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Interior Design Tips
How to make your very own tablecloth If you are a creative person who loves interior design then you are sure to love finding out how you can make your very own home-made tablecloth. If you’ve just moved into a new house with your partner then you are sure to have already looked at various home design websites similar to ours. However, if you are still in need of some interior design inspiration, then we hope that you enjoy reading our quick guide to making your own tablecloth. As the owner of a brand new house, you are sure to have...
read moreFree House Plans
Naturally the search for free house plans is an inevitable consequence of the internet. It is most likely one of the most common search terms for people embarking on designing their own homes. As with most things in life there is rarely such thing as a free lunch! If it is you intention to find free plans for your dream home, then I wish you the best of luck. You might even fare better than people who have forked out a fortune to architects and still have ended up unhappy with their home. There are a few things you should bear in mind...
read moreTips for designing a house
I have often heard it said from people that design and build their own homes that you don’t really get it right until you build your third house! Now that would be a luxury wouldn’t it? To get three chances to design your own house. There is also a saying among builders “Measure twice – Cut Once” The point about this is that you need to really plan beforehand. By planning I don’t mean a set of elaborate plans copied from some fancy magazines. Here are some handy tips for designing a house from personal...
read moreFloor Plan 3D
If you want to take complete charge of not just your home design but also your landscape design, then FloorPlan 3D from ISMI will do it all for you. If you are want to produce detailed 2 dimensional drawings of house and garden and experience a 3D walkthrough, then FloorPlan 3D will all of that and more. You can choose to use the design wizards or select from pre-drawn floor plans. Floor Plan 3D is just perfect for designing or remodelling, designing office layouts, decorating or designing individual room layouts. Its easy for you and all the...
read moreDesignCAD
Design CAD DesignCAD is versatile and easy to use. There are literally hundreds of 2D drafting and design tools and an intuitive interfaceso it is quite easy to produce accurately scaled, precision designs! Ideal for the creation of architectutal drawings, floorplans and detailed engineering drawings. Another important aspect of DesignCAD is it’s compatibility AutoCAD®h 2011 with support for AutoCAD® layouts, PaperSpace, layers, linestyles, views, and blocks in both DXF and DWG file formats. Plus work with files from many other...
read moreBuilding with Cob
Cob is a material consisting of clay, sand, earth and water. It is very versatile and resilient as a natural building material and can easily be moulded into aesthetically pleasing natural homes.For this reason houses built with cob can be “hand sculpted” Because the material used in Cob Construction is readily available and very often naturally occurring building with cob it is quite often favoured as an ecological building method. Like many older buildings Cob walls are thick 600mm (24″) and therefore act as a thermal mass...
read moreTips for a cosy home
Shannon and Dean Acheson are a Canadian Couple who operate a the blog www.akadesign.ca. They are DIY addicts who like to share their thrifty ideas for interior design. They recently wrote an eBook entitled Welcome Home. WELCOME HOME – Tips, tricks & ideas for creating a beautifully cosy home is full of tips, tricks and ideas for creating a beautifully cosy home. Click here to visit Welcome Home ebook. Much like other books, Welcome Home is broken up into sections: Begin at the Beginning, Inspiration and Preparation, and Nitty...
read moreHome Energy
With the depletion of the world’s fossil fuel resources, more and more people have been coming up with alternative ways to generate their own home energy. But more importantly people are coming up with simple ways of generating their own electricity and are not only supplying their own modest energy needs but supplying power back to the grid and joining the growing numbers of people becoming “energy independent” and potentially living off-grid. (Photo reference: Image: nokhoog_buchachon / FreeDigitalPhotos.net ) Check out the...
read moreHemp Building
The bark of plants which contain fibres which can be used for cordage or matting are referred to as bast fibres. Among Bast Fibre crops are Jute, Flax, Ramie, Kenaf, nettle and of course Hemp. Hemp as a foodstuff is contained in many products. Hemp can be used in the manufacture of a range of clothing and accessories. But is as a natural building material that the use of hemp is growing in popularity. One of those responsible for the revival in popularity in Hemp building is environmental design consultants and natural builder Steve Allin who...
read moreWood Pellets
Wood has been used as a source of energy literally since the invention of fire. Wood has been used in our stoves and fireplaces. While use of timber as a fuel declined with the advent of fossil fuels recent years have seen wood as fuel become popular again. Technological advances in the processing of wood and combustion systems have made it more economical than ever to consider timber as fuel. . Pellet fuel is a standardised fuel that has the same diameter, length and density. Therefore the actual heat value of the fuel can be predicted very...
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