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Re-arranging urniture a quick makeover
One of the fastest ways to give a
room a makeover, apart from
painting or wallpapering, is to
rearrange furniture. By simply
switching around your sofa, loveseat
and entertainment centre, you'll find
the room can take on a completely
new look.
However, unless your family
comes fully equipped with several
moving professionals, moving
furniture can be a backbreaking job.
(MS) — Want to make your next
paint job look better and last longer?
Do what professional painters do:
use one coat of tinted primer and one
coat of paint instead of two coats of
paint.
Here's why:
• Primers are much richer in resin
than ordinary paint, which gives
them the ability to provide a better
base for the second coat. If you tint
your primer toward the colour of
your finish coat, you get all the
benefits of priming, without adding
an extra step. Note: High-quality
primer-sealers are specially
In nearly every place across the
country there are tenants and there
are landlords.
Whether you rent a three-bedroom
duplex in a high-rise or a bedroom in
someone's house, there are certain
dos and don'ts when it comes to
renovating the space.
Here are some handy tips to get
you by.
• Do ask your landlord his or her
opinion. Find out if improvements
are even an option and what exactly
can be done.
Some landlords and buildings
have strict restrictions that must be
followed or you could lose your
security deposit, and even be sued.
• Don't assume that if you like it,
your landlord will also. Try to stay
away from dark or loud paint
colours that will be difficult to paint
over. And be considerate with the
holes you make into the walls,
which will have to be patched later.
• Do use fabrics, posters and
furnishings to represent your
personal style. Removable items are
best for apartment living. They can
add a needed splash of colour and
then be quickly changed the next
time you have a whim.
• Don't wallpaper or make
structural changes. It is a very time-
consuming process to remove
wallpaper. Most landlords would
prefer you don't use it at all.
So how to do your revamp your
room without ending up in the
chiropractor's office? Here are some
ways to achieve success without the
pain.
• Sketch it out. Professional
decorators often make quick outline
sketches of their ideas on paper.
They also do some of their work on
graph paper, which makes it easy to
map out the square footage of a
room and then compare it in relation
formulated for tinting.
• Primers hide dark or unwanted
colours far better than finish paint
and prevent them from showing
through or changing the colour of
the topcoat. By using a tinted primer
you can get a more uniform colour
than you could achieve by just using
ordinary paint.
• ()twiny primer-sealers are great
at sealing porous surfaces, so you'll
actually use less paint, saving you
time and money.
-0 Most stains, like crayon, marker,
lipstick, nicotine, foods and
beverages, and others will bleed
Consider instead removable borders
that can easily be torn down when
you move.
And don't knock down walls, cut
holes in walls or install permanent
structures like moldings, without
prior permission.
• Do ask your landlord to make
repairs. This way you won't be
Tips for helping
(MS) — With another winter just
around the corner, it's time to start
thinking about cleaning, restoring
and protecting your deck so it
survives the onslaught of ice, snow,
sleet and moisture that can damage
it during the months ahead.
Here are some deck "survival"
tips from the expert:
Patio furniture stored for the
winter? The first thing is to restore
your weathered-grey deck and
thoroughly clean it to remove the
dirt, mildew and food stains that
accumulated over the spring and
summer months. Use a specially
formulated deck cleaner which
features an oxygenated bleach
formula that removes greyed wood
surfaces, ground-in dirt and even the
toughest of stains.
It restores a natural, like-new look
to wood without bleaching or
degrading its structure, like chlorine
bleach solutions can. It even
to the squares of the graph paper.
Each square on the paper represents
one foot.
For example, a two-foot-by-two-
foot overstuffed chair on the graph
paper would be two blocks wide by
two blocks high. Label the shapes
for what item of furniture or
decorative item (like a rug) each is
representing.
• Go high-tech. Browse through
the software aisle of your local
right through ordinary paint. Stain
killing primers seal in stains and
prevent them from ruining the paint
job.
• High quality primers also offer
great adhesion, so you can paint on
glossy, hard-to-paint surfaces like
paneling, cabinets, semi-gloss paint
and vinyl siding without sanding.
You just paint over glossy
surfaces with a topcoat!
4 Because primers are specifically
formulated to prevent common paint
problems, like cracking, peeling and
blistering, they'll make any painted
surface more durable, washable —
responsible if something goes
wrong.
• Don't hammer, saw or drill
during late hours, disturbing your
landlord and neighbours. You might
end up getting yourself evicted.
• Do remember that although you
live there it is not your house, so be
considerate.
decks survive
removes invisible coating barriers,
like excess wax, mill glaze- and old,
-water repellent residue.
Step one: For previously stained
wood, strip any faded, deteriorated
or unwanted coloured coating. Use a
product which removes both oil and
latex solid or semi-transparent stains
and toned finishes, and prepares the
wood for the reapplication of
protective coatings.
Step Two: After the wood is
restored and your deck is rid of
surface barriers or unwanted
finishes, it's important to seal it with
a protective water repellent finish
and preservative. Water repellents
stop rain, sleet, snow and ice from
penetrating the wood surface, which
can cause cracking, splitting and
warping.
Select a product which offers a
guarantee on water repellent
longevity so you won't have to
apply a new coat every year.
computer store or office supply store
and you should find several
programs geared toward interior and
exterior design. With these
programs, -you enter in the
measurements of your room and
furniture and then you can move
around each item on the screen until
you're happy with the placement.
Some of these programs also offer
a 3-D virtual walk-through tour,
where you can get a "human'seye
and last much longer!
• Tinting a primer is easy. Just ask
your paint store or home centre clerk
to add the same colourant they use to
mix your finish coat and you're on
your way to a better paint
job.
view" of just what the room looks
like.
• Comparison shop; If you live in a
housing development many of the
houses in the development are the
same model. See what your
neighbours have done with the room
you're looking to change, so you can
get an idea of what works and what
doesn't.
• Smooth sailing. If you're a
hands-on type of person and believe
moving around the actual furniture is
the only way to get an accurate view
of your new design plan, invest in
tools that will make the job easier.
New "as seen on TV" disks that are
coated with ultra-slippery silicon can
be placed under your furniture legs,
making it easy to slide around
cumbersome items. Plus, the -disks
won't snag on your carpet,
preventing further headaches.
Easy apartment decorating
Make your next paint job last longer