Nothing beats the feeling of going home after a long day at work and relaxing in your beautiful bedroom. Your anticipation for a peaceful evening, however, could easily be ruined if your personal living space has seen better days and isn’t very relaxing. If you’re having difficulty resting in your bedroom, it might be time to turn it around and improve it.

Budget Makeovers

You don’t have to spend a fortune for a bedroom makeover.  The key to improving your room is knowing how to maximize what you already have so you only spend for what you really need.

When renovating your room, you have to make sure that furniture and your decorations match. Having a theme can make your life easier and cut renovation time by half. This way, you are only focused on a single look for things you’re going to get for your room. If you want a room with a traditional feel, choose wood furniture. For a modern, chic style, consider beds with metal frames in unconventional shapes. Remember, your bed is the focal point of the room. How it looks like will dictate how the rest of the room should also look.

Go for Relaxing Colours

The colours you use for the room set your mood. Using bold colours, such as bright red and hot pink, can stimulate your senses and make it difficult for you to relax. Choose subdued colour combinations such as pastel, and earth tones.     

Use Accent Pieces and Furniture

Your bedroom is that one part of that house where you can freely show your personality. You can do this by choosing accent pieces that match your style. For a more personalized feel, you can even hire a tradesman to build unique furniture or accent pieces for the room. This way, you won’t waste time looking for accessories. You just have to inform the tradesman of your preferences and he will build the furniture pieces for you.

Storage

Clutter can easily tire you out. Consider storage when renovating a bedroom. Is the space big enough for a walk in closet? Do you need dressers and armoires? If so, make sure your furniture pieces complement or match each other.

From Drab to Stylish

It’s easy to bring life to your bedroom. You can start with accessories o accent pieces you can do by yourselves. Pillows and headboards are easy to customize. In fact, you won’t even need to hire anyone to do this for you, unless of course, you’re interested in getting your hands dirty. In which case, you can hire a tradesman to do the job for you. Turn your plain headboard to a beautiful one by painting dainty patterns. Checkereds, florals, and stripes are popular patterns you may use for your headboard.

Turn your dream bedroom to reality without burning a hole in your pocket. Pick your theme, decide on a layout and consult a few tradesmen. This way, you can find the perfect service provider that gives the best value for your money.

The kitchen is one of the most important areas of a house. Gone are the days when it is only used for preparing food. Today, families gather around the kitchen, over boiling pots of delicious meals and sizzling dishes to spend time with each other. Is your kitchen stuck with the 70’s look? It may be time to remodel it. Here are some tips to turning your kitchen from old fashioned to modern.

Visualize, Research, and Plan
Before you tear your kitchen down, make sure you’ve thought of exactly how you want the room to look like. Consider your floor area and common activities that take place in your kitchen. This will help you determine where to place the range, sink, island, and the breakfast table. In addition, taking time to plan will avoid an outcome that looks like you’ve haphazardly picked different styles and put them together in one room. There’s nothing wrong with putting styles together but it is important to work on a theme. Do you want a modern, contemporary, or minimalistic kitchen? Following a theme also helps you determine that kind of materials you need for the renovation.

Find a Reliable Crew

Even if you’re doing this as a DIY project, you’d need the help of professionals, especially when it comes to plumbing and electrical concerns. To make sure you’re getting the right crew, ask referrals from families and friends. Most often than not, they have a trusty tradesman they call for help. If you can’t get any referrals, you can visit stores, showrooms, and exhibit. This way, you get a firsthand look of the quality of work a service provider offers. Visiting shops also gives you the chance to consult different professionals and see which of them offers a plan that suits you. This is especially helpful if you’re not renovating the kitchen on your own and needs a crew to get the job done for you.

Before you decide on a crew or a tradesman, look for requirements such as certifications/ licenses, and insurance. If you’re looking for someone to do the electrical wirings of your kitchen, make sure the service provider has certificate of compliance and is a Registered Electrical Contractor (R.E.C.). This way, you can be confident that a qualified provider is doing the job for you.

Schematic Design and Storage

The perfect design for a kitchen increases efficiency and maximizes space. Avoid running around the kitchen when preparing food by grouping things according to function. For instance, you can have one area of the kitchen for cooking, where you’ll find the range, microwave, toaster, and other appliances. Have another area for food preparation where you can put the knives, chopping block, and other similar items. Storage is also important. If you have limited space, maximize your walls by installing stylish stackable cabinets.

Make the kitchen the heart of your home. Turn it into an area where you can comfortably entertain guests and prepare food at the same time. Contact a reliable tradesman to help you build your dream kitchen.     

Mould is a type of fungal growth that thrives on areas with high condensation or moisture levels. Moulds have a fuzzy appearance and can cause discoloration. They can also lead to biodegradation of natural materials. This fungus grows indoors and outdoors, especially on damp and humid areas. They spread by producing spores.  Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, and Penicillium are common indoor moulds.

How Moulds Form

You’ll find moulds in areas with too much moisture, such as in the kitchen and unventilated bathroom.  When you heat water, such as when you take a hot shower, vapour occurs. As vapour cools down, it returns to its original state – liquid. This is the condensation process. It is the most common reason moulds form at home.

Moulds grow under in places with no proper ventilation and are dark, damp, and damp. At home, moulds commonly form in the bathroom, kitchen, basement, and plumbing pipes. When things such as carpet, fabrics, furniture, and wall become damp for an extended period, moulds will start to grow.

How Moulds Affect Your Health

Moulds do not affect everyone. Some are more sensitive to moulds than others are. These fungi emit elements that can cause different allergic symptoms such as eye irritation, sneezing, nasal stuffiness, and skin rash. Depending on how sensitive a person is to moulds, exposure to these microorganisms may lead to severe, life-threatening reactions. Extreme body responses to moulds include shortness of breath, and fever. Other symptoms of mould allergy are asthma, chronic cough, and headaches.

How to Prevent Moulds

Controlling condensation is the most effective way of preventing the growth of moulds at home. When you can effectively manage heating, insulation, and ventilation, you won’t have to worry about moulds.

For proper ventilation, you can:

• Reduce the humidity level by opening doors and windows to let air in. Make sure to do this regularly, especially in your basement, crawl spaces, and attic.
• Improve ventilation in the kitchen and bathroom by installing mechanical ventilations, such as exhaust fans. Make sure to vent these equipment to outside air. Doing this can successfully reduce moisture that occurs from everyday activities.
•  Install additional ventilation over appliances that create moisture, such as kerosene heaters, dryers, and stoves. Leave the windows ajar every time you use these equipment.

Manage heating by doing the following:

• Keep moisture indoors at low levels. The ideal level for relative humidity is between 30 % and 50 %. Humidity shouldn’t exceed 60%. To measure humidity, get yourself an affordable humidity meter. You can find these in most hardware stores.
• During rainy and cold season, maintain heat at a low level. In addition, experts recommend nonstop even heat than short bursts of high heat levels.

Don’t let mould grow in your home, especially if you have children. When undetected, they can cause serious health problems. Make sure to check areas, which may have moisture, such as under the sink and in the bathroom. Regularly check your plumbing to make sure there are no leaking pipes, which can also lead to mould growth.  If you have moulds at home, let professionals get rid of them for you. Contact your dependable tradesman.