Attracting Wildlife With Your Landscape

Attracting Wildlife With Your Landscape – Your backyard can be a miniature wildlife sanctuary, attracting a wide variety of birds and wild animals.  To be a haven for wildlife, your yard must provide the animals’ basic needs: shelter, water, and food throughout all four seasons.  The key to success is providing all the elements in the appropriate arrangement.  Below are ways to improve existing areas on your property such as gardens, lawns, and natural areas. Contact our horticulture consultants at Tanya  for additional advice.

Plant native plants – These plants provide a natural food source and shelter for birds, small mammals, butterflies, and beneficial insects. Native plants offer ornamental value and adapt to local environments. Once established, these plants require less water, maintenance, and fewer chemicals. Include a variety of evergreen and deciduous trees, shrubs, ground covers, vines, grasses, and herbaceous perennials in your garden. Some good choices include American … Read the rest

Modern Living Room Makeover

Modern Living Room Makeover – Are you looking for inspiration to transform your living space with the latest look? Then don’t miss our guide to modern living room ideas, where we explore innovative designs that combine style, comfort and functionality. You’ll learn the secrets to creating a living room that’s not only contemporary, but uniquely yours.

Transforming your living room into a modern oasis of functionality doesn’t have to be scary. Before transforming your space, keep these pro tips in mind to lay the right foundation for a successful design:

Modern Living Room Makeover

Are you wondering if modern interior design fits into your space? Try our free interior design quiz to discover your ideal style! Design in place: ideas for a modern living room

Living Room Feature Wall Makeover — Stylemutt Home

Let’s take a closer look at the cutting-edge designs where contemporary style meets everyday comfort with our … Read the rest

Pergola And Gazebo Installations

Pergola And Gazebo Installations – If you’re anything like me, you love to be outdoors I’ve shared before how our historic home didn’t come with a porch so we built a patio and added a pergola to have an outdoor space. Last month, I freshened up my patio by painting the floor and making outdoor furniture We decided not to stop there! After about 2 years of not really enjoying this space due to the weather, we decided to add a roof Thankfully, its an easy enough project that anyone can do with the right instructions and the right tools!

I still wanted to enjoy the sunlight while having shade so we chose to go with solar gray roof panels. The hottest time of day is when it makes a difference! It’s become my outdoor office most days and I can’t complain

Pergola And Gazebo Installations

Because our pergola already … Read the rest

Coastal Cottage Refresh

Coastal Cottage Refresh – Today I’m excited to finally reveal the blue and white checkerboard pattern I painted on my kitchen floor, as well as the little update it inspired! Here are all the details and how to!

Our kitchen is only about 5 years old and I love it. With its two-tone cabinets, blue tile backsplash, large BlueStar range, and of course the water views, this is my happy place.

Coastal Cottage Refresh

When we were building the house, however, I had to make a lot of decisions. A LOT of decisions. Many of them are based on a budget.

Easy Breezy Coastal Maine Style: Our Summer Living Room

You can read all about our home building story in my post Chasing a Dream: Our Coastal Maine House Story, Part 2.

Even though our house is fairly new, I wanted the feel of an old coastal Maine home to … Read the rest

Understanding Electrical System Components

Understanding Electrical System Components – Basic layout of electrical networks. Voltages and line patterns are typical for German and other European systems.

A power grid (or power grid) is an interconnected network for delivering electricity from producers to consumers. Power grids consist of power plants, power substations to step up or step down voltage, power transmission to move power over long distances, and finally distribution of power to customers. In that final step, the voltage is again stepped down to the required service voltage. Power plants are usually built close to energy sources and away from populated areas. Power grids vary in size and can span entire countries or parts of the world. From small to large, there are microgrids, wide area synchronous networks, and supergrids.

Understanding Electrical System Components

Grids are almost always synchronous, meaning that all distribution areas operate in sync with the three-phase alternating current (AC) frequency … Read the rest

Designer Window Treatments

Designer Window Treatments – By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you consent to the storage of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site use, and assist in our marketing efforts.

They say the eyes are the window to the soul. If that’s the case, we’re inclined to believe that the windows are the eyes of the house – and don’t they deserve a little something to help them stand out?

Designer Window Treatments

Window treatments may be something of an afterthought for some, but they don’t have to be – after all, what has the potential to transform a space better than a breathtaking view, or a flood of mid-morning light? Not much. So naturally, how you dress your windows matters.

Custom Window Treatments Created & Installed By Our Drapery Artisan

Dialing in what a space needs from its window treatments isn’t always easy. Combine a directional light … Read the rest

Designing A Family-friendly Yard

Designing A Family-friendly Yard – In Napavine there is something for everyone. This gorgeous backyard includes a fireplace lounge, a gunite pool and spa with a water slide, and a custom pavilion over the outdoor living room with a TV and all-season lounge.

Creating a backyard that meets the needs and wants of the entire family can be challenging. A well-designed and family-friendly backyard should be a haven for relaxation, play and memorable gatherings. You want an aesthetic that matches your home and taste, while incorporating whimsical and fun elements to entertain the kids. It also needs to have longevity – you don’t want to invest in a dream yard for your 2 and 5 year olds only to have them grow old in a few years. Incorporating elements that will be fun from childhood to adolescence requires foresight and planning. Whether you have children, teenagers, or are still planning … Read the rest

Chic Nursery Ideas

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Melissa Epifano is an expert home decor writer for . She has written for many other outlets, covering everything from interior design to plant care and has written nearly 70 articles on home design.

Chic Nursery Ideas

With a little one on the way, you may be itching to get your soon-to-be sleeping situation right. It’s such an exciting time, and while you may have a long to-do list, the design part is one of the most fun. There are so many exciting components to sort through, be it peaceful wallpapers, elegant changing tables or cozy nursing chairs.

Chic Nursery Decor

There has never been a better time to design a nursery. If your baby-to-be happens to be … Read the rest

Wall Treatments And Textures

Wall Treatments And Textures – We live in an old house and most of the rooms don’t have overhead lights. This makes choosing the right lighting essential for function, in addition to being beautiful.

First Step: Start with a very boring box in a room that you are tired of looking at ? Seriously though we don’t know how badly this room needs this decorative molding wall until it is done. Night and day! Since we added it we have been requested a ton for this tutorial so here it is… finally! Sorry I took a hot minute.

Wall Treatments And Textures

Now, before I get into this. I want to say, we have textured walls and we didn’t smooth coat or hide the texture of the walls under plywood (like we did in the master bedroom). We added the molding directly above our textured walls and thought it looked … Read the rest

Cozy Reading Nooks

Cozy Reading Nooks – Redecorating and organizing my home is one of my favorite ways to beat the winter blues. When you feel stuck at home this time of year, I do my best to make my place comfortable and cozy and try to fight off room fever.

The concept of creating a special place to read and relax. Having a desk chair by the window in my house will one day be a dream come true. This winter I want to work with what I have now (small apartment) to create my own little reading nook.

Cozy Reading Nooks

When living in an apartment with limited space (and funds), remodeling a window or installing custom siding may not be possible. But the good news is if you want to get creative and rearrange some of the furniture; You can make a free reading hook out of things around the … Read the rest