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A New Room?
ok, im trying to reinvent my room. but i have a $200 limit. i want a deep twin bed frame (seriously nothing fancy) in maple, and a bookcase headboard to stir along with it. i dont care if they are a set, but they involve to be the same size...

A rectangular strip 1 mtr wide open is laid on a 3*4ground,such dat it touches adjectives the 4 walls,what is the legnth.?
of the strip?

A request for information to adjectives roofers out in that?
I wanna know if in order to repair/chage the roof top on ur house u call for a permit? oh my roof is flat and they tell me that i stipulation some kind of rubber rolls i wanna kno if dats true also?

A site...forrr a custom wall mural! hollerr?
soo I've been looking around for a wall mural i like, approaching a black and white street scene or some sort of city look, but not the normal new york city scape that everyone have. Well anyways, i found a picture i like (http://i38.tinypic.com/2vx3ad1.jpg) but...

A small bedroom?
I'm moving in two weeks, and I'm going to be living in a really nice townhouse until we buy a hosue since they are resembling half a million dollars where im moving. anyway, the room im supposed to own is like 2 times smaller than the besroom i...

A Small Tray??
What are some just regular, everyday things that i can put on a tray. I have it contained by my bedroom and I would prefer no fruit (food) or anything that sort of belongs in a kitchen. I just want some ideas.. It is a very small tray as all...

A style for my room?
ok im decorating my room and the theme is blue and white but i entail some ideas with how i should adorn. and like what should my headboard look like and what other colors should step in my room? pleez awnser thnx :)

A type of treatise used to print wallpaper for humid places.?
I am designing wallpaper that should go on the wall in my indoor swimming pool. I am doing my designs on Adobe illustrator later I will take my final design for a printing press to produce it. However, some people told me that the wallpaper won't stick for a long...

Accent colors?
im a teenager and we are moving! right now my bedroom comfronter is purple, i be wondering wht colors would be good to accent my room i be also wondering if u have any teenage room designs!! pic would reallly be constructive!! thanxz

Accent Wall Color?? Pictures Included...?
I need to pick an accent wall color... My bed and bedding is adjectives white with wicker baskets lower than it (see below). My dresser is light birch like this... http://www.baby-kit.co.uk/images/Joanna_... Most of my other furniture and decor is black metal. I own one painting...

Accessorizing a Rented Apartment?
I'm moving into an apartment this fall and I was wondering what types of things I will obligation to have a functional living space.

Acrylic/oil base eggshell?
after x2 coats of acrylic eggshell is it ok/good idea to finish with grease based.Just seems to enjoy a better finish...or is it just me!

Add the color coral to my room?
Okay, so the colors in my room are blue, lime green and orange. Recently I started attachment the color coral/peach. Would it look okay to add a coral colored blanket to sit on the end of my bed and conceivably a coral pillow?

Adding cute little touches to a teen bedroom.?
I need help totalling small touches to the decorations in my bedroom. I don't like candles exceedingly much. My room is bright blue, green, pink, and orange. I want decorations that aren't the common decorations you see contained by every other bedroom. Does anyone have ideas? Thanks!

Adding on to a house beside a septic system surrounded by the backyard?
The house we want to buy has a septic system. It is located in the backyard, right down the middle of the house. We only want to buy the house if we can add on, but how can you join an addition on to the back of the...

Adding Scents to Candles?
What is the usual flash point temperature to avoid when adding scent to hand poured candles?

Adding stripes to a dull living room?
Our living room at the moment was painted by my s-i-l who loved maroon. It is course dark for the room and I am planning on painting it a flimsy green and beige. My question is, does anyone enjoy a site that they know of that gives me an...

Addition onto my parents home? Overcharged? etc?
My parents are putting an addition onto their home (I am 29 years old). They are putting a bathroom/laundry room/porch extension on their home (built 1923, stone). I live far away, but from what my parents tell me, I am extremely concerned. The builders will not hand...

Advice and opinion please!?
Hi everybody. I'm redoing my bedroom and decided on blue as a color. It's an ocean/beach/seashell-like matter. My comforter is blue with dolphins on it. A few co-workers suggested that I paint the main wall contained by my bedroom (the wall behind the head of my bed) a shade blue...

Advise needed around tiling floor.?
I'm about to tile my kitchen floor and there seem to be a major problem. The concrete floor is flush level beside my UPVC doors in the kitchen. If I put the tiles down the doors will not open or close. I dont come up with I...

African decor?
Does anyone know of any online shops where I can find african Buffalo sculptures? Or any loving of African scupltures? Or home decor.. I've googled alot but I can't come up with anything!

African gifts/decor/souvenirs? 10 pts!?
Hi!! I've recently returned home from Africa and the gift from my father be confescated from me at the airport in South Africa because it was too sweet for the airplane. They wont send it back. I really inevitability to replace it with someone before my dad get back, I...

After 24 years, the city decide to offer us see of defiance. They articulate our property is out of compliance.?
The property has two units and also its two seperate address. Now the city says that the back element doesnt have a permit and that it have to be knock down and rebuild next to permits. The front unit have a patio that also has to be tear down. The...

After removing wall newspaper what is the best opening to go and get readyto paint?
the walls are smooth , however the old glue stains are every where on earth

Age appropriate?
im 16 and founf this comforter, does it look my age? http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/in... or too young? any other ideas would be angelic :]

Ah! please facilitate this deco challanged woman! pane treatments...?
ok, so i have my bedroom, and im thinking zen, peacefull, feng shui... painted the walls a blueish gray that actually turned out alittle dark than i wanted..anyway.. so i need fanlight treatments.. something that will keep alot of sun out (my hubby works nights) BUT is also light surrounded...

Air matress yes or no?
Guys I am moving to Boston for one year. I am not taking any furniture with me and I actually do not hold any room except for a desk and a matress in my studio! I want to get Air Matress because I already enjoy two king size matresses in...

Alice surrounded by wonderland matter room?
So we are doing alot of work on my house. And i get to pick how my room looks. I want a half alice within wonderland and half american mcgee's alice. If you havent heard of that. Go survey youtube or google for pictures. I was thinking maybe paint the...

Alice surrounded by wonderland themed bedroom?!?
hey. im redecorating my room alice in wonderland themed. i enjoy posters and things for the walls i just need furniture and lamp (fitting in with the theme) or anything else you can assume of. thanks :]

Alkyd Paint Scum?
When a new, full can of oil base paint is opened there is no crust on the top no issue how old it is. After it is opened next to very little removed. it forms a crust very rapidly, even if sealed in an nouns tight jar. Why? What...

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