Audiophiles and videophiles will love this DIY tutorial from DIY Home Theatre Design. The blog has posted a post on how to build staggered stud walls, which prevent sound from getting out of your HT setup.
“In a regular stud wall, sound waves hit one side of the drywall, travel through the stud and into the drywall on the other side. Since the stud connects the two sheets of drywall, the sound has a solid path to travel through. The trick is to separate both sides of the wall.”
Most people think of a headboard as an optional accessory, but headboards serve an important purpose. They are meant to be part of the structure on your bed. Metal bed frames have holes in the end specifically to allow the frame to be attached to a headboard. The purpose is to make the bed sturdier. These days, there are hundreds of different wood and metal headboards to ch
A daybed with trundle is a fabulous choice in living room furniture. A daybed can serve as a large, comfy couch and double as a twin sized bed for overnight guests. Metal daybeds are especially sturdy and can last a lifetime. The greatest thing about using a daybed as a couch in your living room is that it’s easy to redecorate when you decide to repaint your living room. Simply
The wedding is complete and the honeymoon is, unfortunately, done. This means it’s time to get a new home and move in together! During the fall and spring months, more people move into new homes than at any other time in the year. Moving into a new home always provides a challenge, but it provides a very unique one when you have a man and a woman, who each have different ideas about what looks good, moving in together. One may like a more classical bed design, with the other likes the look of a
You may have spent hours trying to find the perfect crib for your newborn. You may have even chosen a crib that can transform into a toddler bed. Eventually, though, that toddler bed isn’t going to fit anymore, and you’re going to need to buy a large bed for your child to sleep in. Or maybe you want to save money and want to buy your child a bed that they can use from toddler age to their teenage years. Buying the right bed, especially for a boy, can be tricky, which is why it’s important to take a good, long look at the variety of
Are you one of those people who is meticulously organized? Is your house always in the perfect order? Does everything always meet the approval of your parents or your other family members? If you are, you’re in the minority. The majority of us are constantly struggling to keep things organized. We often feel like we’re always looking for something to make our houses look better or nicer, but no matter how often we clean a counter off or how much we pick up toys, it seems like there is always something lying around. One way to get our home looking better is to work smarter, not h
A Corner to Hide may just be a Sofa Concept for now but hopefully that won’t be for long. Edouard Simoens is the brain behind this concept, which looks extremely comfy.
Via Fresh Home
A trip through any furniture store will invariably show you one thing: contemporary is in, traditional is out. While this is great for someone who loves contemporary designs, it isn’t such a good thing for someone who is into a more classic or older style. The easiest way to find a classic look is to search furniture designers online. Some of the best furniture designers create beautiful
It seems that no matter how large our homes are, there’s never enough room for everything. Some people are amazed to find, when they buy a larger home than their previous one, that they had far more furniture and items than they ever believed they did. The task of trying to find room in an already full house can sometimes be extremely frustrating, but one way that you can add space to your home is to bring in a metal or
Another new home product to debut on the IKEA US website this week is the BEATA Rug. Perfect for the coming winter months, the rug is effective and affordable. Retailing for $299.00, the wool rug is soil-repellent and hardwearing.
