Entries Tagged as 'General Remodel'

Awesome Home Remodeling App for iPad and iPhone

Home remodeling is tough. You make some tentative decisions, get a feel for your home’s layout, and take a trip to the home improvement store—only to realize that your measurements were off and the materials chosen don’t look as great as they did in the store. This is typical. But it’s also fixable. Thanks to Home 3D, there’s an app for that. Seriously.

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Created by Black Mana Studios LLC, Home 3D is the revolutionary app for your iPhone or iPad that lets you be the architect. Using pre-set room dimensions that can be adjusted if needed, it allows you to alter the layout of any room within seconds. Want to see what your bedroom would look like minus the dividing wall? No problem. Interested in adding a master bath? That’s possible, too.

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While Home 3D may not be the first home design app on the market, it’s set apart by the fact that it can virtually decorate homes as well. It allows furniture to be moved, wall art to be hung, and an overall design scheme to be established—anytime, anywhere.

The most useful part of all: your blueprints and measurements are now stored in your iPhone, making those trips to the home store a breeze.

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With easy-to-follow directions and tutorials, this app is perfect for curious homeowners, as well as established architects and interior designers. The pricing doesn’t seem too bad, either. You can get the app from iTunes for $6.99. I’d say that’s a pretty good deal.

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Vacations in a Can? Must-See Retro Campers

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The last time I tried something innovative that was titled “in-a-can,” it was cheese. It was gross. I just came across something titled “in-a-can” that definitely hits the innovative category, but skips out on the “gross” altogether. Ladies and gents, I give you the Vacation in a Can.

In a welcome departure from the vastly expensive, environmentally devastating and personally inconveniencing RVs, the vacations-in-a-can concept takes a fresh look at camping. It offers a retro-style trailer, an eco-friendly alternative to camping and even incredible comfort to boot.

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What is it?

Vacations in a Can is the name of the company that makes these portable solutions. The conventional design starts with a standard-size teardrop trailer—from 4×8’ to 5’x10’. The inside of the trailer is equipped with modern comforts, though space is premium. Usually, the inside consists of a small storage compartment and a full bed. The back of the trailer features a full hatch door. The door opens to reveal shelving, drawers, lighting and a great place to prepare lunch or store a cooler.

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Total Vacation Solution

Imagine camping with one of these! Being the envy of every big-boy RV owner is something I’d like to try out. For the minimalist, thrill-seeking vacation-lover or camping aficionado, Vacations in a Can is a must-see kind of operation. They offer teardrop rentals from their HQ in Penngrove, Sonoma County, CA.

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Tiny Home?

Are you a homeowner with wanderlust? This could actually be your chance to have a home on a hitch. It offers all the conveniences of a modern home (well almost all of them), plus the appeal of absolute mobility. Vacations in a Can does not offer one stock trailer for every potential teardrop trailer vacationer. They offer a completely custom approach to each trailer that they design. You can have what you want, and have it the way you want it. That’s the way your home should be.

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Summer Reading Den: Creating a Dynamic In-House Library

You enter July, stacking up the pile of summer reading under the hope that you’ll somehow have more leisure time. You know you’re bound for those classics you’ve meant to get to, perhaps even Ulysses (you ambitious one, you) and yes, that guilty pleasure you picked up at the airport. While outdoor reading and fun in the sun sound ideal, you can’t spend all of your time in a hammock or on that beachside vacation. Unfortunately.

Creating a well-oiled home library allows for more easily accessible summer reading, and a culture of learning and literacy in your dwelling. Get in your outdoor time, but also enjoy a summer breeze through your home and proximity to iced tea inside. Whether yours is a spacious room with two-story built-in bookshelves or a simple corner with a chair and pile of books, these 5 elements turn a so-so reading area into a dynamic in-house library.

#1 – Lighting

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Sturdy and classic, this Pottery Barn Hayes Task Floor Lamp adjusts in height and direction to shine a cozy concentration of light directly onto your reading material.

#2 – Seating

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It goes without saying that seating must be something you can sink into for, say, 500 pages. A coffee table or ottoman lets you kick up your feet. Make sure the seating itself supports your lower back. For the Rolls Royce of lounge chairs, go with the world-famous Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman. (A lookalike will do just as well.)

#3 – Cool Library-ish Décor

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Don’t forget the fun details that create a readerly atmosphere, like globes, busts and art. This is a room for learning and exploration, and such details will reflect it.

#4 – Shelving

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When built-in shelves aren’t an option, there are plenty of portable shelves that look just as classy and can provide some versatility to your library.

#5 – Nesting Table

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The culture of your sitting will be revolutionized with the use of a small side table. Nesting tables provide the perfect surface—one for your coffee and one for piles of magazines and literature. Separate the tables for use across the room, or tuck the unused table in its nest.

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