"In your own home at last!!!" Part 2

In yesterday's blog I spoke about how you could use simple curtains to make your windows look appealing. Today I will look at the Centre Table.

Making your Centre Table the centre of attraction:

1. It doesn't matter how old your Centre Table looks. You can make it look good with a very low budget. If your Centre Table looks cracked or scraped, you can put some Wood Varnish on it to give it a polished and new look. Purchase the Wood Varnish at Lowe's, The Home Depot or any local store in your area that specializes in selling Varnish.

         You may be wondering what is Varnish? Varnish is a mixture of oils and                    natural resins.

       2. Apply Wood Varnish to your wood type furniture.      

          How to apply Wood Varnish to your Centre Table or any other wood type

          of furniture in your home.

• Determine what kind of Varnish you want to use ( for example, Wood Varnish)
• Buy the Varnish at the lowest cost possible.
• Prepare your work area with rubber gloves, foam brush, Varnish, sand paper, dry cloth and your Centre Table and/ or other wood type of furniture.
• Prepare the Centre Table and/ or other wood type of furniture for varnishing by dusting it off with a dry cloth and sanding it down with sand paper. 
• Apply the first coat of varnish with a foam brush to give an even coat.
• Allow the first coat of Varnish to dry.
• When the Varnish is dry, sand the Centre Table and/ or other wood type of furniture again. 
• Apply the next coat of Varnish.
• Enjoy your the new look for your Centre Table and/ or other wood type of furniture

       3. You can opt to leave the varnished centre table as it is with a nice centre 

           piece on it or add a decorative cloth over it with a centre piece. 

           Note: Ensure that the decorative cloth has a colour that matches or 

           goes well together with the color scheme in your living room.

Below are some pictures of a varnished wood Centre Table and the same table being décored with a lace table cloth and a centre piece to top it off.

Varnished Centre Table

Front view of Decorative Varnished Centre Table with Lace Table Cloth and Centre Piece Ornament

Side view of Decorative Varnished Centre Table with Lace Table Cloth tied 
                                   at the ends and Centre Piece Ornament

Please visit my blog tomorrow for a follow up on how to improve
your home at an affordable cost. Bye for now...

"In your own home at last!!!" Part 1

Branching off on your own can be a real tough cookie for some persons. You could be a student fresh in college, a single mom, or even someone being told that you need to leave the family home because you are old enough to take care of yourself. What do you do now? How do you survive? These will be at the forefront of your mind.

Searching for and getting an affordable place to live is a great feeling, furnishing it is another set of expenditure. Well not to worry, you WON'T have to break the bank to get that trendy and comfortable look you want.

Take each part of your new home in stages and apply whatever resources you have or can get a hold of to make that area of the house appealing.

Starting off with the Windows:

1. There are many types of curtains ranging from the fanciest to the most simple in nature and so does the cost. Purchase the cheapest one they have. 
2. If the one you have purchased is 'see through' or transparent, measure and cut a piece of white cloth and put it in the middle of the two pieces of curtains. Ensure that you cut a large enough piece of the white cloth so that you can pull the end pieces together in order to reduce the transparency. This will prevent persons from looking in your house from the outside, even though you are able to see them.
3. For a refine look, stitch the two sides of white cloth and also the end of it and make a loop at the top for the curtain rod to through.

Please visit my blog tomorrow for a follow up on how to improve
 your home at an affordable cost. Bye for now...