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Changing Your Home’s Aesthetic
Your home's aesthetic goes a long way to leaving a lasting impression on guests. If you feel really strongly about a remodel for the home, it's great to begin this assessment with visual appeal styles. Here are a few tips to look for when reviewing this, and what you...
Great Home Remodel Ideas: Preparing For Summer
Getting your home remodeled is always a fun project, whether it be a single room or an entire facelift. Here are some new projects to consider in preparation for the upcoming summer season. Patio remodel - If you anticipate being outside a bit more this summer,...
Why You Should Hire A Professional Contractor
So you invested a lot of money into buying the lot where you want your dream home to be built. Congrats! Now, you need the job to be done—right. Unless you are extremely handy, odds are you are going to need to hire a professional. But how do you know you are choosing...
How To Incorporate the Old-World Style Into Your Home
The hallmark of the old-world style is comfort, dignity, and a nod to European manor homes, estates, and villas. The main interior elements include hand-troweled plaster walls, exposed surfaces, and tough oak beams. The formula for a dignified style that isn't afraid...
Renovate Your Home’s Exterior in the Old World Cottage Style
The decorating style of an Old-World cottage is a combination of two unique design styles. Although the exteriors of both house styles are quaint, lovely, and full of rustic character, the interiors are not the same. Old World style is grand and eccentric, with a mix...
How You Can Update Your Kitchen on a Budget
If you want to spice things up with a stylish showpiece in your home, the kitchen is the hottest place to be. It’s no surprise that the kitchen space is one of the most important to potential home buyers. And if you’ve got the budget, why not enjoy those bonuses in...
Planning Is Important With Any Home Improvement Project
Many people get intimidated by the prospect of tackling a home project by themselves. When you have the proper knowledge and the right tools, you'll grow confident enough to begin any kind of project. Here are some ways you can plan out your home improvement project...
The Uses of Stucco Throughout History
Considered to be an Old World building material, stucco is attractive, durable, and weather-resistant. Traditionally, it has been used as both an interior and exterior finish, in which it's applied in one or two thin layers directly over a solid brick, masonry, or...
Everything You Need to Know About Venetian Plaster
What is Venetian Plaster? Well, this material has existed for even longer than you might think— since the middle ages. Talk about a real Old World feel, right? Venetian plaster is designed to be plastered in the thinnest coats possible, with its...
5 Ideas to Give Your New Home an Old World Feel
Architecture has a powerful hold over how it can make us feel. A modern skyscraper can make us marvel at the distance humanity has reached in technological advancement. A simple cabin in the woods can humble us and bring us closer to feeling one with nature. A walk...