Category: Home Improvement
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Bamboo Floors: Grass Materials in Your Home
Written by Bamboo Flooring Facts For those who need sustainable flooring materials at home, bamboo floors are eco-friendly options. Bamboo is part of the grass family so they grow very fast. The average maturity for tall bamboo is just 5 years, easily renewable and regrown. They’re quality materials that are as sturdy and hard as…
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How Doors and Feng Shui Relate
The ancient practice of feng shui originated in China. Feng shui helps people arrange living or work places to attract more health, love, and success. Since this practice considers the direction, size, or color of the front door of the home or building an important factor in attracting good energies, it’s important to find the…
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Maintaining Your Bamboo Floors
Article written by Bamboo Flooring Facts As with other kinds of wooden floors, bamboo flooring requires maintenance and contrary to popular belief bamboo flooring maintenance starts even before its installation. When you bamboo flooring reaches your home, it is important that you open up its box and allow it to acclimate. Opening the box…
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Create a Backyard Dog Run with Artificial Grass
Written by Artificial Turf Supply Dogs need to exercise. They also need an outdoor area where they can run free and burn all their energy. If you’re a dog owner, you probably take your dog on a daily walk for just these reasons. But did you know you can also create a safe place for…
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Door Accents for Your Home
In feng shui, the front door is one of the most important elements of a home. The door must be strong and sturdy, yet remain aesthetically pleasing. This same principle of design goes into making an attractive home with curbside appeal. You don’t want mis-matched colors, rusted door knobs and peeling paint to detract from…
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Bamboo floors in building construction
By Bamboo Flooring Facts When it comes to construction, the sky’s the limit these days in terms of materials. You can find walls, floors and fixtures made out of all types of different things. Floors are especially diverse these days. You can find them made out of traditional options like ceramic and wood or more…
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Increase Your Comfort and Property Value
By EZ Floor Heat After you’ve owned a home for a while, you begin looking for ways to modify or improve it. Two of the most common goals are to increase its overall comfort level and to increase how much it’s worth or its property value. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to do both. Increasing…
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A Brief History of Doors
The earliest recorded usage of doors dates back to ancient Egypt. Pharoahs had doors erected in their tombs in the style of both double and single doors. The climate there was dry, so the Egyptians most likely never felt the need to frame their doors like most of America does. The wood would have stayed…