Weekend Project: Bling Your Shower Curtain–Naturally

Jun 25, 2011 Posted Under: Home Improvement Topics

I finally have to admit that my old shower curtain has seen its last days. It’s time to turn it into rags and replace it, and I don’t want to spend a fortune. Following former Natural Home art director Susan Wasinger’ssimple directions, I can adorn a plain organic cotton or linen shower curtain (or even a cheaper shower curtain liner) with a sweet, simple leaf motif. I’ll get a pretty, natural look for my bathroom for much less than I’d pay for a fancy shower curtain.

To make this, I’ll use nontoxic Dharma Pigment Dye, which will give me the same soft, stone-washed look that Susan achieved. She used le

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Making Patio Doors Work with Covered Patios

Jun 25, 2011 Posted Under: Home Improvement Topics

Covered patios offer countless possibilities to different types of homes. There are some homeowners who use their covered patio as an outdoor kitchen where they can do some grilling or barbecuing. A covered patio can also serve as a place where you can relax after a hard and stressful day at work. It could also be a great area where you can entertain guests or where you and your family can spend some quality time together. Covered patios also offer a space where you can get out of the great outdoors without actually having to go indoors regardless of the type of whether that you have.

If you do not have a covered patio and you would like to create one or if you do have one but are wondering how you can design it so that it can be functional and stylish, here are a couple of ideas that might help you out.

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Allu Skincare #1: Allu Skincare

Jun 25, 2011 Posted Under: Home Improvement Topics

Allu Skincare Therapy is able to offer in one single formulation what you would literally need to buy five or more products to achieve the similar results. The unfortunate thing is, it would almost take a biochemist to determine which ingredients could provide adequate results.

Want An Easy Way To Go Green? Try A Boost Box!

Jun 25, 2011 Posted Under: Home Improver Advice

There’s no denying it–going green is all the rage these days. But when it comes to making your home an environmentally friendly, energy efficient machine, it can be tough to know where to start. Sure, there’s the little things, like swapping your lightbulbs for CFLs, or recycling, or choosing low- or no-VOC paint. For a more concentrated, room-by-room approach, the Boost Box is here.

The Boost Box is another one of those ingenious, “Why didn’t I think of that?” inventions. Created by Boost Home, the Boost Box is labeled by fixture (shower, toilet) or room in your home (home office, kid’s room, whole bathroom).

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TrendHome: Casa Folha by Mareines +Patalano [Rio]

Jun 24, 2011 Posted Under: Home Design Trends

What a dream house! The TrendHome review today is located in southern Rio de Janeiro. The Leaf House or Casa Folha was inspired by Brazils Indian architecture, perfectly suited for the hot and humid climate where it stands. Built by Mareines + Patalano Arquitetura, they see this as low-tech eco-efficiency project playing with the wind as a cooling system and the idea of a tropical beach house as a means of enhancing the interaction between man and nature, trying not to separate them completely.

The roof acts as a big leaf that protects from the hot sun all the enclosed spaces of the house as the in-between open spaces, truly the most important ones .

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