How to locate Old China Patterns
All is not lost when you have to replace a product from your grandmother’s old dinnerware collection. Online sites and some retailers offer replacements for your own china set, but you should first identify the name or number of the pattern. Begin by looking for the producer’s logo or the artist’s signature and then narrow […]
How to Clean Sand In a Rain Bird 42SA
Rain Bird’s line of pop sprinklers includes some with static heads that spray water at a preset pattern and some with gear-driven heads that rotate through a preset arc. The 42SA is a good example of the latter type. Like all Rain Bird sprinklers, it includes a filter which prevents particles of dirt and mud […]
Fall Planning for a Successful Big Spring Party
Summer is hardly over, but I am already thinking about spring. My eldest child, Christopher, is a high school senior, and I know this year is going to fly ; until we know it, we will be caught up in the maelstrom of school activities. Here in Michigan the tradition is to celebrate by inviting […]
A Little House Unfolds Into an Outdoor Theater
This home has a secret. Even though it looks plain, some cranks of a hand winch unfold the house’s patchwork pink sides to reveal a surprising new purpose: an outside community theater to the town of York, Alabama. Artist Matthew Mazzotta and the Coleman Center for the Arts in York worked together to reach the […]
Below A Inviting Basement With Industrial Edge
When a young family needed more room in their 1920s bungalow, they believed about renovating the cellar, but the ceilings, leaky stone base, dangling wires and also hodgepodge of structural sticks emptied their own hopes. Then architect Ryan Duebber came up with a strategy. He helped turn their once-cramped area to an open living room […]
Charging Stations Lead Tidiness Fight
Do you remember the times before every electrical outlet in your house had some modest electronic apparatus sprouting from it? I have four items I use daily that all must be recharged — cell phone, digital camera, laptop and headset — once I get an iPad, which will make five. That’s just me. Could you […]
Kitchen Workbook: 15 Elements of a Traditional Kitchen
Conventional kitchens are defined by their particulars, and producing eye-catching detail isn’t just as simple as putting legs on a island. But if they are Old Earth or Mediterranean flavor, traditional kitchens all share the same essential components. Listed below are 15 details that help you create traditional kitchen style. More kitchen styles: Classic | […]
The Way to Maintain Your Home's Beautiful Glass Sparkling Clean
Glass is only as fairly (and functional) as it’s clear. Glass vessel sinks sit in a toilet — but only as long as they’re not smudged with fingerprints. Glass shower doors make even teeny bathrooms look larger, that’s if they’re not coated in soap scum. Along with the stunning windows on your living room won’t […]
Guest Picks: Cheap Modern Indie Art
What adorns your walls creates so much of the ambiance of a space. But it doesn’t need to cost a lot to get a fantastic look. Pieces from musicians are available all over the place, and several are amazingly inexpensive. So if contemporary is your thing, but emptying your checking account is not, then that […]