Tips for Staging Small Living Room

Take a look around your home. No matter your living arrangement, every room and space can be modified. From putting in the right accessories to moving furniture pieces around, the home is essentially your blank canvas. With this in mind, you should review the state of your living room.

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Raise the Roof: 5 Guidelines for Working with Roofing Contractors

Picking a roofing contractor can seem intimidating especially since everyone knows someone with a contractor-from-hell story. Fortunately, there are a few things to look for that will help you find a quality contractor. This blog post looks at five different factors that go into picking a quality roofing contractor!

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Settling Down: 4 Important Activities After You’ve Moved

Moving is always a stressful time with so many things to plan and do, even if you are moving locally. You could be moving to a nearby town but it still requires a lot of work. However, when you plan things properly and in an organized way, it can definitely reduce a lot of stress for everyone, especially if you have a family with children.

You want to make sure everything goes smoothly and that you don’t skip a beat the moment you get to the new place. Here are some things you really need to do so that you and your family get back into a normal routine as soon as possible.

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An Unexpected Guest: 5 Ways to Keep Raccoons Out of Your Home

Raccoons are adorable little critters with their furry bandit masks and fluffy, ringed tails. There is no denying we’ve all “awed” over the Instagram post of Pumpkin the Raccoon snuggling up to Boris the Golden Retriever. Along with their ability to make friends with household pets, raccoons are wildly intelligent.

Based on studies performed in the early 1900’s at the University of Oklahoma, researchers determined “…that raccoons bested the abilities of cats and dogs, most closely approximating the mental attributes of monkeys,”. The researchers studied raccoons’ ability to escape from a wooden box, which was closed by a series of latches. After their first successful escape, the raccoons could solve the problem quicker each time they tried it.

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How to Stay Focused Working From Home

Working from home is gradually becoming the new normal and everyone’s dream since the outbreak of COVID-19, which triggered many organizations to adopt the system. While it sounds like a joy ride, free from traffic issues and having to encounter your boss’s bad days, staying within a specific schedule can be challenging for working-from-home persons.

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7 Spring Lawn Mowing Tips and Tricks

Everyone knows that mowing the lawn is something that has to be done every spring and summer season. While it’s not the only thing you need to do to have a healthy lawn, it is one of the most important lawn care tasks. For many people, mowing the lawn is a relaxing experience. However, they may not realize how important it is to be safe when mowing their lawn as well.

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The Fantasy Home: 6 Steps to Achieve the House of Your Dreams

When searching for the perfect home, it can be exhausting if nothing is quite right. If you are considering making that big investment, you want it to be just right. Maybe the best way to get exactly what you are looking for is to start from scratch. A custom home builder is a firm that can guide you and take care of your home building project from start to finish.

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4 Different Flooring Types Pros and Cons

No matter where you live, your home is going to need some sort of flooring. The good news is that you have a great deal of options to choose from. From the materials used to the colours you want, you will be able to get exactly what you want for the prices that you can afford. It’s important to know about the different flooring types pros and cons, then assessing what is the right material for you.

If you’re unhappy with the flooring that you have in your house at the moment, the first thing that you should think about is why you don’t like it. Is it the colour or the material? If you have carpet, what it underneath? You might be in for a pleasant surprise. Many older homes have a layer of carpet hiding a beautiful hardwood floor. Once you have a clear idea of what you don’t like, you should then look at all of the flooring materials available to you so that you can make an informed choice.

The following are the different flooring types pros and cons:

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What to Do When Your Kitchen Sink Won’t Drain

We take our kitchen sink for granted. Any mess we make in the kitchen while preparing food is quickly cleaned up with the help of the running water in our sink. We rinse and wash dishes and pots, pans and cutlery, and wastewater quietly down the drain. What if it doesn’t?

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How to Add Warmth to a Living Room

A living room is calming, cozy, and personal. Whether you’re an apartment dweller or a homeowner, you probably spend most of your waking hours in your living room. From choosing the right living room furniture to how you use lighting, colours, and décor, it influences the feel of the area. It’s worth investing the time in thinking about how to add warmth to a living room and personalize it.

Here are some easy ways to make your living room a warm and welcoming place.

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