Home and Garden

Room Addition Rules: Guidelines for Growing Your Home

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Room Addition Rules: Guidelines for Growing Your Home

A room addition can add floor space and value to your home, along with other benefits like extra walls, exterior views, and daylight. However building a room addition is as complex as building a room in a new house, and requires the same careful planning to avoid mistakes that can cost you a lot of money and aggravation. Here are some guidelines to help you plan your project and keep your room addition costs low in the process.
Let’s start by reviewing the types of popular room addition designs available to you.



Gardening Equipment: A Brief Guide to Basic Tools

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Gardening Equipment: A Brief Guide to Basic Tools

Gardening equipment comes in an ever-growing variety of forms, with new innovations springing up every year. But the fundamentals of gardening have remained the same since ancient times, so before getting overwhelmed trying to weed through the latest trends, it’s a good idea to make sure you’re solidly planted with the basic tools you need. Here is a brief guide to some of the most essential equipment you need to plant, grow, trim, and weed your garden. To begin, gardening can be tough work, and you need some basic protective gear to make sure it’s not tough on your body or your clothes.



What is Environmental Art?

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What is Environmental Art?

The term environmental art refers to art which uses the natural as its focus or as its medium. It can also refer to art which makes a statement related to environmental issues. In many cases, there is an overlap between the two. The 1960′s and 70′s were a time of great social upheaval and rebellion against the status quo. There were several movements which decried traditional art as out of touch and “unnatural”. This was very tied into the “back to nature” movement. Free form sculptures and abstract art were seen as more expressive, unrestrained and natural.