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• 4 Ingenious Ideas To Give Your Garage A Stunning Makeover
• 5 Long-term Storage Ideas for Home or the Office
• How to Use Canvas Art for Interior Designing of a Home?

4 Ingenious Ideas To Give Your Garage A Stunning Makeover Posted: 28 Jan 2014 04:58 PM PST Do you remember the last time you used your garage to park your car? Bet Not! Apart from a few exceptional cases out there, more often than not, garages are not used to store cars. Most of the times, garages cease to fulfill the purpose they’re built for, ultimately becoming the catchall for all sorts of junk and unwanted items. How about giving your garage a clever conversion and turning it into a more productive and interesting space? Listed below are 4 ingenious ideas that will give you some inspiration to give your unused garage a stunning makeover! Entertainment Zone Looking for the ultimate way to unwind during weekends and your off days? Want to have a permanent solution for all your boredom and work-related stress woes? If yes, it’s time you converted your garage into an entertainment zone! As it is, most of the times, the garage ceases to be used what it’s meant for, and ultimately turns into a dumping ground for junk and unwanted items. So, the most exciting makeover you could probably give to your garage would be that of an entertainment zone. With a cozy sofa where you can chill with friends over video games or movies, this place would be your perfect escape route from work, stress, and other worldly worries. You can even make room for a TT table and a mini pool table, depending on your budget and the amount of space available. There are plenty of other epic games you could include in your personal game room, such as Darts, Foosball, Chess, Scrabble, Monopoly, and so on. Bar Want to win over all your friends and guests with a splendid personal bar? Yes, converting your hopeless garage into a swanky bar is yet another amazing idea worth your consideration. Whether you want to host fun parties and get-together’s, chill with your best mates over a few beers and a football match, or even if you want to relax with a glass of red wine after a tiring week at work, a bar in the garage will be your perfect destination to unwind. Have a look over the internet and you’ll find hundreds of interesting bar designs from where you can get some inspiration. To add to the charm, you can even add a billiards table and a television set – perfect to chill out while enjoying a few drinks. So the next time you feel all stressed and worn out, why spend money at pubs and bars when you chill out at your very own personal garage bar! Library Are you someone who owns more books than the number of clothes and shoes owned by your wife, sister, and daughter combined? Is reading your favorite passion? If yes, bookworms like you definitely need to consider converting your lifeless garage into a book lover’s paradise! Yes, with the perfect set of furniture, cozy couches, lighting, study lamps, and perhaps a tiny refrigerator and a coffee maker, you can create the perfect ambience and space for a library cum study room. Fill up the newly installed racks and shelves with your mounting book collection. You could even create different sections according to the subject and genre. To add to the appeal of your study room, you could station a desktop computer with internet access, where you can do all your surfing and research work, or where your children can work on their school projects or other school work. Is there anything better than having your very own reading haven where you can unwind with your favorite novel and a steaming mug of coffee after a hectic day at work? Bet not! Gym Are you a fitness enthusiast? With your busy work schedule and odd office timings, finding it hard to make it to the gym on time every day? Well, how about having your personal gym which you can visit at any given time during the day, according to your convenience? Yes, all you fitness freaks and gym enthusiasts out there, converting your grungy garage into a personal gym is possibly the best gift you can give yourself! You can start by evaluating your needs and establishing a goal, which also includes determining the type of equipment you wish to install to reach your fitness goals. You might want to look into other things too, such as socket locations, wall mirrors, paint, flooring, a supply area, other entertainment needs, and so on. Why go through the hassle of commuting to the gym and paying a fee every month, especially when most of the times the gym is crowded and the equipment is occupied? Yes, the ultimate solution to fitness and your happiness lies in your personal garage gym! Author Bio: Leslie Kramer, the author of this post, works as a manager at Australiana Garage Doors & Gates, leading providers of garage panel lift doors. Leslie is a culinary enthusiast and loves cooking various cuisines for her family whenever she gets time.

5 Long-term Storage Ideas for Home or the Office Posted: 28 Jan 2014 11:34 AM PST When it comes to storing things, there are many different options. Whether you want to store your personal belongings, or something belonging to a company, the options are as varied as the things you might want to store. However, some storage options are better than others. If you want to store things for the long-term, consider storing your items in one of the following five places. Container Storage When you want to store something long-term, but still want the option of moving it around, container storage is a great way to store your items. Container storage enables you to store your items and get them out of the way, but still have access to them when you need it. Storage containers are designed to be movable, shippable, and otherwise portable. Storage containers come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and materials for different uses. Most of the containers are designed to be stored outdoors, in traditional shipping crates, but some are also designed for indoor storage. Storage Unit A storage unit can be a viable option for long-term storage. A storage unit can be climate-controlled, which is ideal for storing delicate items, like furniture or electronics. Storage units vary in size, and there are units both outdoors and indoors. A storage unit will cost a monthly or yearly fee, which is usually affordable. Certain storage units are specifically formulated for home or business use. Garage or other on-site Storage If you have a little extra space on your property, or an extra room, like a garage, you can store your items on-site. The advantage to storing your items on-site is that if you need to access the items quickly, you will easily be able to locate them. You will not have to pay any additional money to store your items on your own property. A garage, shed, empty room, or a storage closet are all perfect on-site long-term storage solutions for whatever you need to store. Storing with a Friend or Relative Another long-term storage option is storing your materials with a friend. Your friend might have the extra storage space that is perfect for your items. Storing items with a friend may have a few drawbacks, like a limited storage time or difficulty in accessing the items, but storing items with a friend is also completely free. You can also store your items with a relative, such as your parents, grandparents, or aunts and uncles. Usually relatives are happy to store your things on a short or long-term basis. Basement or Attic If you have a basement or attic (or a tornado or bomb shelter), these areas can be the perfect solution to your long-term storage needs. The space is hardly used, free, and easy to access. Both residential and commercial buildings typically have one or both of these spaces, which are ideal for storing nearly anything imaginable. When it comes to long-term storage, there are many options- both free and paid. It doesn't matter what you store, there are many options to choose from. When you consider storing your items, think about if you need to access it quickly, how long you want to store it, and if having the items on hand are worth paying for. These considerations will help you determine the ideal storage method. Lindsey McMahon wrote this guest post. She is a freelance writer who shares her shipping tips on various blogs. If you feel like reading more about storage containers in New York follow the link.

How to Use Canvas Art for Interior Designing of a Home? Posted: 27 Jan 2014 11:34 PM PST Interior Designing is a very vast field. Designing one's interior cannot have any defined method or way, since it's a taste what needs to be portrayed in a good interior designing. Key to a successful interior designing is that one puts in their own personality in their designing of interior. Good interior designer are good, because they study the inhabitants of the home or weigh the environment that they think needs to be created here. There are a couple of sectors that really are foundation of an interior designing, but the most important of them are the walls of the place needing interior designing. The walls of a home or an office need special concentration as they form the basic theme of any interior design. Choices of furniture and lighting fixtures have their own importance without any doubt, but walls tend to lead in terms of importance. Importance of Walls in Interior designing: Walls are the vertical part of any place intended for interior designing. These vertical areas are perfect for designing as they are the one that have direct and perfect view for a visitor or the resident themselves. Interior designers concentrate on the beauty of walls for the sole purpose that they have they are the first thing to be noticed when one walks in a room. Few of the things that designers use to have those walls as major contributor in interior designing are: •Textured Wall Colors •Canvas Art Frames •Wall Arts •Wall Carvings These fields are perfect for creating any theme one needs to create according to their taste and desire. Wall color is the most important one of them all. The wall color decide about the color combination of canvas art frames, wall arts and wall carving intended for wall decoration. So keeping in mind the theme in focus, one goes for base color of the walls to create a perfect ambiance. Wall arts and wall carvings are quite a tough part of the interior designing. The selection of wall art and carving needs to be perfectly aligned with the theme of the whole room as in choice of furniture and other fixtures. On the other hand, canvas art frames give us enough flexibility with choice of images to go for. Canvas Art Frames Canvas art frames for decoration are one of the simpler and widely used medium all around the world. Different images printed on to canvas prints, metal or acrylic prints give one great flexibility for choosing different themes and also a great room for changing the theme after a while. Though wall art can be removed from the wall easily without hurting the wall color, canvas art on the other hand has more easy installation and removal. The choice of images can be scenery, family photos and any kind of art one sees fit according to the room's theme. Like for example, if one is going for themes like Egyptian theme, the choice of images needs to be of the wall carving of images on pyramids and other Egyptian castle ruins. These canvas art frames come in different designs like a single image on multi frame which give them a very a unique look in any interior designing. Tom Anderson is professional content writer. He writes about home decoration, planning for self-grooming and necessity of innovation in every sector.

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