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New Money-Saving Trends in Weddings
Written by: Flower Explosion LLC As more couples look to stretch their wedding budgets, there are new trends growing in the wedding industry that can lead to real savings and a unique ceremony. Weddings are notoriously expensive, but more couples are finding ways to pocket extra cash from their wedding budgets. From DIY centerpieces created from bulk flowers to local venues, there are plenty of ways your wedding can have a great look for a low cost. Backyard Weddings Know someone with a large house? If so, you could try hosting a back yard wedding. Wedding venues may charge catering fees, or force you to use their caterers for the…
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Clean House
By Amaidzing It’s hard keeping a whole family healthy. The average American family has an average of 2.5 kids per household. Obviously there’s no such thing as half a kid so for this article let’s say that a normal family has three kids. With 5 people living in one house and sharing spaces, germs and bacteria tend to go around. Dust and dirt start entering the house the same time those 5 people do. These germs can spread all over the house and despite all the cleaning a normal family does, it’s just not enough. Each family member has their own thing to do so no one really has…
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Is It Time to Replace my Cushion?
Chances are much of the furniture in your home has cushions. Often times the cushions might be what you love about it most—they make it comfortable. But cushions aren’t made to last forever and if you’re using the furniture often, it’s only a matter of time before the cushions stop working like they used to. But how do you know when it’s time to replace them? Many would say when a piece of furniture is no longer comfortable, it’s time to consider cushion replacement. If you’re not enjoying sitting in it any more or lying down on it, then what’s the point? Cut your losses and get new cushions as…
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How to Choose Eco-Friendly Bedding for the Home
Choosing an eco-friendly bed set is the new trend in parenting, where all-natural materials take the place of synthetics. Avoiding plastic and toxic chemicals helps keep kids healthy as they grow. You might think that all eco-friendly bedding would be extremely expensive, but there are options for all price points available. High-End Sets The highest end bedding sets for children usually contain organic materials and cut down on chemicals. Manufacturers often use flame retardant chemicals to keep you safe from fires while you sleep, but these chemicals are harmful to breathe. Especially for children. Wool is excellent for insulation and is also mostly fireproof. Though there are some concerns with…
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4 Tips to Protect Your Garden
Keeping your vegetable garden alive is already challenge enough dealing with watering techniques and soil replacement. Pest control can become an even bigger thorn in your side, especially if you want a natural approach to dealing with nature’s challenges. You can build an aluminum wire fence, but that won’t keep the bugs out. There are humane methods to deal with this issue, but it does take some planning to keep your garden safe. Garden Boxes A garden box is like a raised platform where you grow veggies. You can utilize some stock lumber to built this advantageous structure. Raised gardens tend to keep soil warmer and prevent people trampling the…
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Tokyo During the Meiji Era
Posted By Samuel Phineas Upham The Tokugawa regime officially ended in 1868, with the defeat of the Tokugawa forces at Toba-Fushimi. The prefecture of Edo would forever change, in name and in status. Edo, which meant “estuary” was renamed to Tokyo, which means the eastern capital. At the time, the emperor who would sit on the throne in Tokyo was just 16 years old. Education One of the biggest improvements made during the Meiji era was the consolidation of government schools under the Tokyo Imperial University system. This created a strong emphasis on Western disciplines like science and technology. Heavy emphasis was placed on Japanese nationalism, which became a large…
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Spending Profits
Life in the big city of Los Angeles is a dream for a lot of people, the high standard of living, the fancy parties, and the fast paced lifestyle. Opportunities are big in this city and everybody is trying to make their way up the ladder focusing greatly on their careers. When each minute of your day is important to you, it is difficult to accept that you have to spend some of these very important moments having to do mundane household chores. These days, with the advent of outsourcing maid services, you don’t have to. In Los Angeles, whether you need a maid service Van Nuys, CA or…
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Features to Consider When Buying Interior Doors
Purchasing a new interior door is a major commitment. Not only is it an investment of money, it’s a purchase that will be part of your home for years to come. But many people aren’t aware of what to look for when they are shopping for a new interior door. Not all doors are the same! Each door has its own features that you need to consider before making a purchase. Here are four considerations to keep in mind when comparison shopping for a new interior door: Fire Resistance: If a door is fire resistant, this means that it is made of special materials or has been specially treated to…
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Clean The Air You Breathe By Installing Air Filters
Home air filters sanitize the air inside your home. With better air, your chances of developing any respiratory disease are kept at minimum. Air can easily carry and transfer diseases, it has also been found that serious respiratory diseases caused by poor air quality are amongst the top causes of death in the last few decades. To promote better air and health, choose only top and popular air filter brands such as 3M filter. Brands such as this are recognized all over the world, thus, you can be sure that it will work efficiently regardless of whether there are cheap alternatives available in the market. Remember that not all air…
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The Advantages of Electric Fencing
If you have a rural plot of land with some larger animals like cows and sheep you’d like to keep in shape, you can’t go wrong with electric fencing. Continue reading to discover why it’s such a great choice. First of all, so long as you use an electric fence tester, you can check to make sure your fence isn’t in danger of seriously hurting your animals. That’s an understandable concern, but an unlikely scenario. Second, electric fences are probably the easiest to install. Because they have electricity helping them out, they don’t need much else. This means electric fence installation is largely a one man job. Third, owing to…
