Ok so 3 more posts today that I’ve dug up – I’m an information JUNKIE on this stuff lately. Give em a browse and let me know what ya reckon. They’re just from a few different sites I’ve been surfing lately that are generally good for information like this…
Wall to wall carpet adds an unparalleled degree of comfort to any room, (more…)
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New store opening-promotional ideas?
We are opening a new location of our carpet store and want ideas for opening day/week.
We already have a radio station coming, and we have some giveaways. We don't want it to be tacky, as we have a fairly affluent customer base.
It has to be an all-day or even all-week event so a dinner is out. We are (more…)
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Does anyone know of any places in Detroit or areas around Detroit that sell carpets or rugs at wholesale or discount prices?
With changing lifestyles, more people spend money on their outdoor living environments such that leisure time is spent cooking and lounging in a backyard or an open area which extends the traditional home. What are some of the most popular landscape and garden retreat ideas you should consider to make your home as lovely outdoors as inside?
Outdoor Dining is high on almost everyone’s list. But it’s not just dining; it’s about creating a whole outdoor kitchen. Outdoor kitchens can be pricey and extensive projects, as the notion is really extending your home’s living space to take advantage of your yard and better weather. If you don’t have the budget for a full built-in gas grill and gas burners, a good old fashioned charcoal grill still cooks up a great meal. Of course your second kitchen is made even more functional with a covered countertop, sink, and small refrigerator.
Temperature Comfort – depending on the time of year and your geography, the outdoor temperature can be regulated to increase or decrease by up to 10 degrees. On dreary mornings or cool evening, outdoor heat sources can provide a cozy spot for lounging and entertaining. Portable outdoor heaters, once only commercially available, are now common place as backyard appliances. You’ll also find a variety of portable fire pits or bowls that can be a very affordable accent for providing warmth and ambiance. If heat and humidity are your challenge, cool down with ceiling or wall mounted fans, portable fans, and water misters
Running Water – while I personally favor year-round use of a swimming pool, they are not conducive to all climates, yards, or budgets. Unless you are situated on a lake or next to a mountain stream to enjoy gurgling water, you can easily add a tabletop fountain to get a similar smoothing sound. With a larger budget, consider a professionally installed fountain or pond at your patio’s edge.
Overhead Structures – the terms will vary around the world but overhead structures provide definition to your outdoor space and a place to shelter you from the elements. Structures like a gazebo, arbor, sala, or pergola are typically standalone while screened porches or sunrooms are attached to the main building. With engineering advancements in fabric, you can also look to have a custom shade built to cover any portion of your outdoor space. Be sure to check with your local planning or building department to understand the building and electrical permit requirements.
Mother Nature – plants, rocks, stone paving, walls and other earthen elements help bring out the best of Mother Nature and anchor your space. Trees, shrubs, flowers may change throughout the year and require more care and annual replanting. You can incorporate indoor items like carpets and furniture, made for the outdoors, because of durable and weather-resistant fabrics and materials.
Your work is not complete, although you’ve got the lawn in; garden bed planted and strategically placed boulders. Outdoor lighting for dusk and evening viewing and use will complete your masterpiece. Extend the beauty of the day, yet enhance the ambience and intrigue with carefully positioned lights to guide your eyes around your property.
There are three types of lights used for landscaping. High voltage lighting fixtures are the most expensive as you typically need to be concerned with the added labor cost for installation by an electrical contractor. Low-voltage lighting is considered a ‘do-it-yourself’ system and has a lower cost.
Solar powered or photovoltaic (PV) devices are the least expensive option for your landscape lighting needs. A solar light takes advantage of the sun’s rays hence your only real cost is only the initial outlay for the garden fixture. If you need to light a darkened area of your yard where the solar light does not receive sufficient sunlight, a solar panel could be added. Batteries are also utilized in some solar garden lights to assist with inadequate sunlight.
Landscape lighting can be very striking when used in certain situations; it can create ambiance, as well as, provide for security. If overused, however, it may become too overwhelming and not highlight the appropriate things you wish to feature. You should plan to showcase only a few of the major elements of your garden or yard to create a more visually effective and cost efficient result.
If you do have a gazebo, pergola, or patio deck to light, you’ll find a number of flush mounted up or down lights to choose from. You can also illuminate your beautiful decking with inexpensive coloured halogen or LED lamps. Decking lights will add an extra focal point to your evening’s entertainment.
And one final word for those of you in warmer climates, no matter what type of landscape lighting you choose, those lights may attract a fair amount of bugs, so consider a bug zapper on your shopping list of electrical appliances.
About The Author
Kathryn Dawson writes articles for Directlights, a leading supplier and retailer of lights and lighting in the UK. Explore halogen or LED outdoor lighting to illuminate your beautiful decking. These decking lights add extra focal points to your homes.
http://www.directlight.co.uk/outdoor_lighting
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Nothing feels better than walking with bare feet across fluffy brand new carpets. The fibers are not matted or flat and there are no traffic lanes showing. The new carpet smell provides peace of mind knowing that your home is clean.
There are a couple tricks to keeping fluffy soft carpets, without permanent traffic lanes.
Did you know…
New carpet, and upholstery for that matter, comes with carpet protector installed at the factory. Yes, it’s true! Ever notice how easily the first spills on new carpet clean up? The new spills seem to sit there floating on the carpet providing time to clean them up.
You need to follow the next few steps to help keep your carpets looking new and feeling soft and fluffy for long run.
1. Vacuum – Perform once or twice a week, utilizing proper vacuuming techniques. With proper vacuuming techniques you will help to maximize the amount of soil removal.
2. Clean Carpet – Have the carpet cleaned by a professional carpet cleaner every 6-18 months. This will greatly improve the longevity of your carpets. If you hire a carpet cleaner that properly cleans your carpet it will feel soft and fluffy for its useful life.
3. Re-apply Carpet Protector – Every time you have the carpets cleaned, have the carpet protector re-applied. This will help to prevent soil from scratching the fibers in the carpet creating permanent traffic lanes.
Did you know…
Many carpet cleaners offer reasonable maintenance programs to help you clean your carpets more often, while saving money at the same time.
Please our website to learn more about how: Portland Carpet Cleaning.
Sean Mecham
Owner, Sean’s Carpet Care
IICRC Certified Professional Carpet Cleaner and Upholstery Cleaner
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Hey Readers! I’ve been comin across some crazy stuff the past few days from a few different blogs around the web which I just had to share with you. Check em out below…
Ground Kontrol Classic Barcade: Beer and Battlezone
… a barcade in Portland, Oregon, where the clanging pinball bumpers, flashing neon and well-trodden carpets colored like (more…)
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Afghan farmers at war's epicentre play both sides – Yahoo! News
ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan (AFP) –
Lush pomegranate orchards provide perfect cover for the Taliban, who have turned what should be the fruit basket of Afghanistan into one of the hottest spots of the long insurgency.
In the past year the crude (more…)
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It is difficult to keep up with the task of making sure upholstered furniture is clean and odor free. We use our upholstered furniture every day, yet they do not receive the same care and maintenance as our carpets and rugs. The truth is that our upholstered furniture gathers the same amount of dirt and grime as does our carpets. You’ll notice (more…)
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For airports and airlines, creative recycling brings cost savings
The superstars of airport recycling are Portland International and Seattle-Tacoma International airports. Portland offers unique pre-security checkpoint … Read More…
A restaurant's revival at former Michael's Landing site
The kitchen floor has been retiled and the carpets in the dining room have been ripped out. The old booth seating has been reupholstered, and new tables and … Read More…
The Sanctuary Hotel in New York Now Set for a December Opening
While some of the rooms at the hotel, which is still open as the Portland Square Hotel, have been turned into Sanctuary rooms, the completion of the entire … Read More…
That’s all the news for today guys, so until next time, thanks for stopping by.
I agree contacting local home depots Lowes and carpet stores adn asking is a good idea they are likely to donate or sell cheap
Another option is Freecycle for your area
You can get Anything from these groups for free.
go to the head site www.freecycle.net
and locate the group or groups in your area.
Than join
Be aware that when joining it is set to by default send you Each and every mail So be sure to change that to digest or no mail or it can get to be overwhelming.
You can find a lot of great stuff though.
Good Luck
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When you have your carpets cleaned by a professional company, the most important thing is to wait until the carpets are dry. This can take several hours if your carpet cleaning business used improper methods of cleaning your carpet.
Most carpet cleaning companies use large amounts of water in their efforts to clean carpets. Their thoughts are (more…)
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Springtime means wildflowers, and Coastal Living magazine’s April issue recommends 10 hikes along the coast where trails yield carpets of color as the weather warms up.
The hikes are:
-Portland Island, British Columbia, part of Canada’s Gulf Islands National Par Reserve, reachable only by private boat or rental kayak from Vancouver Island. Best time to go: April and May.
-Sea Pines Forest Preserve, Hilton Head, S.C. Best time to go: Late March to April.
-Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan. Take the Bay View Hiking & Ski Trail to Lookout Point. Best time to go: Saturdays in June, when rangers offer free guided hikes.
-Yellow Island in Washington’s San Juan Islands. You can glimpse it from a boat, book a charter or kayak tour to the island from Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, or rent a boat at Deer Harbor Marina on Orcas. Best time to go: Late April-Early May.
-Point Reyes National Seashore in California. The Chimney Rock trail leads to cliffs over Drakes Bay. Best time to go: Now until May.
-Deer Isle, Maine. A schooner runs lupine cruises and the annual lupine festival is June 19-21.
-Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. There are paths through marshes and fields, or drive the 16-mile tour loop. Best time to go: April-May.
-Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland, Canada. Visit the Green Gardens Trail and the Lomond River Trail. Best time to go: June-August.
-Homer, Alaska. Visit the Carl E. Wynn Nature Center overlooking Kachemak Bay. Wildflowers like fireweed can be seen in various parts of the state through the summer.
-Anacapa Island in California. Best time to go: Now through April.
Portland Carpet Cleaners Makes Your Carpets Clean And Beautiful
The first impression is always the best impression. It is the way that you have kept your house, that creates an impression about the the people living in the house. A shabby living room with dirty stained carpets, will certainly prove how untidy you are. So make sure that you keep your carpets clean. It is a difficult task, no doubt, especially if you children and dogs at home. And since it is the first thing you step on, when you enter from outside, naturally it will be full of sand and dust. You can try to clean the carpet by yourself by vacuuming it often and by steam cleaning it or shampooing it with mild cleaning products. But if you don’t want to do it your self, then the best advice is to hire professional carpet cleaners and Portland carpet cleaning service makes your carpet clean, healthier and beautiful.
When you hand over the work to a carpet cleaner in Portland, you can be rest assured that your carpet is in safe hands, and it will be cleaned in a professional way, using safe chemicals and without damaging your carpet. There are many methods of carpet cleaning and hot water extraction and steam cleaning are the most common methods. They are experienced cleaners and knows which method of cleaning is suitable for your carpet.
There are many carpet cleaning Portland companies with experienced and professional cleaners. You can check through the directory of Portland carpet cleaners to find a Portland carpet cleaning company suitable for you. This directory gives reviews, addresses, phone numbers and websites of these carpet cleaning companies, for you to make the best choice. Some of the carpet cleaning companies in Portland are First Class Carpet Care, Micheal A. Smith Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning, Centurion Carpet Cleaning, Winkle Carpet Cleaning Inc, Acclaim Carpet and Rug cleaning etc.
Carpets are very expensive, so naturally you would want it to be cleaned without any damage. Choosing the right carpet cleaning company is very important, and Checkmate Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Company is the most appropriate choice, because they are the most respected carpet cleaning firm in Portland with several years of experience.
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