Baby Room Themes & Home Decoration Ideas

by Phil on March 15, 2010

Creating a baby room theme is the most fun you will have decorating your house. In a baby’s world, anything goes, and the eclectic collection of imagery and color gives you free reign to set your creative powers in motion. And although building and shaping your new custom nursery is exciting, it need not break [...]

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Working at home seems like a dream for many cubicle-dwelling, over-stressed nine-to-fivers. Making a breakaway from the chains of corporate slavery may seem impossible for most, lacking a vision of what they could actually do at home to keep the money coming in. Surprisingly as it may seem, there are many successful home business ideas [...]

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A Man’s Guide to Buying Jewelry for His Lady

by Phil on December 15, 2009

When it comes to the special lady in your life, you want to get her something that says you care about her, perhaps even love her. If she is your wife you want something that keeps the sparks of romance flying. If she is your girlfriend you want to express your feelings in a more [...]

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Use Technology to Organize Your Garage

by Phil on November 24, 2009

When my wife and I began the search to find our first house we sat down and talked about what things we both wanted in a home. Amazingly, we agreed on almost everything including a two-car garage that would actually be used for its intended purpose: to house our cars. For the last seven years [...]

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One of the latest trends in the home building and renovation industry is the “smart home”; a concept which is good but whose name needs to be re-thought. I mean, if you can have a smart home does that mean you can also have dumb one?

All kidding aside, the concept of a smart home involves [...]

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Treasure Hunting at Home

by Phil on August 28, 2009

Max, An 83-year-old widower from Liverpool, England decided it was time to sell his home and move to a smaller space. The former doctor planned to insulate the home’s loft in order to increase its market value, but first it needed to be cleaned out. Among the many items in the doctor’s storage were more [...]

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How to Build Your Own Half-Pipe

by Phil on August 14, 2009

Skateboarding was originally a fad of the late seventies but has since re-emerged to be the favorite hobby of millions of teenagers. Many communities don’t have proper skateboard facilities for their youth, leaving them to ply their supra skateboard skills on public sidewalks, curbs, and staircases. Since these public areas aren’t designed to accommodate skateboarders, [...]

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How to Build a Treehouse

by Phil on July 28, 2009

In my day, building a treehouse was like a standard part of growing up. In my old neighborhood alone, there were at least half a dozen treehouses of varying shapes and sizes, including the one my brothers and I built in the early 1970s.

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A Dream Home for Fido?

by Phil on July 14, 2009

For many dog owners having Fido around the house is a real joy….at least most of the time. But for some breeds, leaving them alone in your home all day while you’re at work can lead to destructive behavior. The solution? Build man’s best friend his own dog house. It’ not as difficult or expensive [...]

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Is there any sweeter sound in the world than a thick, juicy steak hitting the grill?  Let me rephrase.  Other than ‘cracking’ open an ice cold beer can on a swealtering summer’s day, is there any sweeter sound than the ‘tssssszzzzz’ of beef of the BBQ?  I submit there is not.  Depending on where you [...]

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