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Decorating 101: Quick style tips to revamp your kitchen

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Your kitchen can easily become your family room. Aside from it being the workstation in the house, you congregate there when you eat your breakfast as you start your day. Your kids even do their homework there. And you get together as a family to talk about the day that passed (which is why this is the most battered and used home in the house). What better way to reward this area than to give it a makeover?

But this being one of the most important spaces in the house, you cannot afford to make a major one lest you want to live without a kitchen for a long time. How do you revamp this space in the quickest and easiest way?

1. If you are used to having closed overhead cabinets, why don’t you change the look of your kitchen by trying open shelving. Make sure, though, that you only put dinnerware that you use on a daily basis as you get to clean them more often from dust. Leave those that you use occasionally inside closed cabinets. 
2.  Try changing the look of your kitchen by updating your knobs and door handles. You just have to scour through hardware stores and you will be wowed by many choices that you have. 
3. Painting is the cheapest way (that has the greatest impact) of updating the look of your kitchen. You may paint your cabinets or the walls. Keep in mind that this is a work area. The paint color will affect the amount of effective lighting for the space. Change the table and chair. Or if you want, you may also paint the existing furniture with fun, quirky colors to modernize the look of your kitchen. 
4.  Add rugs to make your kitchen cozier. Buy ones that are easy to wipe and clean up. 

After doing all these little changes, take an overall look of the space. Only you will know if you have achieved your desired look for your kitchen.

Decorating 101: Easy, chic ways to revamp your bathroom

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Although it can be considered as one of the areas of the house that is most taken for granted, the bathroom is an important part of a person’s life. More often than not, the smallest space is almost always allotted for this area.

But the irony is, we need to go to this room a number of times a day. A clean bathroom is a reflection of a clean personality. However, does it follow that an outdated bathroom is a reflection of an outdated personality? What are the things that can be done to update the look and revamp your bathroom?

1. Be adventurous and put a nice painting on the wall. It can be something calm and serene. Or you can put one that is witty and fun. You may even create your own painting. What a nice place to display your first work of art, right? 
2. Change the accessories. Put on matching shower curtains, rugs, and towels. You can even do this change on a weekly or a monthly basis. Easiest way to update the look of the bathroom! 
3. Put stylish fixtures. Classic mirrors and overhead lighting creates a cozy ambiance. Do this if you want to achieve a calm, peaceful, and serene impression. 
4.  Re-grout your tiles. Not only are you changing the look, you are also making your bathroom cleaner. To do this, make sure that the tiles are cleaned and dried. Apply grout as indicated on its packaging. Leave overnight and be surprised with the new look of your space. 
5. Nothing beats the effect of good old paint when you're renovating a space. Choose a color that you think will suit the feel of the space best. 

After spending some time redecorating your bathroom, why don’t you relax and take advantage of your own private space? If you are able to enjoy the experience, you know that you have succeeded in your task.

How to Create an Office at Home

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Gone are the days when, if you need to work on a computer, you have to go to a computer shop. Nowadays, owning a laptop has become a one-is-to-one thing and almost everybody owns one. It was some time in 2007 when affordable laptops were made available. Even before that, working from home has also been made possible because everybody is wired to each other through the internet. Along with these developments, it has become a necessity to setup your own home office. It takes just one corner of your house for you to have one. But the question is, what are the requirements to having your own efficient, home office?

• Size matters. The wider your desk is, the better. This depends on your comfort and space requirements. You don’t want to be stuck in a space so cramped you can’t even move your mouse (if ever you decide to have one) or even place a pad on the desk where you can take down notes.

• Declutter, declutter, declutter. The key to a clear mind is a clear desk. Especially if you have limited space, this principle is very important. Which is why you have to…

• …set aside storage space. Install drawers and cabinets. Make use of your shelves. And keep all the things that you are not using in their storage spaces.

• Make sure light is sufficient for you to work comfortably. Take advantage of natural lighting. Or if it is not possible, you can install lamps or other artificial lighting. Try different places and different intensities before you settle on a permanent space and specifications for your lamp. This depends on the person who is going to use the space. The standard is to have it above you (so you can install an overhead light) or behind you.

• Aside from lighting, ventilation is also important. Make use of natural ventilation through windows and install fans or air conditioner.

• Hide all the wires. Don’t you just hate it when tangled wires are visible, you can’t even concentrate on your work? Plan the layout of your gadgets and electrical appliances.

• Lastly, personalize your space. It doesn’t matter what it looks like. It all depends on your personality.

The things listed above are just suggestions. Having an efficient home office is all about the user’s preference. As long as the person who will be using the space is comfortable, you are sure that the area you have created is effective.