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		<title>Home Decorating For The Nursery</title>
		<link>http://www.homeandgardeninfo.com/2010/09/06/home-decorating-for-the-nursery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abbie Osborne-Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you're a mom-to-be, already a mother but planning to redecorate or simply preparing for the coming of a baby in the future, this article is the right fit. Here, you'll get some ideas on how to decorate a nursery.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#039;re a mom-to-be, already a mother but planning to redecorate or simply preparing for the coming of a baby in the future, this article is the right fit. Here, you&#039;ll get some ideas on how to decorate a nursery.</p>
<p>For boys, the popular colors are blue and green. Times have changed though and shades of yellow, red, purple and orange are now being welcomed by many parents for their son. These shades are so lively, they bring energy and cheer to a room. A nursery should be a happy place after all, so why not use vibrant colors even for a boy&#039;s room?</p>
<p>Designs for boys are numerous from sports, animals and nature to action heroes, cars and airplanes. Anything that exudes excitement will also bring the same vibe to the nursery.</p>
<p>Little girl&#039;s nurseries are traditionally decorated in pink. Pink is a beautiful and delicate color. It can be paired with just about any little girl&#039;s nursery decor. If you are like most parents of little girls, flowers, princesses and fairies are at the top of your list for nursery decorations. It is important that you decorate her room with things that you want to live with until she has outgrown her nursery. Have fun decorating the nursery for your little girl! Make it a space that she will enjoy for years to come.</p>
<p>Neutral nurseries are always nice, especially if you don&#039;t know whether you are having a boy or a girl. Neutral nurseries are also popular with parents who are planning on having more than one child, but want to use the same nursery, for all of their children.</p>
<p>When you are creating a neutral nursery, try using pastel colors. You can use yellows, greens and blues. Wall and window treatments should remain neutral as well. An area rug with a cute theme can be a nice touch to neutral nurseries as well.</p>
<p>The nursery can be as colorful as you want. However, it&#039;s best to stick to one color for now and allow it grow on your baby. In time, your child will be able to voice out what color he/she wants. The important thing is to make the nursery a comfortable and safe place for your baby.</p>
<p>There&#039;s no need to spend an arm and leg for spicing up your nursery. Save the expenses for the years down the road when your child will get to choose his/her own theme. For now, keep the nursery simple but fun. Cute but comfortable. And of course, a safe haven for your little angel.</p>
<p>Don&#039;t be ripped off by imitations. Be sure to buy authentic <a href="http://www.houseofarearugs.com/Nursery-Rugs-p-1-c-64.html">baby area rugs</a> directly.</p>
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		<title>The Ideal Little Girl&#039;s Room On A Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abbie Osborne-Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that little girls are made from sugar and spice and everything nice. Sugar and spice is not expensive and neither is decorating your little girls' room. If you are on a budget you can still give her a new look for her room that is full of character and comfort.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone knows that little girls are made from sugar and spice and everything nice. Sugar and spice is not expensive and neither is decorating your little girls&#039; room. If you are on a budget you can still give her a new look for her room that is full of character and comfort.</p>
<p>You want to start with the walls. You can give the room an instant makeover just by painting the walls. Use a color that she likes, for example, a soft pastel lilac or pink. Then purchase some stick and peel reusable appliques that you can place on her walls like around the light switch. You can move these anytime you want to.</p>
<p>She probably has a collection of stuffed animals that you can display on shelves. If shelves are too expensive you can purchase a pet net that hooks on the corners of the walls.</p>
<p>For her lighting, buy a new lampshade in her favorite shade of pink. You will find many different pretty and stylish designs at bargain prices in discount stores. You may also add fun to the room by opting for pink light bulbs.</p>
<p>When it comes to her floors you can add a beautiful area rug. These can be found online for a wide variety and a good deal. You can choose a heart shape or flower shaped area rug on the floor. These rugs are also affordable.</p>
<p>Change is good but you don&#039;t need to get rid of all her old stuff. Take her bedspread and add lace around the edges. Pile her bed full of throw pillows for added comfort as well as style. Don&#039;t just get a square pillow, opt for different shapes, colors, and sizes.</p>
<p>For the windows you can add cotton panels or even drapes. The best choice is a sheer panel with different colors. You can use the sheer panels on the outside of the windows and add a sheer white or cream in the center. On the top of the window try using a scarf waterfall valence with interlocking loops. This is not expensive but it look beautiful.</p>
<p>It shouldn&#039;t cost a lot of money to change the look of her room. Thrift stores and bargain stores are the best places to look for deals.</p>
<p>If you found this information about Home Design helpful, then you are bound to adore these <a href="http://www.houseofarearugs.com/Girls-Rugs-p-1-c-62.html">girls room area rugs</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Perfect Room: From Baby To Teen</title>
		<link>http://www.homeandgardeninfo.com/2010/09/02/the-perfect-room-from-baby-to-teen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abbie Osborne-Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you find out you are pregnant many emotions go through your head. You then realize you'll need to decorate a baby room for your new bundle of joy. Finding out the sex is the first step usually when choosing a theme for the new baby. Why not design a nursery which will grow with your child up into their teen years so there isn't anymore remodeling needing to be done every few years? Try not to choose pastel colors since they may not fit to well once your child is older.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you find out you are pregnant many emotions go through your head. You then realize you&#039;ll need to decorate a baby room for your new bundle of joy. Finding out the sex is the first step usually when choosing a theme for the new baby. Why not design a nursery which will grow with your child up into their teen years so there isn&#039;t anymore remodeling needing to be done every few years? Try not to choose pastel colors since they may not fit to well once your child is older.</p>
<p>Try choosing a theme which can be changed easily and inexpensive down the road. For example; a night sky themed room. You just need to paint the walls a darker blue and then add a few smoky gray clouds with a rag onto the walls. You then can purchase those glow in the dark star stickers and place them into the night sky mural on the wall. By adding nursery like decor, it will tie in the theme for your little one when it&#039;s an infant all the way up until they are young children.</p>
<p>Place soft, sleeping bears all over the room and add a moon&#039;s silhouette on the ceiling for a &#034;Good Night, Moon&#034; theme. You could also look for nursery rhyme decor to match the &#034;Hey Diddle, Diddle&#034; poem. It would be precious to paint a cow jumping over the moon in the night sky!</p>
<p>As you design your nursery&#039;s theme, make sure you add a rug to protect the carpet. The rug will be a very important part of the room. Stay with the nighttime theme when choosing your area rug to add another element of design to the space. Find a dark blue rug to match the walls this will look nice and protect the floor from those nasty baby stains that tend to happen. Dark colors are the best choice for rugs in baby rooms because they hide dirt, spills, and stains.</p>
<p>As you know, children grow and so do their imaginations and decisions come out of the wood work. With the sky themed room it&#039;s easy to change around for an older child as they grow. Try introducing the solar system. Taking out the &#034;Hey Diddle Diddle&#034; decor and adding a science feel will make it more appealing for their age group as they grow.</p>
<p>The teenage stage is usually the pickiest stage. Of course they know what they want no matter what you want to do with the room. Try introducing them into the black light. You can purchase paint which will reflect the awesome colors under this lighting and also great decor to add in their room.</p>
<p>Design a room that is versatile enough that it will work for a boy or a girl. Get creative and you won&#039;t have to paint every time your child enters a new age or stage in life. Just a simple change in rugs can transform the look of your baby&#039;s room and make the paint and decor last for years.</p>
<p>Discover where Baby Room Design experts do their shopping for rugs, and discover their favorite <a href="http://www.houseofarearugs.com/Nursery-Rugs-p-1-c-64.html">baby rugs</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Trick Behind Having A White-Walled Room</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cassandra Fanning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What color is your bedroom? Are you limited in how you can decorate your bedroom due to the wall color? If you are looking for a way to maximize the possibilities, consider painting your walls white. White walls can give you many options to suit your own style.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What color is your bedroom? Are you limited in how you can decorate your bedroom due to the wall color? If you are looking for a way to maximize the possibilities, consider painting your walls white. White walls can give you many options to suit your own style.</p>
<p>Are you an eclectic person? You can easily create a look that suits your style starting with your white walls.</p>
<p>Not sure where to begin? Just add some earth tones here and there, such as in a bed skirt or with pillows, then add more touches as you go along.</p>
<p>For people with a minimalist style, this is easy to do and can really make a room with dark wood flooring pop. Solid white walls with white bedding and a white rug will really set the stage for paintings. A dark frame for paintings will really enhance this look.</p>
<p>A white room will really enhance the dark tones found in wood floors, darker furniture pieces, and wooden picture frames. A white room remains light which is a good feeling.</p>
<p>White will also make a smaller bedroom appear bigger as it opens it up. A colorful rug, painting, or picture will create a great focal point in even the smallest of rooms!</p>
<p>For a more modern look, you can select beautiful shades of brown and green for your furniture and fabrics. This will really warm up the room. It will also appear bigger. Almost anyone will enjoy this modern variation on the white room. You can really get creative with as many shades of brown and green as you like. The white base of the room will keep it from looking too overloaded with brown and green.</p>
<p>To me, the best thing about my white bedroom is the versatility. I can achieve almost any look I want by simply changing the accents. Now, if the personality of my bedroom lied in the wall colors, I&#039;d be repainting every month to achieve this versatility!</p>
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		<title>Decorating Magic In Creating A Superhero Boy&#039;s Bedroom</title>
		<link>http://www.homeandgardeninfo.com/2010/08/28/decorating-magic-in-creating-a-superhero-boys-bedroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abbie Osborne-Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your son love superheroes? Then make him happy and a proud superhero lover by decorating his bedroom with his favorite superhero. His room will be the coolest place on earth! It can be decked with everything Spiderman, The Hulk, Batman, Superman or even the whole Justice League group.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does your son love superheroes? Then make him happy and a proud superhero lover by decorating his bedroom with his favorite superhero. His room will be the coolest place on earth! It can be decked with everything Spiderman, The Hulk, Batman, Superman or even the whole Justice League group.</p>
<p>Start by determining which superhero your boy likes among the numerous he knows and probably idolizes too. There are many selections of wallpapers with a superhero theme that you can find in children&#039;s stores. Spiderman, Batman, Superman, Aqua Man and The Hulk are just some the favorites. If wallpapering is not your thing, you can use a border that can be placed around the walls. The image of the superhero will be printed on the border, along the walls. Posters are another alternative.</p>
<p>For the floor, sometimes superhero carpet and rugs can be found. If the floor is already the color scheme you need and you do not want to change it, then using area rugs can be another good way of decorating the room into a superhero room. There are all kinds of superhero themed rugs that can be found. If superman is the theme bedroom chosen, then why not place a couple of red rugs around the room. Perhaps, a red rug on either side of his bed for instance. Area rugs are an excellent choice for any bedroom.</p>
<p>The same is true with curtains or window blinds. Use the appropriate color if you can&#039;t find one designed with the images or artworks of the superhero.</p>
<p>The beddings can also be in the same color scheme if you can&#039;t find a bed sheet or covers designed with your son&#039;s favorite superhero.</p>
<p>Accessorize the room with lamp shades in a superhero theme. It will make the room an ultimate fan&#039;s dream place.</p>
<p>Your little boy must have collectibles about his idol. Go ahead and display them. Accent with colorful beanbags and magazine racks or boxes for his comic books and sticker pads.</p>
<p>You can paint the walls if you&#039;re an artist. The walls do not only have to be adorned with wall hangings. Real artworks will look great as well.</p>
<p>All these ideas make a fantastic superhero bedroom for any little boy.</p>
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		<title>All About Closet Door Framing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold C. Turner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to do your own closet door framing, then you will need to have the know how to tackle this kind of carpentry work, unless you are someone who already has a bit of an idea on what is necessary to complete this job.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you want to do your own closet door framing, then you will need to have the know how to tackle this kind of carpentry work, unless you are someone who already has a bit of an idea on what is necessary to complete this job.</p>
<p>Find the best place in the building or home you will be putting it into before you decide to make a start. You will need to make sure it is not going to cause any unnecessary problems in the future.</p>
<p>With that all taken care of, you will now need to take some measurements of the doorway into this closet. You will need to measure the sides of the doorway area, the area above your head where the top of the door is, and the bottom of the doorway.</p>
<p>Once you have taken the measurements it will be time to organise the timber for the project. The best size for this job will be the two by four inch timber, or otherwise known as 2 by 4, and it will need to be as long as the measurements you have taken.</p>
<p>To be able to work on this project you will need to get some tools which you may already have. These can include a tape measure, a pencil, nails, square, level, hammer, and a wood cutting saw.</p>
<p>There are two ways to go about making this frame and that is by making it to fit straight into the space for the doorway, or making it on the floor and allowing a slight gap of about a quarter of an inch so it will fit easily into the opening. When the frame has been fitted and secured in place then the rest of opening can be completed. If you are unsure of the best way to be able to complete this work then there are instruction which can be found on the internet.</p>
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		<title>Just What Are Bed Bugs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you wake up one morning with prickly lumps on your body, you will probably think that you had been bitten by mosquitoes or ants the night before, but there is also a possibility that bedbugs have got at you. If this occurs in your own bed, then you have problems. If you are in a hotel, go and make a complaint to the manager.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you wake up one morning with prickly lumps on your body, you will probably think that you had been bitten by mosquitoes or ants the night before, but there is also a possibility that bedbugs have got at you. If this occurs in your own bed, then you have problems. If you are in a hotel, go and make a complaint to the manager.</p>
<p>You can be certain that most hotel managers will take complaints about bed bugs very seriously, because it is well known that the incidents of bedbugs are rising fast and have been since 1995. It is also common knowledge that large compensation awards have been made against hotels. Some of them were at hundreds of thousands of dollars.</p>
<p>Most so-called &#039;bed bugs&#039; will only feed on humans if their preferred host, often poultry, are not available, but there is one that only sucks human blood and that species is called Cimex lectularius.</p>
<p>Cimex lectularius was virtually extinct in the developed world by the late 1950&#039;s because of the extensive use of DDT in residences and hotels to eradicate all insects such as ants, bed bugs, silverfish, millipedes and cockroaches.</p>
<p>However, there has been a gigantic revival in the number of bedbugs since 1995. In fact, between 1995 and 2001, one report on bedbugs in London stated that incidents of bedbug call-outs had doubled each year.</p>
<p>The recovery in bedbug numbers has been ascribed to global travel and immigration from Asia and Africa. However, it is also likely that they were never completely wiped out and that they have become resistant to modern pesticides. There is not much you can put down or spray around now that will kill bedbugs.</p>
<p>So, what do bedbugs look like? Well, there are lots of different types of bed bugs, but most of them are brownish, unless they have just fed and then there is a red tint to them. However, they can also be white to yellowish. Sometimes, they look banded because bedbugs are covered with short hairs which reflect light like a stripy lawn.</p>
<p>Bedbugs have a beak-like mouth-piece with two tubes. One tube squirts spittle into you and the other sucks blood out. The saliva contains anti-coagulant and a pain-killer, so that you do not know that you have been bitten until long after the bedbug has gone home.</p>
<p>Some people never know, because they are not allergic to the saliva, others get a lump or slight swelling almost right away, but sometimes the swelling can take a week to come out. These bites may or may not be itchy.</p>
<p>If you travel a lot, or if you go to regions of the world that are less concerned with hygiene, you must be careful about not taking bedbugs home with you. They will not remain on your body, but they may lay eggs in your clothing or hide in your suitcase. Therefore, either before you go home or without delay on arrival have your clothes washed at a temperature above 46c and blast your suitcase with a jet of steam or hot air.</p>
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