Author Archive for Jason Prickett
Jason Prickett loves to write about home maintenance and stuff you can do yourself instead of hiring any professional. His step by step guides will assist you in completing your home maintenance tasks.
How to Make Bench Cushions
Comfortable seating positions are very important so that you will be able to relax while you are in your living room. Here is a great way to know on How to make bench cushions in the living room. This is an easy project which only requires fewer materials and can be changed anytime as you [...]
How to Make Weather Vanes
Weather vanes are very good instruments for experiment and play. They tell us the direction of the wind. Making weather vanes at home is really simple. You can use items that are present in the kitchen or at your own storage rooms. To make a fun weather vane, try to think of a theme that [...]
How to Pack an RV Kitchen
When you plan a family trip in your RV, one important key is to know the RV kitchen. Know the equipment you have and what other gadgets can function inside. Most likely you won’t have the cooking gear to serve a fine feast for the family. Learn how to maximize your RV’s kitchen so you [...]
How to Open Up a Daycare in Your Home
Opening a daycare from your home requires more than just the love for children or experience working with children. It won’t all be just playing games all day, and there are a number of steps you need to follow. You are starting a business, and you will need to have a business plan, and be [...]
How to Repair a Toilet Seal
Repairing a toilet seal is rather simple and can be easily done with some basic, household supplies. Broken or loose toilet seals are among the most common causes of a leaky toilet. The toilet seal in most contemporary toilets is present in the form of a ring-shaped seal that has an adjustable collar for tighter [...]
How to Build a Loft Ladder
The loft is a perfect place to store any items that are not used regularly. For example: suitcases, sports equipment etc. Unfortunately, lofts are rather awkward to reach so the best plan would be use a specially designed loft ladder. Specially designed loft ladders from the hardware store can be expensive, so the cheaper alternative [...]
How to Treat Floorboards with Limed Effect
Here, new pine floorboards have been treated with a limed effect and the overall finish is a soft, rather hazy look that complements cool, neutral furnishings. Three hundred or so years ago liming paste was prepared as an extremely toxic solution that was applied to kill off the woodworm and bugs that were eating their [...]
How to Stencil a Floor and Use Floor Stencils
Stencils have been used in decoration for hundreds of years and by many cultures. Here is a simple, cost-efficient technique for achieving an even and regular pattern. This stencil was taken from an ancient Greek key pattern. It was made up from thick opal acetate that was easy to see through and match up with [...]
How to Renovate Floor Tiles with Paint
Thanks to exciting new paint products, it is now possible to repair and to paint old floor tiles. A new multi-colored floor can add a vibrant touch to your kitchen. You do not have to live with patterns and colors (and cracks!) you do not care for, or go to the trouble and expense of [...]
How to Paint Your Tile Floor with Acrylic Floor Paints
With the new acrylic floor paints you can give full rein to your imagination. The pattern used here is based on the floor tile design of a medieval church. For years floor paint was only available in two or three colors. Oil based, it was very smelly and took a long time to dry properly. [...]
How to Paint Your Floor with Household Emulsion Paint
This compass design is much easier to mark out and paint than it might appear. Using household emulsion paint, it makes an attractive and unusual decoration. Despite the wide selection of quick-drying floor paints, emulsion paint is still an interesting option. Its main advantage is its drying time – in warm weather two coats can [...]
How to Paint Faux Flagstone Floor
To lay a real old stone floor is a very specialized task and often requires expensive material – but you can enjoy the colors and impression of stone with this paint effect. Real stone floors are usually associated with cold and draughty dwellings, but I can assure you that the painted version is much warmer [...]
How to Paint a Faux Leopard Rug on the Floor
An imitation leopard skin rug allows the beauty of this print-like pattern to be admired without cruelty. This is fun to paint and will add a touch of the exotic to any room. Beautiful animal skin patterns are often simulated in fabric and fake fur and this project is meant to create a fun paint [...]
How to Make a Painted Floor Cloth
This brightly colored floor cloth has been achieved with acrylic paint and is extremely practical. Cut to fit a staircase, it can be taken up when you move home. Floor cloths arc made of a canvas cloth cut to size and then primed, painted and sealed. They were often used in the eighteenth century and [...]
How to Do Custom Marble Paint Effect
This project shows you how to reproduce a marble effect and transform a base of hardboard into a rich and opulent surface with depth and color. For many centuries the beauty and richness of natural marble has been imitated. Sometimes it is simulated to perfection, sometimes painted as an effect. We have opted for painting [...]
How to Decoupage the Floor
Decoupage allows you the freedom to turn your floor into a giant picture, creating themed images or abstract shapes. Here the work of the artist Matisse has provided inspiration. Records of decoupage date back to the seventeenth century, when engraved and printed designs were cut out of paper and mounted onto furniture that was varnished [...]
How to Create a Beautiful Mosaic Floor
Here is a quick and effective way of creating a beautiful mosaic floor. A full spectrum of colors gives the potential for a wealth of motifs and interesting patterns. The small glass tiles used here are those usually found at the bottom of a swimming pool. They are available in a wide range of colors [...]
How to Color Wash Your Floor
Bare wooden floorboards are gently color-washed with thin transparent layers of diluted emulsion paint, which seep into the wood, allowing the grain and texture to show. Color washing is a simple technique to use on bare wood and the effect can be as light or as heavy as you wish -just add more or less [...]
How to Apply a Crackle Finish to the Floor
This ‘old paint’ effect is great for uneven surfaces – the glaze will create a lumpy, bumpy finish and give the impression of many layers of paint hiding underneath. This technique is simple to do and is a fun way to use very strong colors together. Try experimenting with unusual color combinations – even bright [...]
How to Use a Sewing Machine
One of the leisure activities for women in home is to stitch their clothes by their own. And learning to use a sewing machine is much easier. There are hundreds of models of sewing machine but the basics are same in all those. And here are the steps to follow while to start using sewing [...]