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Practicalities of doing up small spaces in your home design
Posted by ITC in Do it yourself on 18. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
Picture frames
Professional frames are expensive but worth it for valuable pictures. It is also advisable to have a picture professionally framed if the sides are longer than 1 m (3ft) because a frame as big as this is difficult for a beginner to handle.
There are various types of framing kit available, offering a choice of [...]
Storage galore — miscellaneous storage in your home
Posted by ITC in Do it yourself on 16. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
No amount of pre-planned storage is going to solve all your storage problems. There are always little items like drawing pins, elastic bands, corks, postage stamps, pens and pencils and computer disks, and medium-sized things like calculators, cameras, film and so on which don’t fall into any convenient storage category.
It is important to find places [...]
The importance of lighting in your home — highlighting
Posted by ITC in Home repair on 06. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
Many people have decorative displays of china, glass or other collections, and objects such as copper pans, books and even architectural details can all be highly decorative. To do them justice, they should be well lit so that they stand out from the rest of the room.
There are various ways of highlighting. For pictures, there [...]
Tips for lighting for home computers
Posted by ITC in Do it yourself on 05. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
Most computer screens have a poor light output themselves so bright lighting in the room will simply overpower the images on the screen. However, you do need some background light because the contrast between a dark room and the words on the screen makes it hard for the eyes to adjust from one to the [...]
How to do up small small spaces when living with children
Posted by ITC in Do it yourself on 02. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
Walls and ceilings
It is fun to do your own mural and paint a child’s favorite story on the wall. Use a base color for the background and paint the details on top with emulsion and/or gouache, similar to the technique except that the picture takes the place of the wash coat.
An ocean-with-fish theme is easy [...]
What can you do about lighting in the home office?
Posted by ITC in Do it yourself on 27. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
The home office may be in a room on its own, it may share the kitchen table or a corner of the living room, or it may simply be a wide shelf in a child’s room where homework is done.
Wherever it is, adequate lighting with no confusing shadows is necessary and similar lighting is required [...]
Safety with small spaces
Posted by ITC in Home repair on 25. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
People feel very secure in their own homes and are usually unaware of what a very dangerous place the home really is, especially for small children who are inexperienced, unsteady on their feet and insatiably curious. These are some of the dangers to plan against.
Stairs
- Stairs should be well lit so that shadows do not [...]
Lighting in your children’s rooms
Posted by ITC in Do it yourself on 25. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
General lighting for young children should be bright and revealing. Children like to make full use of the whole room and all the floor space when they are playing, and they will be encouraged to do so if the room is well lit.
Satisfactory lighting can be provided by a single ceiling pendant with a high-wattage [...]
Doing up small spaces — storage galore
Posted by ITC in Do it yourself on 22. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
Hanging storage
Never underestimate the importance of hanging things up. Coats, jackets, umbrellas and hats all need to be accounted for and most people have several of each, so one or two hooks in the entrance hall are really not going to be enough.
An ideal solution is the Shaker idea of a wooden strip with wooden [...]
Doing up small spaces when designing your home — jewellery
Posted by ITC in Do it yourself on 20. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
Some of the most decorative objects we own are our jeweler, yet they are the most difficult to store and display. Strings of beads get mixed up with each other and tangled, rings are scratched and earrings become divided as easily as socks so that you can only find one of a pair when you [...]
