The sun porch at  the  Outer Banks rentals that we were vacationing one summer really gave me the inspiration to have one in our home too. Our sun porch is going to be used to have breakfast and to watch the children play in the early evenings.  It is going to be used a lot [...]

Going organic/green and staying healthy had been my plan all my life.  Truth be told, if i can buy everything organic to eat, I would and if i can bring a cloth bag for every shopping or errand need i would too.  Conscientious planning and early training of the family (kids & spouse) is a [...]

Exercising at home or having an exercise room at our home is very important.  A room is section off at the basement just because we need to keep healthy in the winter months.  Using  weight loss products is a must for me but as we all know, exercise is just as important, so you can [...]

For someone have had hair loss for the longest time since coming to Canada and also using  hair loss treatments , you have to know that I have a lot of hair all over the house and just about everywhere in my home and office.   Using the vacuum cleaner just to pick up my hair [...]

A friend of ours have a kid who has mesothelioma , so she came home to stay with them.   In order to give her the privacy she needed, they turned their farmhouse into a joint apartment with its own entrance, kitchen, living room etc.   I thought it was an awesome idea and really nice of [...]

I told the man that when the basement is completely renovated, I want to repaint and section off the laundry room to be colorful and warm.  That way, anyone who is on laundry duty will love going down to the laundry room and not worried that it is cold and dark down there or even [...]

I came across Portland-based Hiih Gallery’s handmade paper lights and was really impressed.  Thought i would share it with all of you.  The lamps are really handmade from the beginning to finish.  Natural materials are used and local beeswax and walnut dye.
One can also place special orders for the design they like but there are [...]

When we first bought our house/home, we were actually quite dumb at everything and didn’t know what to expect.  We didn’t really have anyone to give advice since the spouse’s parents owned their own home inherited from their grandparents.
So what can one expect when you want to buy yourself a home/house and live happily ever [...]

My neighbors were visiting the other day and told me that their hardwood floor is scratch proof.  I had a cup of tea with me and luckily i didn’t spit anything out while she stating the above.
For those who wants to know, there is no such thing as scratch proof floor.  The finish applied by [...]

Many people like myself love their hardwood floor but some inherited them from the previous owners and decided to keep it because they are definitely pretty and hardy, so we would like to thing.  There were many mistakes that I had made with my hardwood floor, so I thought I should share this with those [...]