Thursday, January 21, 2016

Friday Faves: Beautiful Bedrooms and Organizing DIYs

Happy weekend! …almost! We're back again with our Friday favorites — the best things we've seen/found/remembered this week that we want to share with you! Be sure to link up your favorite projects at the link party, too!

Favorite space to inspire me to do *something* in our master bedroom: This lovely master bedroom makeover by Brian and Kaylor (from the link party). Love the different elements and how they come together so nicely!

Favorite geeky chic kids room: This Star Wars themed nursery featured on Apartment Therapy — all the theme without being over the top!

Favorite fun kids bed: This tent-shaped bed at Hello Bowsers — the whole room is gorgeous, and the bed is a trundle and a DIY job at that. Amazing!

Favorite nearly-free organizing idea: These easy (and cheap!) DIY clip on desk organizers from Brit + Co. Inexpensive clips + recycled containers = pretty darn brilliant.

Favorite "make one for me and one for mom" gift idea: These easy "faux" photo canvases from Designer Trapped in Lawyer's Body — cheap and easy, plus a "why didn't I think of that" trick for making them look like real photo canvases!

Favorite white kitchen (of the week ;): Christina Applegate's white kitchen makeover featured on House Beautiful. Yeah, I could live there and be pretty darn happy. Still drooling over the banquette!

Newest favorite reason to love Chip and Joanna (you know, from Fixer Upper? — this beautiful video. Just watch.

The Gathering Testimony: Joanna Gaines from Antioch Community Church on Vimeo.

Newest favorite cabinet color: Cobalt blue (Benjamin Moore's Champion Cobalt, to be exact), featured in this slideshow by House Beautiful. All the other colors are beautiful, too (and see this post here for more ideas) but this blue just makes me happy!

Favorite built-it organizing idea: This great toy organizer with both shelves and bins over at Rogue Engineer. And wouldn't it be nice to pare back the toys until ALL the toys fit on the 2 shelves and in the 2 bins? #Iwillkeepdreaming

Favorite "faux" front furniture: This tall beautiful number, a faux printer's cabinet by Pneumatic Addict Furniture. It's also a great place to store blankets (see more ideas here) and so many things — games, craft supplies, even appliances if you need more pantry space. Beautiful!

Favorite ceiling: This gorgeous vaulted wood ceiling makes me swoon as does the room… and home… photographed by Thistlewood Farms. You'll kick yourself if you don't, so just go check out the rest of it!

Now it's your turn! Link up your projects below, and tell me what the favorite thing you've seen this week is in the comments!

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Friday Faves: Beautiful Bedrooms and Organizing DIYs

Happy weekend! …almost! We’re back again with our Friday favorites — the best things we’ve seen/found/remembered this week that we want to share with you! Be sure to link up your favorite projects at the link party, too!

Favorite geeky chic kids room: This Star Wars themed nursery featured on Apartment Therapy — all the theme without being over the top!

Favorite fun kids bed: This tent-shaped bed at Hello Bowsers — the whole room is gorgeous, and the bed is a trundle and a DIY job at that. Amazing!

Favorite nearly-free organizing idea: These easy (and cheap!) DIY clip on desk organizers from Brit + Co. Inexpensive clips + recycled containers = pretty darn brilliant.

Favorite “make one for me and one for mom” gift idea: These easy “faux” photo canvases from Designer Trapped in Lawyer’s Body — cheap and easy, plus a “why didn’t I think of that” trick for making them look like real photo canvases!

Favorite white kitchen (of the week ;): Christina Applegate’s white kitchen makeover featured on House Beautiful. Yeah, I could live there and be pretty darn happy. Still drooling over the banquette!

Newest favorite reason to love Chip and Joanna (you know, from Fixer Upper? — this beautiful video. Just watch.

The Gathering Testimony: Joanna Gaines from Antioch Community Church on Vimeo.

Newest favorite cabinet color: Cobalt blue (Benjamin Moore’s Champion Cobalt, to be exact), featured in this slideshow by House Beautiful. All the other colors are beautiful, too (and see this post here for more ideas) but this blue just makes me happy!

Favorite built-it organizing idea: This great toy organizer with both shelves and bins over at Rogue Engineer. And wouldn’t it be nice to pare back the toys until ALL the toys fit on the 2 shelves and in the 2 bins? #Iwillkeepdreaming

Favorite “faux” front furniture: This tall beautiful number, a faux printer’s cabinet by Pneumatic Addict Furniture. It’s also a great place to store blankets (see more ideas here) and so many things — games, craft supplies, even appliances if you need more pantry space. Beautiful!

Favorite ceiling: This gorgeous vaulted wood ceiling makes me swoon as does the room… and home… photographed by Thistlewood Farms. You’ll kick yourself if you don’t, so just go check out the rest of it!

Now it’s your turn! Link up your projects below, and tell me what the favorite thing you’ve seen this week is in the comments!

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Saturday, January 16, 2016

The future of universal remote controls

The Modern Universal Remote

One for everything. (Photo Credits)

The modern home has as much remote control as the gadgets in it. And when one only has one screen to look at but would need separate controllers for the games, the sounds, the channels, the cable and the like, confusion, even annoyance will set in.
Enter the universal remote control which could just resolve all these dilemmas and more.
Wired.com shared this new universal remote control that is, according to them, could be a promising solution for many households. Builders and Contractors

“the $200 remote is meant to be a single, sensible interface for your house and everything in it. To start, that means streamlining and automating home entertainment. The remote’s makers claim it can control 30,000 products out of the box. That covers all major AV gear made in the last decade, including TVs and sound systems, cable boxes from the likes of Comcast and Time Warner, set top boxes like Apple TV and Roku, and other popular products like Sonos speakers and Phillips Hue light bulbs.”

Check out the remote here.

Ever-Present

Some apps though could turn your phone into a universal remote control as shared by the website Gizmodo. Electricians “Controlling your home theater system used to be easy—you simply told your kid to turn the knob and presto, Honeymooners. But today’s home theater packed with feature-rich TVs, cable boxes, AV receivers, and streaming boxes—and all demanding their own remotes—there’s no way the little guy can keep up. Instead, replace your pile of remotes with an app that does everything they can do and more.”

Check out the apps here.

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Video gaming enthusiasts also have something to smile about as play station came up with a universal remote control as shared in their website. “uses Bluetooth to control PS4 and can also be set up to control up to three additional devices, including a TV, cable box and audio receiver. It also features many of the most important buttons for navigating system menus and entertainment apps on PS4 including the Action buttons (triangle, circle, cross, and square). Like DualShock 4, the remote also features the SHARE, OPTIONS, and PS buttons.”

Look at the remote here.

Do you use a universal remote control in your home?

Safety and Security through a CCTV

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Friday, January 15, 2016

Stories Filmed by Security Cameras

Emotional CCTV Footages

The images filmed by close-circuit cameras. (Photo Credits)

Close Circuit Television provide more information to its owners, other than those that are related to security.

It can catch unguarded moments that for some, could even be emotional.

Sun-Gazing.com shared a video of what an elderly woman does to pass up time. “The title of this video is “Junk Mail”, because when Mary is not at the senior center that she enjoys immensely, she has nothing to do and no one to talk to. She lives alone and no one comes to visit. She confides in the person interviewing her that “[she] has to do something or [she’ll] go nuts” so she cuts up junk mail, puts it in a bag and throws it away.”

Watch it here.

Will tear you up

Viral4Real meantime shared this video of a street dweller who is oftenly seen by a shop owner in their security camera sleeping in front of his shop. “The shop owner would constantly hurt him, shout at him, and send him away. It was like that every day, but still the homeless man slept in front of the shop. Until one day, the homeless man never returned. When the shop owner checked his CCTV, he found something important—but too late to realize its relevance.”

Check out the video here.

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This waitress was meantime pranked via a hidden camera as shared by the website The Shrug. “Waiters and waitresses are some of the most unappreciated people in the world. But that was about to change for one deserving waitress named Chelsea Roff. She works as a waitress at Spring St. Smoke House, and has overcome difficult obstacles in her life. PrankItFwd teamed up with the restaurant, and Break to give Chelsea the BEST SHIFT EVER.

Watch the prank here.

Have you watched a viral video caught on CCTV?

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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Safety and Security through a CCTV

All about CCTV Cameras

Are CCTVs really helpful in ensuring security and safety? (Photo Credits)

Closed-Circuit Television or CCTV is no longer for commercial establishments, as a growing number of homes already have CCTVs installed in residences to help secure homeowners and their property. Builders and Contractors

Veridin.com shares that Internet-Protocol Based CCTVs do a lot in terms of accessibility to the information recorded by the CCTV. “These days, rather than occupying reels of tape, company security videos can be stored digitally. Not only that, but remote access is a reality – businesses can now see what is happening around the world from them with the click of a button.

Even in areas of relatively low crime rates, it is important to maintain a security presence, particularly in high-risk industries like medical marijuana.”

Read the rest of the article here.

Beyond having Peace of Mind

Sooperarticles.com shared that more than just providing peace of mind to home and business owners, having a CCTV installed can reap for the owner more benefit than he or she intended to have. Electricians

“Through CCTV installers, you can now boost your business. Since such systems provide deterrence against employees and outsiders, the efficiencies of business can be improved greatly. You can now control your staff with ease to save huge revenue. By remaining aware of what your staff is doing all the time, such as when do they arrive and leave, and how long they take off for cigarette breaks, you can lower costs. This is now necessary as the minimum wage is increasing and you need to ensure that your staff is not costing you more than required.”

Read about the other benefits here.

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RobinsonsMea.com also underscored the importance of CCTVs in prosecuting crimes. “Of course, for the places where the cameras are being used properly, it’s worth noting that they have helped police solve a wide range of cases. Without them, would that murder suspect have been caught? Or would suspected criminal activity have been able to be monitored? It’s easy to forget just how important CCTV really is in our modern society. The positives appear to outrun the negatives. The main objective of CCTV is to improve community safety by detecting and deterring crime. Seeing a CCTV camera can reduce the threat of criminal activity, thus reducing the fear of crime. As a society we need CCTV cameras to not only assist the local authorities in their enforcement but to provide information to the media and the public. Our society is naturally curious of the events going on around us, so video footage helps to give further insight that a news article couldn’t.”

See the rest of the article here.

Do you have a CCTV installed in your home or business?

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Friday, January 8, 2016

About Glass Doors

Random Stories on Glass Doors

Amusing stories on glass doors. (Photo Credits)

Glass doors would definitely mean people inside of it can be seen from the outside.

A raccoon featured over Rare.Us proved this true as she kept on knocking on a glass door while looking at the food bowl of a house pet.

“This family knows Rocksy the raccoon well. Why, do you ask? ‘This silly raccoon has figured out that after she has raided the cat food bowl and it is empty, that she will just knock on the door — FOR HOURS — until I refill it!” wrote the person who lives on the other side of the glass. “It is hysterical! She is adorable and has lived in my yard for years.’ Although we aren’t sure how she figured out how to knock, it definitely gets the job done.”

Watch the video here.

Super clear, it is almost invisible

And because glass windows and doors could be so super clear, accidents can happen.

Just like what had happened in a home of a bow hunter as featured over at Outdoor Overload.

“Sometimes bowhunters like to practice from inside their house. Just make sure you don’t forget to open the glass door! I am guessing this actually happens a lot more than most people think. If you watch close, you’ll see that his glass door is pretty clear and this makes for an easy bow-shooting accident! The bowhunter isn’t too happy after he takes the first shot and the glass door has a big hole in it. I wonder what his wife thought about that?”

Watch the video here.

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For those with glass doors and windows at home, stained glass could be a great solution to avoid those bumps, or simply to ensure that the glass can be seen eve from afar. This was certainly emphasized on one of Jumble Joy’s posts.

“Stained glass can take a simple door layout and make it elegant. Although many people commonly associate stained glass windows with churches or traditional cottages, they can in fact add brightness and beauty to any house or apartment. Unlike standard glass windows, stained glass offers a non-traditional look and can help provide visual interest in any space. However, they are also more expensive to purchase and install, so you should take that into consideration when planning to add it to your home.”

Read the rest of the tutorial here.

So, do you have glass doors at home?

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Thursday, January 7, 2016

The Beauty of Windmills

Great Looking Windmills

Windmills and scenery. (Photo Credits)

Talk about breath taking scenery. Windmills are known to help harness wind energy, but apart from that, it actually helps improve the scenery in the community that it belongs to. Basically, it transforms ordinary into extraordinary.

For instance in a city in The Netherlands, remains picturesque with functional traditional windmills being an icon in their place. CNN says these windmills are basically a part of living history. Electricians

“The Zaan region is among the oldest industrial areas in the world and in its heyday of the 17th and 18th centuries it was home to around 600 active windmills. At the Zaanse Schans, among its wooden barns, houses and museums, just 10 windmills are still in operation, grinding oil, spices and colorings.”

Read the rest of the article here.

Modern Windmills

Builders and Contractors In the Philippines, modern windmills have been part of a tourist attraction as featured over at the website, When in Manila. “But, as my eyes were getting droopy and half of my face was glued to the window, I saw fields of Cogongrass as far as my eyes stretched. From afar, the windmills had looked majestic, but the dreamy vibe of the scenic ride towards it was just as delightful. Imagine cascading fields of fluffy white grass against a backdrop of Laguna de Bay. The view was straight out of a postcard. I couldn’t ask for more.”

Check out the windmills here.

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But how about water-pumping windmills? Off Grid Quest sheds light on this type of windmill on one of its posts.

“Windmills have been around since the Middle Ages. The first recorded evidence of windmills being used for pumping water and grinding grain was in 7 AD in Persia. Then China got ahold of the idea and it spread to Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean. The European mill appears to have developed independently from the others because the design is so different. The predecessor to our modern windmill dates back to France in 1105 and England in 1180. In the 14th century, the Dutch took windmills to a whole new level with their “tower” mills using canvas sails stretched across four wooden lattice frames like a big X. Their objective was moving enormous amounts of water into higher basins and canals.”

Read the rest of the post here.

So what do you think about windmills?

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