It’s always a good idea to get some Vitamin D and hence adding a sunroom makes sense. For any good sunroom, there are some pre-requisites like an airy room, large windows and electricity.

“First find out where the best place for the sunroom will be. You will want lots of sun exposure this will be important the placement of the sunroom.

Size of the sunroom how large do you want the room and what will your budget allow. Once you feel you have dimensions of the sunroom you will want to go to the next step.

Check out materials to build the sunroom. Find windows that will fit with in your budget and room. Roofing for the room is another factor. To keep the bad weather out and let the sun is will have to be determining what type of roofing material you will use.

Last the budget. How will you pay for this room? If you will need to take out a loan to build the room will you need to have all information together before going to a loan officer and remember to check out more than one to get the best deal on a loan.”

Via DIY home Blog

How To Build A Sunroom

First I hear about Seinfeld featuring in Microsoft ads and now I come across this MS Windows inspired creation. Is Microsoft finally turning cool? Well I am sure Mac fanboys (and fangirls in my case) will beg to differ but that’s not the point. Check out the Fenestra 3.1 Windows by French designer John Nouanesing which seeks to replicate the Windows OS on a wall.

Via Fresh Home

Fenestra 3.1 Windows

A funky wallpaper can works wonders and enhance any living space. However if you are strapped for cash then take a look at this DIY project on the blog Curbly. It’s both eco and pocket-friendly.

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How to Fab Your Walls

It’s all about experimenting with what you’ve got. Look around your space, or a friend’s. You can use almost anything:

* Pages from an old book: I couldn’t sell back my outdated Norton Anthologies, so I’m prepping those wafer thin pages to cover a column in 17th century poetry. There’s like, 2000 pages in all.
* Postcards from the edge: If you’re someone whose friends and family travel to ooh-la-la places and send good pics, use them.
* Greeting cards: Sort them by dominant color, (cut them up if you’re not sentimental) and create your own David Hockney-esque masterpiece
* CDs/DVDs: You don’t really need that outdated Windows Install CD do you? Declutter as you design by taking those cast-off CDs from home and the office and paint them to create a geometric border or wall treatment. It will look like, totally groovy.
* Sheet music: So lyrical and artsy
* Office swag: If you’re the type to bring work home, why not do something cathartic with those oh-so-colorful TPS reports? Or try the Business Card Art Wall idea we posted earlier.

DIY Wallpaper