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Tips on Hanging Artwork
Adding artwork to your walls not only adds visual interest to your décor, but also gives you a chance to express your personality through the artwork you choose. Whether you are hanging a priceless...
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Bird Feeders for Kids to Make With Toilet Paper Rolls
Empty toilet paper rolls make decent little bird feeders, safe to the environment and rewarding to birds. Allow your kids to create exciting bird feeders from recycled toilet paper rolls to hang in the...
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How to Create Beaded Curtains
Add personality and style to any room with a beaded curtain. You can create beaded curtains yourself, even if you're not an experienced jewelry artist or crafter. The most difficult part of the project...
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The Differences Between a Queen & King Bed
Both a queen and king size bed posses similar yet very different characteristics. King size beds tend to cost more because these beds have more elaborate features. Select a bed that meets your comfort...
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How to Do a Chinoiserie Design
Chinoiserie design is a style that is inspired by Chinese or Asian-themed appearances. While the design is inspired by China, the actual pieces of furniture, paintings and interior design also have a...
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Rose Gold Ingredients
Rose gold is a popular metal for jewelry and accessories. However, rose gold is not a pure gold, but rather an alloy, which is a combination of several metals. The material gets its name from the rose...
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Creative Ways to Display Portraits
Displaying a collection of portraits contributes to your home feeling warm and loving. Traditionally, portraits are displayed individually or as a group of portraits on a wall or shelf. If you are...
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Birdhouse Projects for Children
Many children are intrigued by different species of birds. To encourage your child's interest in your yard's feathered denizens, allow him to build a birdhouse so he can watch different types of birds...
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Ancient Coins With Palm Trees
Palm trees live in warm climates and were common in the temperate regions of the ancient world, including Israel, Egypt, Persia, Arabia and other lands. All parts of the tree were used for human or...
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Pillows for People Who Sleep on Their Stomachs
Pillows are important to a good night of sleep. Each person has a different sleeping preference, and if you happen to prefer sleeping on your stomach, there are pillows uniquely designed for you....
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How to Find Spacer Balls for Weathervane
Weathervanes are ancient devices dating back to 50 BCE. Traditionally used to detect the direction of the wind from a location on the roof, they also make very nice decorations for a home's garden or...
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Ideas for Fall Wreaths
Christmas wreaths may hog all the front-door glory, but autumn makes a festive time for hanging fall wreaths to usher in the season. Ideas for fall wreaths incorporate natural herbs, foliage and...
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How to Decorate With an Old Ironing Board
An old ironing board can be a charming addition to your rustic, country or eclectic home decor. Hang an old ironing board on the wall to serve as a backdrop for a variety of useful and decorative...
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Floral Wreath Projects
You can create beautiful floral wreaths for your home using a variety of flowers. From a wreath full of white roses to a holiday-themed floral wreath, use your imagination to design a gorgeous wreath...
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How to Care for Raw Silk Quilts
Raw silk is a beautiful fabric that is often used in many items of clothing and home furnishings. It differs from other silk because the sericin, the natural gum that protects the fibers, hasn't been...
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How to Use Fall Leaves to Decorate Frames
During autumn, leaves turn colors from green to gold, brown and red, providing a natural palette for artists of all ages. Use the fall leaves in your neighborhood to spruce up your home decor during...
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How to Hide a Plasma TV Behind Artwork
Many people would love to have both a formal living room for entertaining and a family room for watching television. Unfortunately, we do not all have the space in our homes to have this separation,...
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Dead Rose Art
Roses have always held great symbolic meaning in art. Overall, roses have meant life and love. A painting featuring dead roses acts as harbingers of things to come. These pieces of art foretell the end...
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Is Earthenware Durable?
Earthenware has been made since prehistoric times. It is composed of clay and fired at a low temperature. The color can range from reddish-brown to dark red or even white, gray or black, depending on...
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How to Display Towels in a Basket
Display bathroom towels in a basket rather than on a rack or shelf. Baskets come in a variety of sizes, making it possible to include any type of towel into the décor. In addition to sizes, companies...
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Decorative Clear Glass Containers
Replace plastic storage containers visible to guests with decorative glass containers. Clear glass makes supplies easy to find and prevents duplicate purchases of daily necessities. Wrangle game or...
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How to Restore Smoking Pipes
Antique pipes that have been used for smoking rather than decoration require regular cleaning. Tar and other tobacco additives build up inside the pipe, which can damage the pipe and make it difficult...
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The Value of Antique Linen Bedding
Linen bedding -- or bed linen -- is a general term for linen and cotton items for the bed such as sheets, covers and pillowcases. While antique examples can be full of family history, they aren't...
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Modern Indoor Water Features
Outdoor ponds and backyard pools may be the first thoughts that come to mind when you think of water features, but indoor water features add an unexpected design element to your interior space as well....
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How to Design a CO2 Unit for Freshwater Tropical Plants
Use C02 in planted aquariums to ensure healthy plant growth. Assemble an inexpensive do-it-yourself unit from common household items. Create a good seal around the tubing to prevent the C02 from...
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How to Identify Seneca Glassware
The Seneca Glass Company produced fine crystal glassware from 1891 to 1983. The company started production in Ohio before moving to West Virginia to a factory that is now known as the Seneca Center....
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Flexible Track Lighting Arts & Crafts
Flexible track lighting provides a versatile light source that gives the user control over the exact placement of the bulbs. The tracks are bendable and can be moved after installation, if necessary....
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10-Inch Colonial Wooden Wheelbarrow Crafts
Colonial wheelbarrows have one wheel in the front and two handles in the back; people use them for moving dirt, flowers and stone around large yards. Many people make crafts using replica 10-inch...
View ArticleHow to Set a Howard Miller Quartz Clock
Founded in 1926, the Howard Miller Clock Company is a leading manufacturer of fine wall, mantel and longcase clocks. Howard Miller quartz clocks use highly accurate quartz movements to provide more...
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How to Protect Terra Cotta Pots for Outdoor Use
Terra cotta pots are porous pots made from clay. When using the pots outdoors, it is important to coat them with a protective sealant to keep out water and protect the clay from the elements. You will...
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Chinese Lantern Craft Ideas for Juniors
Chinese lanterns are a common decoration in China, especially during the Lunar New Year, Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. Many juniors admire these Chinese lanterns and can create their own...
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Rustic Birdhouse Ideas
Adults and children enjoy creating birdhouses, especially rustic birdhouses made of metals, recycled woods and twigs. From a crackled style birdhouse to a birch bark birdhouse, use your imagination to...
View ArticleHow to Adjust the Screws on a Free-Standing Mirror
Free-standing mirrors have been popular since it became possible to make large or full-length mirrors. Traditional free-standing mirrors are designed with a frame that holds the mirror free of the...
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Instructions on Making a Faux Fireplace
Fake fireplaces spruce up children's play areas and add festivity to your home during the holidays. Although these homemade fireplaces don't really burn wood, you can hang stockings from them or...
View ArticleHow to Add Scents to Kerosene
Scented oils can give kerosene a pleasant smell; they come in a variety of scents, so you can usually find one that suits your tastes. You can't just add any oil to the kerosene, though, or you may...
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How to Find Ansonia Clock Keys
The Ansonia Clock Company was founded in 1850 by Connecticut native Anson Phelps and clockmakers Franklin Andrews and Theodore Terry, under the parent company the Ansonia Brass Company. Producing over...
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What Are the Benefits of Planters?
Growing indoor and outdoor plants in planters increases your gardening space and can expand the types of flowers and plants you can grow in your climate. Creative consumers realize that planters not...
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How to Hang Mail Organizers
Mail organizers help keep all your bills and letters neatly in one place. While desk versions are available, using a wall-mounted mail organizer allows you to eliminate clutter from desks, drawers and...
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Projects With Fall Leaves
Adults and children can celebrate autumn by making a variety of projects using fall leaves. From a dried fall-leaf candle to a bouquet made of artificial fall leaves, use your imagination and show off...
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Pine Cone Projects
People can use pine cones to make home decorations and projects. From a pine cone bird feeder to a scented pine, use your imagination to create the crafts your friends will envy. A quick trip to your...
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Blue Green Algae on Artificial Plants in Aquariums
Blue-green algae are a problem for many aquarists. These tiny bacteria have a tendency to attach like glue to nearly any aquarium surface. When manually removed, blue-green algae often return in short...
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How to Mount a Decorative Fan
A decorative fan is a type of artwork that may be highly carved, painted, printed or otherwise decorated. This type of fan was and is used to cool a person by waving it through the air. Often fans are...
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Butterfly Garden Crafts
From a butterfly stepping-stone to a butterfly feeder to attract butterflies to your garden, you can show off your creativity by making butterfly crafts for your home garden. A trip to your local...
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Outdoor Ashtray Ideas
Smoking outside is sometimes the only option for smokers. One of the downsides of smoking is the smell that permeates its surroundings. For people who don't want to smoke at home or in their office,...
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Instructions for Cowrie Flowers
No beach outfit is complete without a cowrie shell necklace. These little shells add an organic feel to your ensemble, whether you're actually at the beach or are dressing for a casual night on the...
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How to Install a Dumbwaiter
Dumbwaiters move loads of up to 200 pounds from one level of a house to another, and, unlike a real waiter, you only have to pay for the service at the beginning when you install your dumbwaiter...
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Picture Hanging Options
When decorating your home's interior, hanging pictures correctly can mean the difference between a space that looks harmonious and organized versus one that looks chaotic and disorganized. Hanging...
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Monogrammed Toilet Paper Gifts
Finding a unique gift can be a challenge, but monogrammed toilet tissue is certain to be a surprise for anyone you choose to buy it for. Buying monogrammed toilet tissue is certainly personal, and can...
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Unusual Wind Chime Ideas
Some say that one ingredient makes a home more inviting: the tinkling of wind chimes. Though the majority of them look and sound alike, they can be custom-made to provide unique looks and sounds....
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How to Arrange Two Square One Round Frames
Groups of frames add style and character to your home decor -- not only with the art or photographs contained within them -- but with the shapes of the frames themselves, and how they are placed. For...
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