If you want to transform your interior living space, a new paint job can do the trick! A new wall colour can alter the entire look and feeling of a space and that fresh coat of paint will cover scuffs, dings, dents, stains and other blemishes that make your home look worn out. An interior paint job is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to upgrade your home. Hiring professional painting contractors will ensure your painting project is done efficiently, safely and with seamless, professional results. Here are some practical tips to consider before you start: Think about how you want each room to feel when choosing colour. The wall colour plays a major role in how a room looks and feels. Oranges and reds make rooms feel vibrant and energetic, so they might be a good choice for a busy kitchen or somewhere you plan on entertaining guests. Bright blues, greens and yellow can be fun and a good choice for a happy children’s playroom. For the living room and other ...
Indoor Growing of House Plants
Flowering house plants will flower year after year if given the proper conditions. In the past winter meant months and waiting and nothing to do but plan ahead for spring without any reprieve and without any way of practising the hobby of gardening. Times have changed thankfully. Today indoor growing is becoming much more popular. Especially in winter. Indoor grow lights have advanced and there are choices for you to do indoor growing from tabletop light stands to full-blown grow tents or Climate Rooms. Lights stands are perfect for growing herbs and the like in your kitchen. These are great for putting into sunny areas in your home where you wish to grow and you just add light as needed. So, if we are getting only 10 hours of light then you set up your timer to add another 6 hours or so of artificial light which makes a sufficient amount of light to grow confidently. Of course, the great part is that if you don't have a sunny area the lights can be set to run 16 hours a day and ...
February Giveaway… ENTER TODAY!
ENTER TODAY BY VISITINGCIRREALTY.CA or CIRREALTY.CA/CONTEST ENTER TODAY BY CLICKING HERE OR VISITINGCIRREALTY.CA or CIRREALTY.CA/CONTEST Each month Best My Nest will have a NEW giveaway to help improve the life you live in your home and you have a chance to ENTER each month to WIN!! Special thank you to Greengate Garden Centres for participating in this months Happy Home Giveaway. Be sure to check them out for all your garden needs whether it be indoor, outdoor, education, decor, workshops and more. Greengate Special Offer: 10% discount off purchases. Members must show Best My Nest VIP card at time of purchase. Exclusions: Stihl, Big Green Egg, Traeger or Department 56 products. Contest Rules: The draw is done on the last day of the month. You must go back to the contest website, and re enter every month to win that month’s prize. This means that if you enter every month, you have more than 1 chance at winning! You can not enter in advance for future months. CIR ...
COOL, UNIQUE & SLEEK FURNITURE IDEAS FOR 2019
The New Year is the perfect time to reboot your style and we want to offer you some advice on what will be in and what will be out in 2019. In: Geometric Patterns You choose the shape, put it in a pattern and it will be trendy this year. We love geometric design because of its versatility. Check out some of our geometric options by searching geometric in the search bar on our website. Antique Pieces Something old and something new or maybe something new with that old/ antique feel. At Revolve we have countless “antique” pieces that will build character into your home design. Antique and vintage pieces should speak uniquely to you and your design preferences. We like to say that there is a vintage piece out there for everyone. Multifunctional Furnishing This isn’t your moms old hide-a-bed; furniture design has been evolved and engineered to be incredibly stylish, multifunctional and comfortable, and 2019 will have an extended line up of multifunctional pieces for ...
Is Carpet Flooring the Better Choice for Bedrooms?
Carpet sometimes gets a bad rap, but the truth is that it's still one of the most popular flooring choices of homeowners, especially in bedrooms. Hardwood flooring is appealing, but when it comes to bedrooms, is carpet flooring the better choice? Let's take a closer look at some reasons why homeowners choose carpet for their bedrooms. Peace and Quiet Carpet flooring in a bedroom means no squeaking floors or heavy footsteps in the middle of the night. Have pets? Your cat or dog jumping off your bed at 2 in the morning won't wake you up if they're jumping onto a carpeted floor. Carpet also absorbs sound while hard surfaces like hardwood or tile reflect it, so this means voices and music are more muffled in a carpeting room. Cozy and Warm Carpet flooring is warm and soft to the touch on bare feet, as opposed to cold hardwood or tile. A carpeted room is much gentler on the feet, especially in the middle of the night. You’ll also be providing some extra cushion for the tiny ...
8 Essentials For A Great Family Room
A family room is a space in your home where everyone in the household can gather to relax and spend some quality family time together. Creating a beautiful family room that is also welcoming and comfortable can often be a challenge. Don’t forget these 8 essentials when you’re creating your beautiful family room. 1. Plenty of Seating Make sure there are enough comfortable seats for everyone in the family plus a few guests. If you don’t have a lot of space, try a sectional or keep some comfy floor pillows on hand so you can always welcome everyone in. 2. A Warm Glow There’s nothing like gathering around the glow of a fire on a cool spring evening. Whether you already have a traditional wood burning fireplace or you opt for an electric or gas burning model. 3. Table Tops A large coffee table is a must for family games. Keep the accessories light and easy to move so you can quickly clear space for a family gathering. 4. Soft Underfoot Soft carpet or a soft area rug ...
Setting Goals For The New Year
Now that the New Year is here, it’s time to put your goals into action! In our previous post, we talked about how to plan for new goals and resolutions – but now it is time to start working towards your goal. Planning is important, but putting your plans into action is another challenge. Follow these steps to make sure you stay on track and maintain your goals throughout the year: SET MANAGEABLE GOALS As we mentioned in our post on planning for New Year resolutions, one of the most important parts of setting a goal is to make sure it is manageable. Goals are supposed to be set benchmarks or targets that you want to reach by the end of the year or a certain period of time. In order for them to be successful, make sure that your goals are actually achievable, and something that you can work towards and stay focused on. You shouldn’t have to be changing or adapting your goals because you don’t have the time or energy to work on them. When you set your goal, make sure you ...
Kitchen Organizing Made Easy
Ever wondered what the secret is to getting your kitchen to work for you? Unfortunately I don’t mean it will do the cooking and cleaning for you, I wish! BUT what we can do is create a plan where everything is not far from whatever task you are undertaking. But before we start I want you to take some time to think about why you want to get organized. These will be your motivators and I want you to write it down on a post it and put it somewhere so you can see it while completing your project. Speed up working and clean up time Get more help from family in meal prep and clean up Improve health by cooking at home more often Make it easier to entertain Stop wasting money by buying duplicate items Did you answer yes to one or more of these reasons? Then this is your motivator to get started AND finish the project. Are you finding it hard to get organized in your kitchen some reasons for this could be Complex, confusing systems More stuff than storage space Need for abundance Here are ...
Recycle Your Christmas Tree
The City of Calgary offers a great recycling program to help you dispose of your used Christmas trees responsibly. Christmas tree composting program. Make it a green Christmas and compost your real tree. Help keep Christmas trees out of the landfill by using your green cart or a City drop-off location. There are now two ways to compost your real tree: 1. Compost your real tree using your green cart After you have removed all lights, ornaments, tinsel and string - follow the same steps as you would for branches from your yard:Cut your tree into small pieces to put into your green cart and make sure the lid can close.If your green cart is full, tie extra branches (no more than four feet long) together with a natural fibre string or place them in paper yard waste bags.Set tied branches or yard waste bags at least one foot from the side of your green cart.NOTE: Trees that are not prepared this way will not be collected. 2. Drop-off locations Take your tree one ...
How to Simplify the Holidays
Do you find that you make great strides toward minimizing, purging, and organizing only to find yourself right back where you started after the hustle and bustle of Christmas comes and goes? One of the most important steps in home organizing is addressing and adjusting our relationship with the stuff we purchase moving forward. Many of us have great intentions to declutter and streamline, but if we aren't also scaling back on the items we continue to bring in, we will be right back where we started very quickly. Christmas is one of the most difficult times of year to scale back - Particularly if you have children, or were raised with the tradition of a tree bursting with presents, over doing it in December is a common concern for many of us. The good news: there are a TON of creative ways to simplify the holidays. Small shifts can offer big impact! And over the years, we have found some great ways maintain our focus on conscious consumption and meaningful presence (vs. ...
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