Patios

How To Choose Awnings For Your Home Or Business

Before, awnings just served as protection from the sun and rain for houses. But now, awnings are included as part of a house's or building's architecture not only for its primary purpose, but also to add charm and create a statement. If you are still unconvinced about the architectural beauty of awnings, you might want to have them installed for the following reasons: * It protects the window frames from the rain, sun and snow. Most window frames and windowpanes are mad...

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Beautify With Awnings and Save Money on Your Energy Bills

Awnings add charm and beauty to almost any architectural landscape as they easily dress up homes and businesses. In addition to their good looks and complimentary styles, awnings block out damaging sun rays while admitting daylight. Awnings also help your air conditioning system from working as hard or as often. This should lower your cooling costs by as much as 25% or more.

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Protect Your Patio With Vinyl Covers

If your patio suffers from too much sun, then perhaps it is time to have a vinyl patio installed! Vinyl patios provide the patio or deck with much needed shade from the sun and direct heat. Having some outdoor space and a pretty patio can instead be a hassle if it does not have any covering against the elements should there be a storm or sudden heat wave. Vinyl material can be very durable and resistant to the elements and is increasingly become popular among do-it-yourself a...

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A Concrete Way To Raise Your Home’s Profile

Increasingly, homeowners looking for an inexpensive way to make their home more livable and increase curb appeal with an eye toward resale are embracing the nationwide trend of creating outdoor living spaces.

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Why You Should Consider Staining Your Concrete Floor

If you're not familiar with it, concrete stain isn't a paint or finish coat. It involves a chemical reaction on cement materials.

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Imagine This – Retractable Awnings

Retractable awnings combine old-world craftsmanship and technology into a fantastic array of options.

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Aluminum Strap Patio Furniture Sets

The construction, maintenance, storage, and appearance of aluminum patio furniture makes it a great choice for hassle-free patio furniture.

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Seating Buying Guide

Modern seating arrangement is all about a great symphony of functionality and comfort. You need chairs for almost every imaginable important work, at home and in office. This buying guide will direct you with different aspects of seating furniture to help you find the best one for your office, and home.

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Adirondack Chairs – Combining Comfort With Timeless Style

Adirondack chairs have been around for over a century, but their timeless design is still as popular as ever among those of us looking for comfortable and relaxing outdoor furniture.

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Problem Free Patios, Paving And Paths

If you are thinking of creating a patio, courtyard or path within your garden, then I have some helpful information for you. Where to place a path Have a good look at your garden, even if you are just viewing from the comfort of your kitchen, this may give you an idea of where paths should be placed. Viewing a curved pathway, particularly one that wraps behind a border will entice the viewer to exit the house and follow the path to discover what lies at its end. You may...

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What Does a Home Inspector Do?

Congratulations! You purchased a home. The next step is to get your home inspected. A home inspection ensures the integrity of your home. A general home home inspection inspector performs a visible inspection of the home's internal and external systems. A general home home inspection inspector inspects:

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Planning Your Patio Garden

A patio can be a wonderful place to relax during the warm days of spring, summer and autumn; or all year if you live in warmer climes. At times when the lawn may be too wet or even muddy, the solid floor of a patio means you can sit outside even after heavy rain and make the most of the fresh air, and visual pleasure of your garden. You can even turn your patio into a patio garden to make it more interesting. You can turn the plainest of patios into a patio garden with the...

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Building A Garden Fence

They are privacy and shelter are two important things in the garden. The latter is often a problem in gardens which are exposed to cold prevailing winds. Both these points are important not only for the gardener himself, but also for the plants in his garden. Young growth can be severely damaged by cold winds and frequent buffeting will cause a great deal of root disturbance. Although privacy and shelter can be provided by trees and shrubs, fences also have an important p...

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Fun and Food in Home Grown Vegetable Gardening

Growing vegetables in your garden can save you money. During harvest time, your own produce becomes part of your meals. Home gardeners feel deep satisfaction in preparing salad or seasoning the casserole with freshly picked plants from their own vegetable gardens. Their feeling of the taste is incomparable.

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Luxury Outdoor Rooms

This article informs the reader about outdoor room options and the amenities that can be included.

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Seeding Your Lawn, Laid Bare

I've never laid carpet, tiles or lino but there is one floor I do know how to lay and that is the carpeting for the outdoor room. I speak of course of the most popular garden ground-cover the lawn. Prepare before you sow The best time to sow grass seed is between early April and early September, however you must firstly carry out some preparation. Ideally sometime between March and August you must 'burn off' any unwanted growth. Achieve this by spraying all weedy soil a...

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Patio Design – Add Awnings As A Colorful Finish For Your Patio Design

Patio design, planned with care and creativity, not only becomes a value-adding asset to your home, but expands your living and entertainment areas substantially. Elements such as awnings will complement any patio design, adding both color and protection against the powers of nature. Your patio design will depend on the area you have available, the maintenance-level you prefer, and your lifestyle needs. You may need some serious landscaping, and choose complicated water...

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Top 5 New Plants for Your Garden

Spring is coming, and it is time to start thinking about new plants, trees and flowers for your garden. Are you looking to add something to your garden? Read on to learn about plants you can grow.

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Is Teak Wood Outdoor Furniture Right For Me?

You are contemplating your first purchase of Teak Furniture and you are wondering if you are making the right decision? Well, you are and in this quick article, I will explain why I believe that. If you already use Teak Wood in some of your favorite outdoor furniture, then this article will just be fun information for you to know and share with your friends when they ask you, 'why did you buy Teak Wood' versus?. It is no surprise, or it should not be, that Teak Wood h...

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Changing Your Blinds?

If you are interested in updating you home, or simply changing the look, but have a small budget, then consider decorating with window blinds. There are many types of blinds available in as many colors as you can imagine, so finding exactly what you are looking for that will enhance your home's charm is easy. The most popular blinds include Venetian, Roman, vertical, mini and woven wood blinds. Each of these blinds offers a different look and style that can enhance your ho...

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Where to Put Your Water Garden

Like so many things in life, the location is one of the most important aspects to consider when making any changes. Here are a couple of things to consider when you build your dream water garden.

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Log Cabin Fever

Homesteaders settling in the territories of the American West traditionally built log cabins; durable, rainproof, and inexpensive. Today, eco-friendly and rustically charming, log cabins with their distinctive handcrafted appearance seem to be making a comeback, with luxurious features such as whirlpools, skylight windows and heated patios. Swedish colonists built the first log cabins in North America at the beginning of the 18th century. The design of the log cabins was ...

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Yard and Garden Trends for 2006

An insightful and informative article exploring some of the latest yard and garden design trends in urban America.

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Make Your Property Stand Out With Casement Windows

Windows are a very important aspect of any property and can make all the difference to the way the property looks and feels. With the right windows you can make your home really stand out amongst the crowd, giving it a unique and classy look both inside and out. Whether you are carrying out a full home improvement program or whether you simply wish to change the windows in your home this type of improvement can not only make your property look and feel much better but can als...

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About Creating Mosaic Countertops

Creating a real tile mosaic on almost any surface top is easy. The first step would be to look in a tile shop and see what is available. Then decide on a pattern you want.

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Garden Leaf Blowers – More Power to Your Elbow

Want more power to your gardening elbow? Enjoy this great article reviewing the different types of garden leaf blower and their uses.

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Garden Decking

Sometimes, you will want to be able to walk on part of your garden without walking on the grass

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Addition To Coolness

To the budget conscious people, an air conditioner is not a wise alternative in a room especially during the summer. There is always the standard stand or desk fan or using fan or just plain opening the window. A wise addition to a room, which is both, cost efficient and stylish is a ceiling fan. This is preferred especially when your aim is keep one room cool. The ceiling fan functions by moving the both cool and warm air around the room, which would really aid in making ...

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Gardening tips, techniques and plant information

Gardening in small space means you plant in containers, choose plants carefully, grow up on trellises instead of outdoor, hang plants from something overhead. Herbs, vegetables, shrubs, and citrus fruits can all be grown in containers.

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Who Invented Wall Fountains?

Wall fountains are also known as single face or fa'ade fountains. It is not possible to ascribe the invention of wall fountains to an individual.

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Outdoor Furniture

Getting into the Great Outdoors has never been easier or more relaxing than with outdoor furniture and accessories! Outdoor furniture and outdoor accessories personalize your space; relaxing touches allow you to laze in your outdoor environment.

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Safeguarding Your Pets from Parasite Infections

Want to know how to safeguard your pets from parasites infection? Find here the Vets recommendations how to recognize symptoms, ways of treatment and prevention of fleas, ticks and heartworm infection to your pets.

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Liven Up Your Patio – Wooden Patio Covers

Having a patio gives the house an extra dimension and an attractive outdoor space. For people who love the outdoors, having a patio means having an extra room and allows for a wonderful home-to-garden transition. 1. The Benefits Of Patio Covers It serves mainly as a protection from the harmful rays of the sun but patio covering also has more benefits. With different materials on the market, you can create a stylish look with your patio cover. It gives you a full range ...

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Patio Furniture Extend Your Living Quarters

Your living quarters don't have to stop within the perimeters of the traditional rooms like the kitchen, living room and bedroom

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A Guide To Outdoor Lighting

With the evolution of lighting technology, outdoor lighting has seen its share of breakthroughs. Outdoor lighting is as important as indoor lighting. Lighting up the spaces immediately outside or surrounding our living areas is extremely vital for visual orientation, safety while navigating, and security, as well as for balancing out the indoor ambience. The outdoor milieu prepares and provides a preview to the life and living style within the four walls. Outdoor lighting is equally important in reflecting the external persona of a structure and its surrounding area. It sets a particular mood and provides a visual treat.

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Tips On Creating Your Backyard Retreat

From grills to gardens and pillows to patios, a growing number of people are enhancing their outdoor living space and turning the backyard into an outdoor room disigned for relaxing and entertaining.

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Wood-Burning Stoves: Timeless Classics

Traditionally, wood-burning freestanding stoves were used in ski cabins and lodges, but today thanks to new design concepts they have become a welcome addition to any home. Wood-burning stoves can be installed in any room of your house, but most often they are placed in living or dining rooms, as well as in patios. While traditional fireplaces generally work as a piece of d'cor, free-standing wood-burning stoves are generally used for more practical purposes, namely, for ...

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Commercial Furniture for Any Property Owner

Whether furnishing a hotel, restaurant, resort, or apartments, building owners need an inexpensive and hassle free way to furnish property. Commercial furniture is available to suit any type of property ranging from casual food service, to luxury resort suites. Commercial furniture is also available to meet any size or style of property, as well as meet any range of budgets.

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The Perfect Ceramic Tile: A Guide

Any sort of home improvement requires careful planning. The perfect ceramic tile for making your d'cor dream come true is out there, but finding it requires a bit of research and patient planning.

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Commercial Patio Furniture

Making guests and business owners happy with the best commercial patio furniture.

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Outdoor Patio Furniture

Deciding what to buy: Cost, Quantity, and Location

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Grosfillex-Quality Brand, Quality Melamine Tables.

Grosfillex is the number one brand name in outdoor resin patio furniture. Famous for its resort and food service grade quality patio furniture, it is also ideal for residential patio furniture. Grosfillex molded melamine patio tables are an excellent choice for any patio setting.

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Using Concrete for Interior Applications

Concrete is an extraordinary material that is practical, expressive, and aesthetic all at once. From a primal and formless slurry, you can transform it into virtually any shape that becomes a solid mass. The possibilities for creative expression are endless. Discover more in this article ...

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Decorators Turn To Stone Surfaces For Elegance

It's not hard to see why stone surfaces add a look of refinement and elegance in home decor. Happily, new manufacturing techniques are now producing specialty coatings that look and feel like authentic stone inlays, at a fraction of the real-stone price.

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Filling A Garden With Flower Power

Flower power is at the heart of countless gardens--and with the range of flowering varieties available today, gardeners have numerous choices.

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