Top trends such as daylighting and interior design tips can make your home more valuable. That’s right! Interior design is not only about the look of your home and your individual preferences in home decor. Interior design can also impact the value of your home. You don’t need a huge budget to incorporate daylighting and other interior design tips. Some intelligent and specific design choices can directly increase the value of almost any house. Just follow these daylighting and interior design tips to create more equity in your home. 1. Join the Daylighting Bandwagon Daylighting is one of the hottest trends in interior design. Fortunately, it does not always require a lot of money. Daylighting can be accomplished with an mere change in how you approach lighting in your house. The concept of daylighting is actually quite simple. It's all about using more natural light the illuminate your home rather than relying on artificial lighting sources. … [Read more...] about Daylighting and Interior Design Tips
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Small Space Design Ideas to Maximize Your Home
Small Space Design Ideas Make Any Home or Apartment Feel Larger. Spaces that feel and look cramped can adversely affect your mood. No one wants to spend time in a cramped or cluttered living room, dining room, or bedroom. In worse cases, you’ll lose interest in inviting friends over if your small house looks like a mess every time. Fortunately, there are countless ways to design small spaces. Regardless of how “small” your space is, you can play around with various design elements to make it look and feel larger. You’ll be surprised how these design strategies can change your home! Here are seven small space design ideas to help you maximize your home. We have included links to some of the items we highlight in this story. HG&H receives a small commission for sales generated by these Amazon link. Thanks for supporting this website! Small Space Design Ideas: Keep It Cozy Who says having a small space at home is a bad thing? By changing your mindset, you can easily … [Read more...] about Small Space Design Ideas to Maximize Your Home
Orchid Garden Pool Landscape
I never expected to design an orchid garden pool landscape. But then I visited a new landscape design client. I quickly realized that just past their front door was a gorgeous swimming pool. How do you landscape a front entrance that’s a pool lanai? Most swimming pools in Florida are surrounded by garden beds with tropical plants on the inside of their screened enclosures. But this pool lanai was surrounded by four bare walls. Deciding on a design theme was easy when I found out my client was an orchid lover. I decided that I wanted to display an orchid garden on the tiled walls. But how to connect them together and take care of them properly and without a lot of maintenance? That part would be a challenge. The Orchid Garden Pool Landscape Design Up to the challenge, I searched for driftwood that would securely hang on the walls. I wanted to attach the various orchid species, tillandsias, bromeliads, and ferns just like they hang from trees in their native … [Read more...] about Orchid Garden Pool Landscape
Hide Your AC Unit with Smart Design Hacks
Air conditioners (AC units) are essential for countless homes and families. But AC units are not known for being the most attractive devices. In fact, many homeowners get frustrated when seeing those big gray boxes in their yards. If you have an AC unit in your yard, you probably wish it would just disappear. Well, you can't exactly get rid of your AC unit or magically make it vanish. It’s also important to be able to access it if you need to call an air conditioning repair service for essential maintenance or repairs. However, there are still plenty of innovative and effective ways you can hide your AC unit from view—or at least make it less of an eyesore. Here are some smart design hacks that will help to hide AC units and beautify your property. Home, Garden and Homestead is a member of several affiliate programs, and we receive a commission from qualified sales generated by the links in our stories. Thank you for supporting this website! Easy AC Unit Fence or … [Read more...] about Hide Your AC Unit with Smart Design Hacks
Make a Perfect Dried Flower Wreath from Your Old Bouquets
Making a dried flower wreath is an attractive way to repurpose old floral bouquets into something new and functional. Whether you use your wedding bouquet, an arrangement from another important occasion or cut flowers from your garden, your old flowers and this simple DIY project will unleash your creativity. Plus, we guarantee you will have fun! Here are some helpful tips so that you can make a perfect dried flower wreath from your old bouquets. Choose Your Dried Flower Wreath Florals Start by looking at your bouquet and determining which flowers and greenery are best for your project. You may decide that a few flowers have started to fall apart over time, and they aren't right for your display. If that's the case, work with what you have and choose the best-looking pieces for your wreath. Consider adding greenery or grasses to your arrangement to give the flowers a fuller, more inviting look. Pampas grass and dried flax are two popular options for dried flower … [Read more...] about Make a Perfect Dried Flower Wreath from Your Old Bouquets
