How to landscape a small place?

Greenery and flower plants can be grown in small space for landscaping and pleasant surroundings. Only you should be selective for ornamental plants and trees. Though a small space can limit your imagination of an attractive garden, yet there are lots of options of plants having a variety of color, shapes and sizes to make the small piece of land inspiring. Here are given tips on creating a landscape.

• Place colorful plant containers: Place plant containers if you do not have enough space. The containers should go well with the theme of garden. They are of normal size; too big containers can look odd in small space. Also keep in mind the color and design of plant container. You can use hanging containers and baskets, to decorate your garden.
• Use window boxes: You can place window box on wall and place them in window. Window boxes come in various sizes, colors and designs. Select annual flower plants for window box and pick a plant that does not grow quickly.

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How to Start Gardening?

Before you start gardening, you need to prepare soil for planting trees. At first remove grass and weeds from garden area with the help of shovel. Ensure that the type of soil is right or not for garden. Black soil is very good for plants. If it is dark brown that’s quite good also. Yellow, grey, mottled are not so good. You can add compost to such soil to improve its’ fertility. To add compost to the soil, spread it on the top of existing soil and make use of shovel to mix it with soil.



In fact gardening is an excellent hobby to make environment pollution free and improve natural phenomenon. For being successful in the task you need to know some basic things like selection of plants, soil and water requirements of the plants. Go for flower plants to make your garden beautiful. Bulb flower plants, shrubs and creepers look beautiful in the garden. You should know about water requirements of plants since proper watering is essential. In first week, the plants need water daily whereas they can be watered after every two days in second week. In later the plants may be watered once a week.

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Installation of Outdoor Lighting

You need to install outdoor lighting properly to enjoy exterior lights and outdoor décor of the house. Exterior lights are very functional for security and elegance purposes.



While you implement outdoor lighting, keep in mind the following points.

• Place power source, a regular socket of the house; preferably one in the garage but an outlet from outside of the house can be used.

• Identify areas where you want to install exterior lighting and remove any foliage for the layout of fixture in designed pattern.

• Install mounting devices at the distance of 1 inch above the ground.

• Plug the fixture to the transformer or source of power. Use water-proof connectors for connections.

• Install light bulbs and always choose good quality lamps having bright light.

• Fix all fixtures to the lowest tap and measure the voltage with the voltmeter at the fixture nearest to the transformer.

• Apply the rule of thumb because transformers do not exceed 90% load rule.

• Hide light source in so far as possible because the source is not required to be highlighted.

• Apply timers for automatic and timely on or off light.

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Maintenance of Swimming Pool

Swimming pools are rich source of exercises and regular swimming keeps us healthy for long time. To ensure proper functioning of swimming pools you should maintain them regularly. A well maintained pool prevents bacteria growth and ensures a lively environment for a long time. Here are given tips on how to maintain pools.

• Sanitize swimming pool by mixing chlorine into water on weekly basis to kill bacteria. A chlorine feeder contains chlorine tablets that float on water and make sanitization easy. Don’t add much quantity of chlorine to the water.

• Use ‘Bromine’ to sanitize your swimming pool. It is preferred by those who dislike foul smell of chlorine and have very sensitive skin.

• Apply oxidization method to clean waste from the pool such as skin cells, cosmetics and old chlorine. Ozonator used for oxidization process produces ozone which cleans the pool effectively.

• Use swimming pool skimmer and filter to collect dead leaves, branches, insects and garbage form water. Filtration in swimming pool is another option to maintain cleaning of pool. Change filter on regular basis for proper maintenance of pool.

• Check electrical connections regularly to ensure that there is no naked wire. Also check diving board, handrail and ladders to ensure no crack in the board and no rusted or loose bolt. Circulate water in swimming pool for at least 12 hour a day.

• Check pH Balance of water by placing white test strip in pool water for a second and compare changed color of strip. PH level of water should be in the range of 7.2 -7.8. If pH level is too high, add pH decreaser to pool water and if pH level is too low add pH increaser to pool water to get balance level.

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Designing outdoor rugs

Outdoor rugs are designed to bear weather conditions such as heat,
rain water and moisture. There are many things that should be kept in mind while buying rugs for exterior use. First you should take measurement of your outdoor space where you want to place rug. Then make a decision for the shape of rug according to available space. Outdoor rugs are available in square, rectangular, oval and round shapes. A rug having rectangular shape can make the small area look untidy whereas a round rug can make the area wide.



As outdoor space is visited regularly, you should make use of durable and good looking rugs. Opt for color and pattern of outdoor rugs; which is based on existing décor of the house. Select colors that best matches with wall colors and articles of furniture. Also match up your outdoor rugs with interior ones for maintaining similar patterns. Let’s look for more tips for designing outdoor rugs.

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Wicker Furniture & Cedar Furniture

Wicker furniture is in trend for interior as well as exterior and comprises of flexible branches, vines of bamboo, rattan, reed or synthetic material that is woven into a pattern. The furniture is light in weight; easy to position anywhere in exterior and can easily be moved to indoors in case the weather changes. All weather proof weaker furniture is made from resin wicker as it can hold harsh weather conditions.



Cedar furniture is trendy as outdoor furniture for its durability, resistance quality and easy maintenance. This hardwood produces natural oil that keeps the furniture away from cracking, drying or fading. The sweet smell of the furniture is highly attractive. In fact the scent that comes from oil is naturally released by the cedar. It is also resistant to fungus. This is the reason people prefer cedar furniture for their decks and gardens. Let’s find out more tips on exterior furniture.

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How to Decorate a Pergola

To decorate a pergola is an artistic work and meddles the sense with aesthetic ideas. You can embellish a pergola with vines, plants and flowers. Roses can add to the beauty of pergola. Pergolas used as support for climbing plants such as creeper and climbers give interesting look. Grape wines can be used to decorate pergola. Hanging baskets of plants can be hung from the top of Pergola while wooden windows can be hung between supportive posts to make an outdoor room.



Hanging mirrors between supporting posts will make Pergola look larger and beautiful. You can hang decorative birds or strings between the posts. Fabric or dried vines around supporting vines might be decorative elements for Pergolas. Let’s find out more decorative tips on Pergolas.

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Pleasant Swimming Pools

Swimming pools are sources of delightful movements. Everybody wants to enjoy dipping into the pool in leisurely hours. They not only please the sense but energize the body also. They get rid of hot summer and provide extreme relaxation and relief. These pools are available in various options; you can make a choice for an indoor swimming pool, pools with hot water and portable pool.



Generally these are available in two types - In Ground and Above Ground Pools. You can find pools in different standard sizes and materials such as metal, plastic or concrete. Thus now a day getting into comfortable and refreshing swimming pool is easy. Let’s find out more on both types of pools.

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Finishing of Paint

Painting work is imperfect till it shows uneven and inconsistent finishing. A good work requires consistent and flawless painted surface. A flat finishing for interior walls provides non reflective and rich finishing. It’s also great at hiding irregularities and surface imperfections. High-gloss finishing is a good choice for high shinning and easy cleaning.

Exterior surfaces require special finishing with specific qualities. The finishing is highly durable, weather resistant and is suitable for most exterior masonry surfaces. The texture hides fine cracks and provides long lasting weather protection. Let’s know more tips on finishing of the paint.

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Uses of Cement Paint

Cement paint is most suitable for worse environments and is specially designed for better brushing ability. It’s applied on external walls/surfaces of the house. It gives the best results on newly concrete surface. The surface should be cleaned of all mortar dropping, dirt, dust, grease and other foreign matter before the application of the paint.

A coat of waterproof cement paint should be applied over patches after wetting the surface completely. The paint should be used within an hour after mixing otherwise the mixture would be set and thicken which affect the flow and finishing. The cement or concrete surface should be wet thoroughly to provide moisture to aid in proper curing of the paint before the application. Here more aspects to know about the paint.

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