canada for work, then we will. Though having a decision about it is skeptic but we must get it if we need, thinking that work is hard to find. Worry-not of place to live in because Rent Calgary is not hard to find. We can even find it at the tip of our mouse. It offers a wide selection of rented houses, apartments and even townhouses to choose from. We just have to think how many bedrooms we like, bathrooms, type, price range and even how big it is. It has a lot choices which is great even if you will be moving with your aged mom or with a pregnant wife or girlfriend. :-)

So check and find it out the rates and etcetera. Check it out and see for yourself or you might like to tell your friends or family circle the info you receive. After all, they will be the one to choose which is which and the price matters and alike. Helping a friend/family like this is already a big help. Now that you have an idea about such, it is not then a tedious work just to find a reference and such because it comes in handy. Yes, at the tip of your mouse and you can see the different choices. Good luck with the search journey and all the best!
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

postheadericon Professional Cleaning and Restoration by The Steam Team

In our journey in life especially us, mommies-to-be/stay-at-home moms, homemakers, a fire can be such a terrible tragedy. Imagine having to watch your property burn down before your eyes. The feeling of helplessness can be overwhelming. Another seemingly daunting task is cleaning up after the fire. You may not how to go about the whole thing. With the emotional condition you are currently in, you may not know which ones to throw away and which ones are still safe to keep. It would be best if we enlist the services of experts on fire damaged austin. Going through such a fire tragedy can really be a frightening experience but by enlisting the services of professional companies, we do not have to go through the terrible ordeal on our own.

The http://www.thesteamteam.com/ can help us out when talking about such. They have technicians who understand your situation and are sensitive to your needs. They can determine which among the debris can still be salvaged. They use reliable techniques that can help clean and salvage your belongings. They can remove soot from fabrics in clothes, carpets and upholstery thereby helping you avoid any unnecessary expenses. They also provide other services such as wall and ceiling cleaning as well as deodorization. With the various services they offer, you can now have the extra push you need to get back on your feet again.

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