Sheila Bishop

5 Tips for Vacuuming Between Professional Carpet Cleaning

In between getting your carpets professionally cleaned, you need to keep your carpets spot cleaned. Ideally, you should have a cleaning kit for spot cleaning. Beyond that, you need to vaccuum. Here are some essential vacuuming tips to help you. 1. Vacuum Often To keep your carpets as clean as possible, you need to vacuum often. Unfortunately, if you don’t vacuum on a regular basis, oils and dirt can build up in your carpet.…

Features You'll Want In Your New Kitchen Appliances

If you’re having a new home built or are doing a total kitchen installation, you’ll want to shop carefully for the appliances you’ll include in this updated space. Today’s appliances can make cooking faster and easier on you and can also offer more control over how they function. Before you have your contractor start designing the kitchen, and before you start tearing out the old appliances, note a few modern features you’ll want to ensure are included in your new appliances.…

How to Choose the Best Air Conditioning Model for Your Home

Most homes need a good air conditioner, as trying to go without one through the long summer months is uncomfortable, and extreme heat and humidity that gets trapped in your home can damage the house’s framework and other such materials. When you’re ready to start shopping for a new air conditioner but don’t want to invest in a central unit, note a few other options you have so you know your home improvement dollars will be well spent.…

Two tips to keep in mind when giving your garden a makeover

If your garden is looking a bit wild and neglected, it might be worth giving it a makeover. Doing so will not only make it a more pleasant space to spend time in but could also increase the value of your property. Here are two tips which should help you with this process. Hire a landscape designer If you’re serious about wanting to drastically improve the appearance of your garden, it’s worth hiring a landscape designer to help you with this task.…

3 common cleaning jobs for cloth blinds

Cloth blinds can be an attractive and flexible option for homes, providing a warm and natural finish to the room. However they can also become dirty over time with use, with a range of possible issues including cigarette smoke, dust or animal hair. Here are some tips on how to remove different stains from cloth blinds.  Dust Dust can naturally build up on any surface. Often the easiest way to remove dust is to use a hair dryer on the cool setting.…

Choosing the Right Exterior Blinds for Your Space

Exterior blinds can make any outdoor space more inviting and relaxing, and will also protect your patio furniture, grill, and other such pieces from exposure to harsh sunlight, wind, rain, snow, and bitter cold. When you shop for exterior blinds, you might actually be surprised by the many choices you have, and may not understand the differences in their styles and materials. Consider a few of those choices and their different features, as well as some simple pros and cons to consider, so you can find the perfect selection for any home exterior space.…

2 Key Areas That Will Benefit From Layering In A Room With A Monochromatic Colour Palette

Monochromatic colour schemes are huge in modern interior design. Monochrome refers to the technique of using a single colour in a variety of shades coupled with white. This creates an elegant, simple and calming atmosphere in a room. Most commonly, monochrome involves using black and different shades of grey, but you can also create the same effect with other colours such as reds, blues, greens and yellows.  You may love the idea of a monochromatic colour scheme but have concerns that your room will be underwhelming and lacklustre without a variety of different colours.…

Design 101: How To Put Up Your Curtains Correctly

Curtains are primarily used to block out light and provide some level of privacy in a home. They are also great design elements that can be used to improve the aesthetics of a room. They can tie a room together really nicely when chosen and put up correctly. However, many people find it challenging to put up curtains, and even when they manage to do it, the curtains end up looking wonky.…