• Home & Garden,  Home Improvement

    What’s Causing Your Lawn Issues?

    September 7, 2018

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    Keeping your lawn in good shape is the secret to maintaining a great garden. When you look outside, and there’s a nice patch of green grass that looks healthy, then it just makes the whole garden come together and look much better.

    In general, lawn maintenance is pretty simple. However, many of us are perhaps a bit guilty of forgetting to do things or doing other things that we shouldn’t. As a result, you can end up with a lawn that’s got many issues and just doesn’t look as healthy as it should.

    So, what do you do when you have an unhealthy and ugly lawn? To begin, you need to figure out what’s causing your lawn issues. If you carry on reading, you’ll find a few common things that often cause problems for lawns:

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  • DIY & Crafts,  Home & Garden,  Home Improvement

    5 Great Additions to Your Baby’s Bedroom

    April 26, 2018

    Designing your baby’s bedroom can be a fun project to tackle over the course of a weekend, but oftentimes we forget the little things that add nice touches to space, and more often than not, we wind up adding more stuff as the baby grows. However, wouldn’t it be nice to get at least most of the cool components out of the way instead of gradually improving the room over time? If you’re at a loss for inspiration and are looking for ideas that will spice up your baby’s bedroom, consider the following five tips first.

    1. SleepSack A sleep sack is an excellent baby blanket alternative because it stays wrapped around your baby in a safer manner than a loose blanket. You also have the peace of mind of knowing that your little one won’t wind up rolling out of their blanket and being exposed to colder temps as a result. They’re also easy to take on and put off and they can be worn outside the bedroom for an easy transition into bedtime from other areas of the house. 

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  • Home & Garden,  Home Improvement,  Lifestyle

    Securing Your Home While You Are Away

    April 9, 2018

    Traveling away for some time is a good way to unwind, but your home may be susceptible to burglary and theft while you are away. You need the peace of mind wherever you are in the world that your house is secured for you to truly enjoy your travel time as nothing could be more disappointing than returning to find your most valuable possessions are missing and your property damaged.

    There is, therefore, the need to secure your home while you are away. Follow the tips below to keep your house safe while you are away.

    Lock the house It might seem pretty obvious, but a good number of people forget to secure all the entry points into their houses. Locking the house is the simplest way of protecting your house while on vacation. Lock all the windows and doors to your house properly. This keeps away opportunistic thieves who may take advantage of your laxity to gain easy entry into your house while you away. You should invest in a pickproof and strong padlock and reinforce the doors and windows further with grills to make it more difficult for burglars to break in.

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  • Home & Garden,  Home Improvement,  Lifestyle

    Common Things You Don’t Actually Need In Your House

    March 15, 2018

    What is the exciting thing that comes after buying your own house? Yep, it’s shopping! It’s now time to fill in your house with items that will officially brand it as your home. But, don’t get too carried away with the shopping. You wouldn’t want your freshly bought townhouse filled with random items, right? If you’re confused as to what NOT to buy, worry no more! We present to you these items that you may want to ask yourself, “Do I really need these?”

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    Special surface cleaning agent Is it necessary to use 5 different cleaning agents just to make the kitchen squeaky clean? Even just one should be enough. You can even be creative and use natural ingredients in your pantry like lemon and vinegar to clean and sanitize.

    Special knife set Sure, it’s nice to pattern your kitchen from those cooking shows with a professional chef. But, do you need 20 knives in your kitchen? For items like these, quality should be considered over quantity. The idea is to only have several various pieces that will last for years. 

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