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Archive for November, 2009

Producing a Welcoming Home Decor

Author: HillOfBeans
11.16.09
home décor

Creating a personalized home décor is essential for any person. Because you spend a large portion of your time at home, your decorations and furnishing should reflect your personality. It is important to create a cohesive feeling throughout the house, and that means giving every room some attention.

When people are choosing the décor for their home, they often focus on the mainstays like the living room or kitchen. An important locale that is often neglected in the process is the main entryway. This is the first place that guests see and will create the first impression of your home. As such, it is important to focus some of your beautification energy on this portion of the home as well.


My First Garden

Author: HillOfBeans
11.02.09
garden stepping stones

Recently I purchased a new home for the first time, thanks in large part to the government’s first time homebuyer tax credit. Although there are many exciting aspects of owning a new home, the thing that I was most excited about was maintaining my own garden. Within weeks of moving in I already had a variety of flowers and produce sprouting up in the beds.

As I was constantly going into the garden to tend to my plants, I quickly wore a path in the grass between the house and the beds. In order to give the grass a reprieve, I purchased several garden stepping stones to create a manmade walkway. Not only do they look great, but now I can easily get back and forth to the garden with trampling the lawn.