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Creating a More Inviting Home Atmosphere

All of us spend a great deal of time in our kitchens and bathrooms. Yet, it is these areas in our homes that are often neglected. Does it not make sense to create an environment that is conducive to comfort, efficiency, and inviting to guests? Home improvement may not be at the top of the to-do list that is attached to the refrigerator door with a magnet, and finances may be part of the reason, so why not start thinking about treating yourself with that income tax refund to some home improvements. Let’s take a look at some ideas.

A great place to start researching ideas for home improvement projects is your computer or mobile device.  Your ideas do not have to be limited to bathroom and kitchen home improvements at this site as they also offer ideas for new home construction, room additions, and the like.

Assuming you are ready to remodel your kitchen, the process involved begins with a decision on what style you prefer. Sites such as HGTV help you navigate through the options available to the discerning kitchen connoisseur who knows what they want as they prepare each meal and entertain family and guests. Sites such as this one not only offer plenty of photos to give the reader the visual, also equally important they educate you on the finer details of kitchen design and style.


I value the comforts of my bathroom, and I know you do as well. How efficient is your bathroom design, and is it inviting to you, your family, and guests? If you have doubts to the answer to these questions, why not take a look at a site for ideas to stir your imagination for a more inviting, comfortable, and efficient bathroom design. This Southern Living site offers the reader, similar to the other aforementioned sites, a variety of home improvement ideas to research with not only great photos but also educational information so the home owner can be armed with both ideas and facts.

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Most people do not make a decision to remodel part of their home in one day and then the following day pay a contractor to begin the work. The efforts of putting careful thought and consideration into the decision’s that will be made concerning your home will pay dividends through the years as you enjoy the remodelled parts of your home.

Project Landscaping

At the beginning of summer, Alex finally began to tackle all of our overgrown landscaping that has been in place from the day we moved in. Our yard is flooded with bushes, rock, weeds, and flowers scattered about. There was just too much going on.

House before we moved in.

With everything the previous owners had going on in the year, our house looked plain and hidden behind a bunch of stuff.

Now that Alex has tackled a lot of it and put in some new landscaping, our house looks like it is loved and honestly, it looks much happier now.

House with new landscaping.

Now, we still have a lot of work to do and we are slowly getting it done. Eventually we will build a wooden porch over the current one, add some flower boxes and possibly some color to the shutters as well as cut down the tree in front since it is slowly dying off.

A Green Thumb, I Am Not

The day Alex finished this project, we picked up some flower pots and flowers and potted them and set them into the mulch out front. I should have known better….we stink at remembering to water things, other than the kids and dog, and well, our flowers are on the verge of death.

Sad. I know.

Since we failed at keeping them up this year, and well, every other time we have flowers or a plant that depends on water, I thought we could stick some fake flowers outside and keep the real ones inside!

Operation Fresh Flowers

Now that I have decided we need to stick to fresh flowers in the house instead, I figured we could either grab them from the store or even set up a regular flower delivery with a local florist to make sure we always have pretty flowers.

The thought of something as beautiful as these sunflowers in a vase on my kitchen table make me smile and that’s something I want to happen everyday!

I guess I’m off to do some flower shoppin’!