Online Room Design Tools Free Online Room Planners: We share our links and valuable information about the top online room design tools. Armstrong Design-A-Room: Very simple and geared only toward certain products, but if you are wondering how Armstrong flooring will pair with Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore or Pittsburg paint colors, this may work for you. BH&G Arrange-A-Room: A tool from Better Homes and Gardens that is designed to help you plan your furniture arrangement and color-coordinate your furnishings....

It’s an easy event to plan for an afternoon and can include all the typical elements of tea time, from frilly linens to tea sandwiches and cookies. There are also some fun activities and games centered around the tea party theme that the kids will love. Don’t forget to leave room on the table for the star of the show: the teapot. Place one in the center, or, if you have a lot of guests, set two or three of them along the table....

Even if you have acres of space to garden, growing plants upward, on some type of support offers other benefits. Fruits and vegetables are lifted off the ground, where they would get splashed with soil, exposed to more diseases and risk rotting. It’s harder for four-footed pests to reach the fruits, although not impossible. They will have to climb and support themselves while munching. Trellised plants are exposed to more sunlight, which will help fruits ripen faster and allow for more photosynthesis....

Like many tropical plants, these can be successfully wintered inside, although they will likely stop growing or slow down. In the summer, they appreciate being moved outside, where they can get adequate sun, which is important for their full leaf coloration. Like bananas, these plants are rapid growers and love plenty of moisture, fertilizer, heat, and sunlight—the more you can provide for these conditions, the better your plants will look....

Many homeowners don’t like getting up on a ladder to clean gutters or hate the idea of paying a service to do this relatively simple task. That’s why inventors from time immemorial have tried to devise gutter systems that let water in but keep leaves out. Types of Gutter Guard Systems When protecting your gutters against leaves and other debris, there are three styles: those that screen and filter; those that block and fill; and those that separate water from debris by means of surface tension....

If you happen to be in the market for a new home, you can do your best to find a place with a more optimal feng shui layout by following these guidelines. But remember, if you are somewhere with not-so-great feng shui, don’t panic! There’s always something you can do to adjust your current space and work with what you have. Here are eight house features that are less than ideal from a feng shui perspective, and how to correct them....

Of the three types of furnace humidifiers, the flow-through is often considered the best humidifier for furnaces. That’s because it is more reliable and usually more hygienic than reservoir types. And it is less expensive and uses less electricity than steam units. A flow-through humidifier typically is mounted to the furnace’s cold-air return duct and connects to the hot-air supply of the furnace through a humidifier supply takeoff duct. The takeoff duct diverts some heated air into the humidifier, where it absorbs moisture from an evaporator pad before returning to the warm air stream through the cold-air return duct and furnace....

The Color Wheel The color wheel in color theory is literally a circle divided into groups of warm and cool colors. The decorating rule of thumb is that opposites should enhance each other. In the color wheel, the colors that enhance one another are called complementary colors. For example, red (warm) and green (cool) are complementary colors on the color wheel since they are opposite of each other. Cool colors make you feel calm in a space....

Just keep in mind that while it is nice to tip exemplary movers, it is not obligatory to provide a cash gratuity for mediocre ones. Most movers do not usually expect a tip but they are very appreciative when they do receive a cash acknowledgment. Think of the tip as a way of conveying your recognition and gratitude for good effort. A mover who receives acknowledgment of their careful work from you will be likely to treat the next customer with consideration and care....

However, when it comes to the question of how often snake plants should be watered, unfortunately, there’s no easy, straightforward answer. There are several different factors that influence a snake plant’s ideal watering schedule. Here’s what you need to know about keeping these tropical plants hydrated indoors. How Snake Plants Hold Water First things first, it’s important to understand how snake plants use and store water. Snake plants are considered succulents because they store water in their thick, fleshy leaves....

When to Start Fertilizing Seedlings When seedlings first poke out of the ground, they are still feeding off the food stored in the seed. The first couple of leaves that form are not leaves at all. They are called cotyledons or seed leaves, which are part of the seed or embryo of the plant. Cotyledons contain the remainder of the stored food reserves of the seed, and they keep the seedling fed until the first true leaves sprout and the plant can begin photosynthesis....

Deane Biermeier, a home remodel expert and member of The Spruce Home Review Board, points out that track lighting has changed from its earliest form. “Modern track lighting isn’t the industrial-looking, white coffee-can size lamps on a stick, pasted to the ceiling fixtures of 30 years ago.” Today, there are many options to choose from, including the style, the type of lighting, the railing type, and even the way the track heads connect to the rail....