Essential Tips To Keep Your Kitchen Knives From Getting Dull

Knives are an essential tool in every kitchen, but they often don't get the care they need. Many people let their knives go dull without realizing it, and a lot of that dullness happens because of how the knives are treated. A dull knife makes cutting harder, which also makes using it more dangerous. Instead of slicing smoothly, you have to push harder, which makes accidents more likely.

Ways to Update and Improve Your Home

When you are a homeowner, you have a lot of different responsibilities. One of these is making sure you keep your property in good shape over the years. There's always something that needs your time and attention. With a little hard work, you can focus on making your home a better place to live. A good first step is to gather some suggestions as to what you can do to enhance your property. Then you can begin to put projects in priority and come up with a budget for each. Here you can review four ideas for updating and improving your home.

Common Signs Your House Might Be Outdated

Usually, you know an outdated home when you see one, which is not exactly a timeless or historic home, just an outdated one. Sometimes, our beloved homes start showing their age. Honestly, it's not like it's anyone's fault; it's just that trends come and go. 

When working on improving the home, most people think of energy efficiency, such as ways to warm up the house in the winter. It's not always just about trends and fast homeware; it's about the atmosphere and the overall look.

Budget-friendly Guide to Decorate Your Teens Room

As parents, watching our children transition into their teenage years can bring a mixture of pride and trepidation. They're carving out their identities, seeking independence, and wanting to get a space that reflects their evolving tastes and personalities. But where does one even begin to create a room that keeps up with their ever-changing preferences? And how do we do it without burning a hole in the pocket?

Home Upgrades on a Budget

If you are thinking of upgrading your home, but you are on a bit of a budget, then you are not alone. Many people are in the same situation, but if you follow this guide then you will soon find that you can make all of the right changes without breaking the bank.

Tips to Consider When Planning to Create a Children's Bedroom

When it comes to designing a bedroom for your child, there are a few things to keep in mind. You want to create a comfortable and fun space while also being stylish and age-appropriate. Here are five tips to think of when planning to create a bedroom for your children.

Cacti Design using Double Cast Embroidery

The double cast embroidery stitch gives a beautiful effect for the cacti design. The completed design can be used to decorate anything or just hung as a wall decor.

Benefits of Having A Breakfast Bar

A breakfast bar is one of those things that everyone dreams of having in their kitchen, but they never seem to get. You may have debated the idea of a breakfast bar for years, but certain things have held you back. If you're looking to be convinced, here are four reasons a breakfast bar is a must for your kitchen space.

Tips for Creating a Work-Life Balance

Juggling work, family, and social life can be challenging at times, but there are few ways we can find a balance. If you learn to prioritize, you can successfully divide your time between your job, socializing, and spending time with your kids. It is also essential to remember to schedule in self-care. Make time to do activities that make you feel better, and do not be afraid to ask for help when you need. Here are five tips for creating a perfect work-life balance.

Changing Home Trends

These days home trends are constantly and rapidly changing. For a long time neutral colours have dominated the home. Usually, modern homes are showered with wall colours such as white, beige, grey, and cream. Although it may make the home look sophisticated, it's been overdone. With many people being indoors due to the pandemic, paint colours in earth tones such as brown, orange, red and yellows have made a come back. 

Practical Ways to Enhance Your Home's Front Entry

The front entry gives visitors an impression of your home. An excellent entryway welcomes visitors and family into your home, while separating it from the outside world. These four practical tips ensure you have a terrific entryway.

Photowall Home Decor custom sized canvas print

We love using Photowall products from wall murals, wallpaper, and prints to make different spaces in our home look vibrant and unique. Photowall is a wall-art company based in Sweden. They are passionate about creating inspiring living spaces with personality. Their website is constantly updated with beautiful designs to suit everyone's taste.

How to colour wash a focal wall

We had this DIY stencil wall for about three years now and wanted to change the look of this room by adding more indoor plants. With the indoor plants hanging the wall looked a little crowded, so we changed it up with this easy and fun colour wash technique. Depending on the lighting, this room looks different and beautiful in person.

Bring Style and Decor with Photowall

If you are looking for a way to change up your decor, bring creativity to your home and give a fun unique look to any wall in your home, then you must take a look at Photowall.

Sealing artwork and coasters with Epoxy Resin

I did a fun canvas painting of a vase using gouache paint for the background and used pressed flowers from previous summers, then sealed it with epoxy resin. Since reading The Ultimate Fluid Pouring and Painting Project book about resin, I have wanted to try it and love how the projects turned out. 

Decorating our home with Mixtiles

Mixtiles are a perfect way to print memorable pictures to display it in any room of our homes. With the current situation in the world, we decided not to travel this year - not even to explore anywhere close to home. We spent a lot of time looking through pictures, talking about our memories, and picked a few pictures of memorable places from our travels to display in our office/craft room. 

Attracting bees to the garden with these DIY bee hotels

Over the years, we have made our garden pollinator friendly by adding a variety of features! It is exciting to watch these homes and places being utilized by benefiting creatures. We have also seen the benefits of these features as they have encouraged different types of bees to come into the garden and help pollinate flowers - especially in our vegetable garden. 

The bee hotels we placed in our garden were made in a post or block style, and painted with acrylic paint for aesthetics. We leave these homes all year round in the garden. 

Inspiring Arts and Craft books and Easy Embroidery Hoop project

In March, we take a little extra time to do a few more crafts anticipating the warm weather. With the kids at home for Spring Break, there is more time to break away from our routine and try some hobbies we put off during our busy schedules. We have been trying a few ideas from Quarto Knows books Brain Lab for Kids, Stitch + String Lab for kids, Art lab for kids, Paint lab, and Calligraphy Kit.

Novels for adults and teenagers

We have been reading a few books (for adults and youth) that you can add to your list of books to read. Read below to read a synopsis and our thoughts for Grown-Up Pose, Indelicacy, My Summer of Love and Misfortune, Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, The Complete Sherlock Holmes, and Solving Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Your Way Through the Cases. 

Importance of CO safety during winter with FirstAlert

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Many of us have heard about the tragic carbon monoxide (CO) gas related deaths that happen, especially in winter. This poisonous gas is called the silent killer because it is an invisible, odourless, and tasteless deadly gas, which can be produced by any fuel-burning device. The only way to detect CO in a home is by installing a CO alarm.