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 With the official start of winter this weekend, it’s time to renew and refresh our homes and gardens after a long winter!  Injecting bright, vivid color with fresh  spring flowers held in a classic urn is a beautiful way to welcome spring.  Urns create a point of interest in your garden and allow you to showcase a special arrangement or color.  I love urns scattered throughout my gardens and outdoor patio where I change the plants with each new season – Fall, Winter, Spring, & Summer, but today we will focus on inspiration for your winter garden urns! GARDEN URN IDEAS ‘Tis the season for flowers – and  the best time to create beautiful floral arrangements in your urns.  Try combining them with small evergreens to boost the structure, color, and interest.  URNS FILLED WITH HYDRANGEAS       Add charm to your porch and delight your guests with hydrangea filled urns. TULIP FILLED URNS             ...

 Add a touch of style to your workspace while illuminating it beautifully with some gorgeous home office lighting ideas. With the recent trend, working from home has become the new normal. So a home office, that was considered a luxury or a style statement in an a pre-pandemic world, has become an integral part of most homes. Apart from the office desk, a comfortable chair to sit and work for long hours and a chest of drawers to arrange your documents light plays a vital role in creating the right ambience to work. So here we bring to you some beautiful home office lighting ideas that will give you the perfect environment to work in. Make Use Of Natural Lights To Bring In Some Positivity Place your workstation beside the window to bring in some natural light to your home office. This will lend a positive vibe to your workstation and help improve your focus and general well-being. With most of us staying indoors and having almost no connect with nature it has become essential we all...

 As you’re decluttering and simplifying, one of your goals may be to create a calmer, more peaceful home. A calm home where you can rest, relax and recharge. Instead of a home that leaves you feeling overwhelmed, stressed and exhausted. A calming, peaceful home sounds pretty good. But how do you actually create a calmer home? Especially if your home feels anything but calming right now? It will take some time and effort to transform your home into a more peaceful, calm home. But there are things you can start doing right now to transform your home into your own calm, peaceful oasis. Keep reading for 13 ways you can tame the chaos and create the calm, peaceful home you’re hoping for! The impact of your environment on how you feel The environment you’re in definitely has an impact on the way you feel. Just think about how you feel when you’re in a quiet yoga studio or spa, compared to how you feel when you’re in a busy store or mall. You probably feel quite differently in both places...

 GABION FENCE INSTALLATION GUIDE STEP 1 - LAYING OUT THE SITE Start by laying out the wall using a string line and line level or a carpenters level mounted on a long straight edge (usually 2"x4" - 12' long) and check that the pad is level in both directions. STEP 2 - PROVIDE A FIRM AND LEVEL BASE  Using a hoe or flat shovel, remove any grass, weeds or top soil. If the soil is hard, you may be able to put your gabion wall directly on the existing soil. If you have sandy or clay soil, you will need to replace about 6" depth with compacted gravel or a concrete footer, otherwise the soil might slump under the weight. If you are not planning to vegetate the wall, use brush killer (Round Up) to destroy any weeds or roots then cover over with geotextile fabric. STEP 3 - GABION REINFORCEMENT - INSTALL SUPPORT COLUMNS There is virtually no structural integrity in the wire of a narrow width gabion wall. These walls will require internal support posts imbedded in concrete and s...