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Natural Lighting - Improve Mood and Environment

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:41:08 -0600

Natural light is one of our most valuable resources, however is frequently under utilized in the home, especially in the sun drenched Southern states. The sun's natural rays are an important tool for bringing a home interior to life, and just as importantly, it doesn't cost a dime. A generously-lit room will elevate your mood and is much more beneficial to work, study or simply unwinding with a book. In built-up cities and towns, natural light alone is not sufficient to fully light-up a home, but with some thoughtfulness and creativity, it can complement and enhance the appearance of each and every room. Both the quantity and quality of natural light changes with the seasons, so at some times of the year, there will be a need for supplementary artificial light in the home. Illuminating your surroundings with natural light will work most efficiently with good positioning of windows, skylights and doorways and the actual floor plan and ceiling in a room is also important. A floor plan ...

English Garden Design and Residential Engish Landscape Designers in Houston Texas

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:52:46 -0600

You know one when you see it. The English garden design is all about curved beds, winding paths, riotous color. The gardener's hand is light. There-but just barely. It lets nature do its own thing. You might even say that the English garden design is controlled chaos.The history of English garden design began with the revolt against the constraints of formal landscape design and classic landscape design. These two forms, with their appreciation of balance, symmetry and geometry, sit on the opposing end of the spectrum from English garden design. Where formal gardens find beauty in linearity, English gardens use undulating lines. Where formal gardens seek right angles, English gardens use few, if any, angles. The words of the English poet Alexander Pope --the "amiable simplicity of unadorned nature"-describe this style.Impressionist painters were key influencers in the continuing development of the English garden design. Claude Monet - claimed that pa...

Quick and Dirty Holiday Decorating

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:06:29 -0600

You're tired. You've worked hard all week. Suddenly, the kidsshout gleefully... "let's decorate!" ... in anticipation of thecoming holiday. The "let's not" is miraculously not permitted toescape your lips. Instead you take a deep breath while youwonder about how this decorating could become an easier and morefun-filled activity.Well, it can be!- First, insist on family members pitching in to help and treatthis like a family project. This should not just rest on yourshoulders to accomplish and it will be much more fun if you allare making changes and creating memories together.- Next, pick a day and time you'll all devote no more than oneto two hours for a quick holiday makeover at your home for amajor decorating holiday schedule two or three longer blocks oftime. It helps if you can set the decorating date about one totwo weeks from now, if time still allows for that. This givesyou time to gather items together for the project. - Ask thekids to create one or two new ...

Halloween Bingo for Kids

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:29:52 -0600

Halloween, which falls on October st is a holiday associated with scary and ghost stories, witches costume parties, Halloween games, and, of course, trick-or-treating. The holiday has its roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian All Saints' Day - but today has really become a secular celebration. In schools and community groups, as well as in family gatherings, it is common to decorate appropriate, and then organise a variety of activities around Halloween. Of course, we are all familiar with things like dressing up and telling ghost stories, but other other activity that you might not have considered, is playing the game of Halloween bingo. Halloween bingo is played almost exactly like a standard game of bingo, but instead of using bingo cards containing numbers, you play using bingo cards printed with words or phrases relating to Halloween, for example, words such as "ghost", "ghoul", "pumpkin" or "witch". Just like normal bingo, Halloween bingo is very easy to pla...

Ultimate Army Themed Games & Activities for your Child's

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:34:28 -0600

Does your child dream of having an Ultimate Kid Birthday Party?It might sound easy to fulfill your child's dream, but itrequires planning, coordination and patience.I have listed Ultimate Army Party Games and Activities tohelp get you started.'Water Brigade' For their first high priority assignment, yourunit must put out a fire that is destroying civilian crops!Divide the soldiers into two teams; line the teams up next toeach other. Put a bucket full of water at the head of each lineand give the first person in each line a large cup full ofwater. Place an empty bucket for each team about ft away.Blow a whistle or say 'GO!' the first person runs to the emptybucket, pours the water into it, and races back to their teamwith the empty cup. They should pass off the cup to the nextteammate who fills the cup, runs to the bucket, pours the waterin it and brings the cup back for the next player. When eachteam member has run down and back the game is over. To see whichteam...

WOODEN PLAYHOUSES FOR YOUR CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:28:20 -0600

Wooden playhouses are a great source of enjoyment for your childrengrandchildren and also for you. Watching children's imaginations run wild when playing in a wooden playhouse is a site to see and hear. You just can't beat a child's imagination. Wooden playhouses are easy to build especially if you have already built a wooden garden shed. WHERE DO I LOCATE THE WOODEN PLAYHOUSE IN MY YARD ' The best suggestion I have for you is to locate the wooden playhouse in a location where you can look out your house window and keep an eye on the children. Another option is to place the wooden playhouse near your wooden garden shed or to attach it to your wooden garden shed. This allows you to work in your wooden garden shed and keep an eye on the kids at the same time. WHAT FEATURES SHOULD I USE ON THE WOODEN PLAYHOUSE ' Because a wooden playhouse is a down-sized wooden garden shed keep scale in mind as you build the wooden playhouse. If you add window boxes for example they will need to be small...

How to Survive Game Time At Your Kid's Next Birthday Party

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:44:07 -0600

Here are a few tips to help you survive the birthday gamesportion of your child's next party. Every kid birthday party is different. Indoors, outdoors, five guests, fifty-five guests, boys, girls,Army theme, Princess Theme. But one thing's for sure - at somepoint they'll be playing birthday GAMES. Now, I'll decorate,I'll bake, I'll wrap all the gifts and hand-deliver all theinvitations. Heck, I'll even clean up after everyone leaves. Just don't put me in front of a throng of kids when it comestime to entertain them! At least that was my initial reaction when first faced with theBIG question - how am I going to survive an entire hour atleast trying to entertain a mob of children at my daughter'sbirthday party?I had two options: Either PAY an arm and a leg and have a professional entertainerdo it for you. Or, take a deep breath, prepare myself as best I could and do itmyself and risk the loss of an arm and a leg in the process.. If you're a devout adventurer and c...