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Making A Home Your Family Will Love

When it comes to creating a gorgeous interior space, your home will only be as beautiful as your family allows it to be. If your children don't respect the space, your home will quickly fall back into disrepair, which is why I started focusing more and more on home and garden a few years ago. I was committed to creating a great space that was just as clean and gorgeous as it was functional, and I was really surprised to see how much of a difference my efforts made. Within a few short years, my place really seemed a lot more open, airy, and inviting. Check out this blog for great ideas on making a family-oriented home.

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2018

How To Know If Your Stone Needs To Be Sealed?
If you have natural stone in your home such as marble or granite, it is going to need to be sealed. Whether your stone is a floor or a counter, it needs to be sealed. The sealer helps protect your stone and prevents discoloring or stains caused by spills, water or other things. If you aren't sure if your stone needs to be sealed, there are ways to tell. Read on for tips to help you know if your stone needs to be sealed as well as instructions to seal your stone.

Mistakes To Avoid When Applying Fertilizer To Your Lawn
If you are planning to fertilize the grass in your yard, you may think that you simply need to spread it around and wait for it to nourish your lawn. However, if you make any of the mistakes below, you will probably not have the green, lush lawn that you are hoping for. Selecting the Wrong Type of Fertilizer When you go to the store to pick out your fertilizer, you may feel that one is as good as another and simply pick up the nearest bag.

Mistakes to Avoid When Sowing Wildflower Seeds in Your Yard
If you have decided that you wish to grow plots of wildflowers in your yard, you may believe that you only need to scatter them and let nature take care of the rest. However, there are certain mistakes that you should avoid when sowing your wildflower seeds if you want the greatest chance for success. Sowing the Seeds on Untilled Soil When it comes time to sow your wildflowers seeds, you may think you can simply start throwing them in an area of grass without doing anything special to the soil.

Insight For Boosting The Security And Safety Of Your New Home
Buying a new home is an exciting time and a new beginning in your life, but you want to make sure your new home is kept safe from burglars and prowlers. Although you are in a new neighborhood, there can still be threats to your home and your family's safety. Fortunately, there are some steps you can take with your new home to boost its security. Here are some tips you can use in and around your newly-purchased home to keep it, you, and your family safe.

Install Copper Rain Chains To Protect Your Home While You're On Vacation
Everybody deserves a little vacation time every year, but staying away from home for a few weeks during the summer and spring could leave your roof open to damage from rain. However, installing copper rain chains can keep your roof safe. Pooling Rain Can Damage A Home When you go away on vacation, it's easy to forget about cleaning out your rain gutters. Unfortunately, this problem is likely to cause pooling rain on your roof that is difficult to manage.

The Importance of Sump Pump Maintenance & Installation
If you have a basement in your home, you should also have a sump pump. If you currently do not have one, you should get one. If you do have one, you should maintain it properly. A sump pump is one of the best tools you have to keep water out of your basement, and you can hire a plumbing company to install one or help you know what types of maintenance to perform on yours.

Tips For Choosing A New Dining Set For A Small Room
The dining room table is an important part of your house. It's where you entertain guests and gather for family discussions during dinner. It's where you host holiday meals that make lifetime memories. If you have a small dining room or if the dining room table needs to share space with the living room, then you'll be challenged when you go shopping at a furniture store. Here are a few tips for buying a dining room table when you don't have much space for one.

4 Techniques To Help You Achieve A Weed Free Garden
As a homeowner, maintaining your yard is one of the most important ways to maintain the overall curb appeal of your home. One way to achieve this is to keep the lawn weed free, which is always easier said than done. Luckily, it can be achieved with the help of these four simple techniques: Keep the Ground Covered: Weeds thrive in areas where there is open soil. This allows weeds to push through, grow, and spread easily.

Planting And Caring For 3 Appealing Trees For Small Backyards
As a homeowner, you probably already understand how good landscape design can improve your home's look and value. However, certain trees that produce shade and add color may be too large for your backyard. If you want to enhance your landscape design without making your smaller backyard area feel cramped and untidy, here are a few appealing trees to consider. Crabapple The Crabapple tree is one of the best additions for your backyard because it not only creates texture and color with its elegant flowering blooms, but some varieties also produce apples that can be enjoyable for you and your family.