Ugly can be fixed

Buying a house that needs work, then fixing it up yourself can help turn a nightmare into a dream.
A can of paint can be your best friend when you buy your first home, as Nadia Abuseif and Brad Hughes discovered after moving into a modest 1920s house last month.

They're glad they listened when their real estate agent kept telling them, "Ugly can be fixed."

They bought near St. Clair Ave. and Dufferin St. – a six-room home with a basement apartment for Abuseif's mother.

Hughes, a research analyst with IDC Canada, and Abuseif, an IT guru for TD Bank, met agent Wally Brazy at an open house. With his guidance, it took only three weeks to buy a house.
source:www.thestar.com

Improve Hidden Space at Your House with Attic

Attic and the room under the upstairs are seldom to exploited to be favorite room, so, why don't we use them to expanding the room functions.

With land costs and provincial policies resulting in ever-shrinking building lots, builders and homeowners are being forced to transform redundant areas of homes into usable living space. The popular open-concept floor plan effectively eliminated hallways and foyers that consumed viable living space. And of course the previously maligned basement is now an integral part of a home.

So how about all the crawlspace in the roof, traditionally known as the attic? Although older homes continue to have their attics retrofitted, newer homes pose challenges the industry may need to address.

When converting your attic into living space, it's important to be realistic about its dimensions. Although it wouldn't take much to create that stunning his-and-hers walk-in closet above the master bedroom, it'll be a little more challenging, if not impossible, to create a billiards room.

source: www.newinhomes.com

Minimalist Bath Room

For small home owner, just don't worry, by designing minimalist rooms we can improve our room functions, such as, locate the shower room near the closet, or use minimalist bathroom accessories.
To improve the room large sense, use more lighting with natural lighting. Use clear roof material likes glass or fiber, so we can maximize the room lighting. Use small closet and small shower room.

Founding Your Perfect Home

What images should I look for?
As a rule most people select images that mean something to them. Some of the more popular images today include sepia photographs, Tuscan landscapes, large flowers, Muskoka scenes, wildlife prints, and abstracts. The common thread that ties all of these varied subjects together is the colours the artists have used in their palettes.

"In the past two years we have discovered that a majority of people are selecting art to go with their décor," says Deena Pantelidis-Kowalski of Select Art Galleries. "Today's trends dictate a minimalist look in art as well as framing, whatever the choice of subject."

Photography, especially black and white, is also growing in popularity among art enthusiasts and decorators alike. Original photography at affordable prices can be found on websites such as www.wallkandy.com. Shoppers can choose from more than 100 original prints from locales including Paris, Prague, and New York and frame the image right on the site. Each city comes as a series, so finding six or seven prints to fill an entire wall is a piece of cake.

Source: www.newinhomes.com

Library and Air Ship of Genomo

Found via a link by Angelus on the steamfashion community, these lovely paintings by Tom Kidd of Genomo -- a "a state of mind, a craving for adventure, the need to travel into unknown territory just to see what is there, the desire to have new experiences and to work with great people – maybe, even, dare to be great yourself. "

There are lots of paintings on the website, but these are two of the most appealing interiors. To the left is Peale's library:

With the early morning light sparkling against his marble floor, deep in his musty library, with gargoyles perched above and shelves of books packed tightly below Charles Wilson Peale III searches through documents....

There's also the navigation gondola of HMAS Wyeth. It reminds me of Paris, in an Eiffel Tower/Metro Station iron work sort of way.


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