Saturday, January 19, 2008

Home Decor Furnishings With Style And Pizzazz

Home decor furnishings are available in a variety of items that person can choose from but one of the most accessible types of furnishings to accent a home is furniture.

A person may have a house full of older hand me down furniture, but a new feel may be needed to make the house become a real home. Home furniture can set the tone that a person wants their house to exude.

One room in the house that is consistently used is the living room. Here one can focus on specific home decor furnishings that can make people feel warm and invited into the home.

By using various textures and materials such as pillows, a person can set the tone that they want to achieve in this room. More than likely they will want their family and guests to feel welcomed, so neutral colors and comfy furniture can achieve this mood.

The style of home decor furnishings that a person chooses to embellish their home throughout will set the tone that the house will exude. A person will more than likely focus on this by the particular style of furniture that they prefer.

These various styles can be found everywhere from thrift stores to fancy furniture shops. No matter what a person chooses to accent their home with the main thing to remember is the feel that they are trying to achieve.

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Grow Ornamental Grasses In Containers

Ornamental grasses are wonderful plants for enhancing any garden even if it is in a container. These grasses are very adaptable and can grow in poorer soils better than many other garden plants.

This fact alone makes ornamental grasses perfect for containers because sometimes the soil is not as healthy as what one might have in a ground garden. Grasses also add beautiful color and height to containers. Many reasons exist for ornamental grasses to be used in a planter garden container.

Because of their low maintenance, ornamental grasses are perfect for containers. These hardy plants require little water, and they need to be fed twice a month with a liquid fertilizer such as Miracle Gro.

As long as the container is large and has good drainage, these ornamental plants will thrive and provide beauty unsurpassed by any flower. They also provide movement and sound that flowers cannot offer.

Ornamental grasses are the perfect accompaniment to the popular container garden. Both a garden flower box and a garden wall planter can be enhanced by adding special ornamental grasses. No matter if a Red Fountain Grass or a Japanese Silver Grass is used, the plants can be accented by the use of grasses.

These are low maintenance plants that require little in the way of care. As long as the soil is equipped with well drainage, then these ornamental grasses will thrive and give the gardener the garden of their dreams.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Indoor And Outdoor Teak Furniture

Teak is a wonderful and exotic wood with a feel of richness and luxury and has the benefit of being one of the most durable hardwoods. This makes teak furniture a very wise investment for both indoor use and for use on the outdoor patio or deck.

The highly regarded teak tree is a deciduous plant native to Indonesia. It is now often grown on African and South American plantations as well, helping to supply the growing demand for teak furniture as it continues to increase in popularity around the globe.

Over the years, teak furniture will deliver an excellent return in value, with respect to the initial investment. Plus, it shows your care for the comfort of your guests and your wisdom in choosing a material that is not only exotic but also sensible.

If you maintain your teak furnishings well, they can even become heirlooms pieces that you can pass down.

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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Vegetable Gardening Tips To Maintain A Successful Garden

Vegetable gardening tips are available at your nursery, online and your local gardening clubs. When you visit your local nursery, ask the staff about optimal growing conditions required for your seeds, plants and bulbs you are about to purchase.

One tip is to add a 1 to 2 inch layer of mulch around the plants and over the surface of the garden. This helps keep weed seeds from taking root and holds in moisture. It also prevents disease carrying soil from splashing up onto the plants.

Use organic mulch,(as opposed to something like black plastic) that will break down over time and create compost. One of the best vegetable growing tips isn’t about vegetables but about weeds.

Weeds attract insects and insects will eat your vegetable plants and spread disease from one plant to another so be relentless when it comes to weeds. And don’t leave pulled weeds or any dead foliage in the garden. Most things can be composed but when it comes to diseased plants it is often best to burn them.

A favorite vegetable gardening tip that really seems to work involves slugs. These little creatures love to eat your leafy vegetables, or probably any vegetable for that matter, but there’s one easy way to get rid of them.

Place a disposable aluminum pie pan in the garden and heap soil up to the rim so the snails can reach it. Fill the pan to the rim with beer (any brand will do!) Snails will apparently drink themselves into a stupor and fall in and drown.

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