Spring Renewal for your Home’s Exterior

Written by Kathleen Wilson


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4. Add shutters to your windows. Now, you don’t have to buy those expensive premade ones that everyone else has, you can make simple ones yourself. You can use plywood and edge it in wood trim, then paint, or just hang a few vertical 1x2’s 4 inches apart to formrepparttar a rectangular shape alongside your window, indicating shutters. You may be able to find much of this wood in scrap piles. Just make surerepparttar 111133 pieces are not warped. Now paint with exterior trim paint, and watchrepparttar 111134 charm go up! Be sure to use galvanized screws or nails to build and hang them so they won’t rust.

5. Finally, add some personal touches to your entry, to make your home more welcoming. Hand paint a wood plaque fromrepparttar 111135 craft store with your family name or a favorite quote and hang it beside your front door. Add a wreath or a swag to your entry door. You can make one easily from a grapevine or straw wreath and add your own touches…some garden tools, silk flowers, small wood plaques withrepparttar 111136 family member’s names, seashells…whatever represents your tastes. Fill a planter with flowers or shade plants and place it right by your door to add life, add a chair or bench if you have room. If you have a table and a covered porch, don’t be afraid to bring out candles, throw pillows, and even a throw rug to create your porch “room”! Just remember to use your creativity, add your personal touch, and use that elbow grease, and soon people will stop when they pass your home impressed, by your creativity!



Kathleen Wilson is an author, national columnist, and editor of The Budget Decorator ezine. For more free ideas, projects, and inspiration for your home, visit her at http://www.TheBudgetDecorator.com.


The Most Precious Gift to Give our Children

Written by Lee-Anne Robert


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So what isrepparttar most precious gift to give our children? The answer lies withinrepparttar 111132 following quote:

“We are always too busy for our children; we never give themrepparttar 111133 time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; butrepparttar 111134 most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly.” Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Our “TIME” isrepparttar 111135 single most important gift to give our children!

Give your childrepparttar 111136 gift of time and truly learn about your child. Toys, clothes and chocolate bars can be replaced, but your time can never be replaced. Spend time with your child everyday and you will seerepparttar 111137 pleasure they derive from your quality attention. Children grow up too quickly so enjoy them, get to know them and don’t be a parent who has regrets after your children have grown up.

Stop playing serious and seriously play!

Lee-Anne Robert is the proud mother of two healthy young children and owner of Cuddles 'n Gifts, http://www.cuddlesngifts.net featuring affordable and unique baby gifts, baby gift baskets and so much more. Copyright @2004


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