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Helping With Homes http://www.helpingwithhomes.com Home Decoration Styles and Advices Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:58:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Advice On Putting Up A Garden Wall http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/advice-on-putting-up-a-garden-wall http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/advice-on-putting-up-a-garden-wall#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:58:15 +0000 admin http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/?p=1012 When it comes to adding a wall to your garden you to make sure you are doing everything properly. Just because the garden won’t be housing any people doesn’t mean you can skimp on any of the construction process. Where most people make mistakes when it comes to putting up garden walls and enclosures is they try to do things really fast. Don’t rush the process, it may take you a couple weeks to get the job done but at least you will have done it right.

Advice On Setting Up Walls

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As a designer Kelly Wearstler has conquered nearly every category imaginable. From magnificent residences, hotels, resorts and restaurants to fabrics, rugs, tabletop, bedding and home accessories, she has brought her signature style of modern glamour to the masses. Last Fall she added fashion designer to her list of credentials with the launch of her first ready-to-wear collection and stunning retail boutique in West Hollywood which serves as a showcase for the world of Kelly Wearstler. The

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February is a gloomy time of year and scented flowering shrubs are one of the few beacons of delight we can guarantee in our gardens. So, from the famous among them to the more obscure, I’m on a quest to find the very best.

I asked my three favourite shrub specialists to recommend which ones they would be sad to be without, and Daphne bholua appears in the list of all three. Robert Vernon of BlueBell Nursery raves about Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’. He

]]> http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/scented-flowers-of-february/feed 0 Taking the mystery out of site drainage http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/taking-the-mystery-out-of-site-drainage http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/taking-the-mystery-out-of-site-drainage#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:11:02 +0000 Jesse Keys http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/taking-the-mystery-out-of-site-drainage

We’re currently working on a residential project thick with site complexities and jurisdictional requirements. The lot in question includes an existing home that will be demolished down to the foundation; the majority of the existing foundation will then be retained and reused in the new construction. There are numerous advantages for keeping the foundation; you can read about them here. As typical, the city requires footing drains around the entire perimeter of the house (whether the foundation is existing or new); the relatively small amount of water from these footing drains, along with the much larger quantity of water from the roof downspouts, needs to be managed as part of the building permit submittal. Th

]]> http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/taking-the-mystery-out-of-site-drainage/feed 0 Folding sawhorse stows away http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/home-improvement-planing/folding-sawhorse-stows-away http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/home-improvement-planing/folding-sawhorse-stows-away#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:35:42 +0000 Flynn Boas http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/home-improvement-planing/folding-sawhorse-stows-away

World’s best sawhorse? It holds hundreds of pounds yet folds up and stows away.

Every shop needs a set of sawhorses. I don’t use them so much for sawing as I do for organizing parts and pieces as I mill them and work on them, keeping them close at hand. As editor of FWW, I’ve seen dozens of sawhorse designs, but these are the ones I have in my shop.

I made them from some scrappy maple I had lying around (maple is great because it can be thin and yet very strong), and the hinges are those cheap utility type you can find at every hardware store.

]]> http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/home-improvement-planing/folding-sawhorse-stows-away/feed 0 Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom Find Love, Basketball and New Home in Dallas! http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/khloe-kardashian-and-lamar-odom-find-love-basketball-and-new-home-in-dallas http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/khloe-kardashian-and-lamar-odom-find-love-basketball-and-new-home-in-dallas#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:41:34 +0000 admin http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/khloe-kardashian-and-lamar-odom-find-love-basketball-and-new-home-in-dallas

Even in the midst of a trade, Khloe Kardashian Odom knows how to be there for her man. The lone Kardashian sis to remain married (see “Kim Kardashian Files for Divorce. How to Divvy Up Home Goods When Divorcing”), she quickly left the Los Angeles area for Dallas, Texas (hubby Lamar Odom is now playing for the Dallas Mavericks after seven years on the Los Angeles Lakers) in search of a new home for the duo. It

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]]> http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/khloe-kardashian-and-lamar-odom-find-love-basketball-and-new-home-in-dallas/feed 0 showin’ off: our new pbteen bean bag (a.k.a. groovy dog bed) http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/home-improvement-planing/showin-off-our-new-pbteen-bean-bag-a-k-a-groovy-dog-bed http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/home-improvement-planing/showin-off-our-new-pbteen-bean-bag-a-k-a-groovy-dog-bed#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:22:09 +0000 Flynn Boas http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/home-improvement-planing/showin-off-our-new-pbteen-bean-bag-a-k-a-groovy-dog-bed

I’ve been thinking about getting a Furlicious bean bag from PB Teen for ages… and finally bit the bullet the other week. I was worried that it would make our living room seem too dormy or juvenile. But then I realized that with a four-year old and a puppy in the house, it was nearly impossible to have “mature” decor anyhow! Actually, it was Isadora who tipped the scale towards buying the bean bag. There’s a bookstore in our neighborhood that has one tucked in the kids’ corner, and whenever we go there we get so cozy reading that it’s hard to leave. Sure, she wou

]]> http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/home-improvement-planing/showin-off-our-new-pbteen-bean-bag-a-k-a-groovy-dog-bed/feed 0 How to Use a Jigsaw to Cut Hardwood Flooring http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/how-to-use-a-jigsaw-to-cut-hardwood-flooring http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/how-to-use-a-jigsaw-to-cut-hardwood-flooring#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:40:20 +0000 admin http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/how-to-use-a-jigsaw-to-cut-hardwood-flooring

Cuts on hardwood flooring planks range from straight cuts for shortening the length, to detailed cutouts and notches to accommodate door trim, floor vents and other obstacles. A circular or miter saw makes quick work of simple straight cuts, but a jigsaw is better for the smaller cuts that require more precision. The blade choice for the jigsaw affects how well the cuts turn out.

]]> http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/how-to-use-a-jigsaw-to-cut-hardwood-flooring/feed 0 Marvelous Mud Rooms http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/marvelous-mud-rooms http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/marvelous-mud-rooms#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:25:05 +0000 Jesse Keys http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/marvelous-mud-rooms You are always free to hang your hat in your home but then, you should resist the temptation of dropping everything right in your home’s entryway. This is where the mud room comes in, a place where you can conveniently keep those things that tend to clutter homes, a place that helps you create a path to your door that is not only clear but clean. The mudroom serves as a kind of storage unit that is designed in such a way that both the adults and kids in the home can easily access it. With the bench that is always included, it makes wearing and pulling off boots and shoes very easy. Even more convenient are the cubes found underneath the bench which creates individual spaces for every member of the family to keep his or her shoes.

]]> http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/marvelous-mud-rooms/feed 0 Ultra Long Distance Wheelchair is the Grand Tourer of racing wheelchairs http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/ultra-long-distance-wheelchair-is-the-grand-tourer-of-racing-wheelchairs http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/ultra-long-distance-wheelchair-is-the-grand-tourer-of-racing-wheelchairs#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:16:05 +0000 admin http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/ultra-long-distance-wheelchair-is-the-grand-tourer-of-racing-wheelchairs Unlike racing bicycles, touring bicycles aren’t as stripped back and thus allow cyclists to sustain performance over a period of time. In the same way, Grand Touring cars provide long-term performance insight that helps engineers design race-worthy cars for the road. The same principles of performance and sturdiness are used in the design of the Ultra Long Distance Wheelchair by designer Andrew Mitchell. The wheelchair has been designed specifically to accommodate rough usage by professionals over ultra long distances.

Ultra Long Distance Wheelchair

Comfort for the user and optimal performance were some of the main priorities in its design, though it is created more as a stylistic experiment for racing wheelchairs. T

]]> http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/ultra-long-distance-wheelchair-is-the-grand-tourer-of-racing-wheelchairs/feed 0 Boijmans Education Tables & Trestles by Makkink & Bey http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/boijmans-education-tables-trestles-by-makkink-bey http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/boijmans-education-tables-trestles-by-makkink-bey#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:00:17 +0000 Jesse Keys http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/boijmans-education-tables-trestles-by-makkink-bey

From Studio Makkink & Bey, tables that can be tipped up and used as a chalkboard. Originally created for the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, the tables and trestles can easily be transformed into easels and collapsed for storage.(via)

“Larger tabletops can be joined with small study tables and drawing tables to make a table with a desired composition. The design was developed from a basic trestle and is in fact an extended trestle that is wide enough to be a table. One or two trestle tables can be assembled with a larger tabletop to form a bigger table. T

]]> http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/boijmans-education-tables-trestles-by-makkink-bey/feed 0 How to look after indoor plants http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/how-to-look-after-indoor-plants http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/how-to-look-after-indoor-plants#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:16:07 +0000 admin http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/how-to-look-after-indoor-plants This needs a resting period in early spring, when it should be kept somewhere cool and dry. In the summer, the pot can go outside for the stems to ripen. In September, return the pot indoors to a cool room. From late autumn, give it a warmer site and a fortnightly liquid feed. Don’t move the pot and avoid over/under watering or else developing buds may start to drop before they open.

House plant azaleas

These flourish in the short term only if kept in a cool room and regularly watered with room-temperature rain water. A

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Dan Charles reports for National Public Radios program All Things Considered,

For decades, as young people have been leaving farms behind, the average age of the American farmer has been rising. The last time the government counted farmers, in 2002, the average farmer was 55-years-old.
But theres a new surge of youthful vigor into American agriculture — at least in the corner of it devoted to organic, local food. T

]]> http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/who-are-the-young-farmers-of-generation-organic/feed 0 41 Great Last Minute Gift Ideas! http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/41-great-last-minute-gift-ideas http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/41-great-last-minute-gift-ideas#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:27:07 +0000 Jesse Keys http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/house-remodeling-expert/41-great-last-minute-gift-ideas With less than a week to go before Christmas, its officially crunch time for last-minute holiday shoppers everywhere. If youre still not sure what to get that special someone and need some inspiration, weve got you covered with 41 great gift picks for everyone on your list. Happy last-minute shopping!

1. Christian Louboutin by Christian Louboutin Hardcover Book, $150

2. Kelly Wearstler Brass Knot Earrings, $125

3. Reed Krakoff Watersnake & Leather Luggage Tag, $85

4. Caudalie Beauty Elixr , $46

5. Givenchy Antigona Tote in Bright Orange, $1280

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Fine Woodworking 2011 Annual CollectionThe Taunton Press, 2011.$34.95; DVD-ROMThe Fine Woodworking 2011 Annual Collection includes all seven issues from 2011 in an easily searched DVD-ROM. You won’t have to hunt for your past issues to find that article you read earlier in the year. A quick search of the DVD and the article will be yours – you can print only what you need and take it to the shop so you don’t mess up your original magazine. Also included on the DVD is a bonus magazine index for all the issues: 1-223. You c

]]> http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/home-improvement-planing/update-dvd-giveaway-fine-woodworking-2011-annual-collection/feed 0 Forget the Iowa Caucuses. Check Out the Homes of GOP Candidates http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/forget-the-iowa-caucuses-check-out-the-homes-of-gop-candidates http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/forget-the-iowa-caucuses-check-out-the-homes-of-gop-candidates#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:13:25 +0000 admin http://www.helpingwithhomes.com/daily-home-improvement/forget-the-iowa-caucuses-check-out-the-homes-of-gop-candidates

Have you been enjoying the race to the White House? As we have officially entered an election year, today’s events in the state of Iowa will help shape the race to become the next President of theUnited States of America. The Iowa caucuses will bring local republicans across the state to cast their ballot for their party’s presidential nominee. While we won’t know the outcome of today’s event until later on (or want to discuss politics for that matter), we thought it would be groovy to look at the homes of a few candidates. Having

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