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What is Hardie Board Made Of?

Home Decor

If you are considering installing Hardieboard or Hardiplank siding on your home, you may be wondering what it is made of. Both of these products are made of fiber cement, which gives them a lot of advantages over traditional wood siding.

Fiber cement siding is a strong, durable material that can help protect your home from the elements. And Hardieboard is one of the best-known brands of this type of siding–so you can trust it to last.

In this blog post, we will discuss what Hardieboard is made of, as well as what its benefits are compared to other siding materials. As well, we will discuss some of the pros and cons of Hardiplank siding.

What is Hardie Board?

Hardie board, also known as Hardiplank siding, is a durable, long-lasting siding material that is popular among homeowners for its attractive appearance and excellent warranty. Hardieboard is manufactured by the James

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Eliza

Popular home interior styles – Hometown Focus

Home Design
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on December 09, 2022

Considerable thought goes into designing a home’s interior. From which color to paint the walls to the size of the living room couch, homeowners must make a variety of decisions when planning their home interiors.

One way to simplify interior design decisions is to choose a style. Interior design styles run the gamut from traditional to modern, and each style has its own unique look and feel.

Even though homeowners need not feel adherent to any particular item associated with a given style, three of the more popular styles, traditional, modern and farmhouse, each have certain key components that can ensure a home ends up with a look the homeowner is aiming for.

traditional

Homes with a traditional interior style give a formal yet welcoming feel. Many individuals associate crown molds and wainscoting with traditional interiors, so

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Eliza

These items are making your home look cheap, according to interior designers

Home Design

Whether you’ve just moved into a new pad, or have been living in your home for years, interior decor can have a huge effect on our well-being. Not only do we want to create a functional space, but we want our home decor to be cozy, stylish and reflect our personalities. But while we want to fill our homes with our favorite things, certain items make your home look cheap, according to interior designers.

This tends to happen when you don’t pick all the details correctly, or get carried away with an abundance of styles. Either way, such items can make your home look visually unappealing. What’s more, knowing how to decorate the right way can make a small room look biggeror give you much needed extra space.

After all, the goal is to create an inviting yet beautiful home to suit you. So if you want to level

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Eliza

Home decor and interior design tips to make your bedroom appear bigger

Home Design

Intimate spaces like bedrooms need not conform to being an introverted space—extravagant, large spans can make the space push the boundaries of conventional design and open up to a visual abundance. A subtle mix of illusions from the gestalt theories and a thoughtful composition of the mood board can transform a small bedroom to give a feeling of a larger space.

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Interior Designer Punam Kalra, Creative Director of I’m the Center for applied Arts, suggested the following tips to make your bedroom appear bigger:

1. Emphasis on the blanks

Every space is perceived in parts that fit into a whole—A blank canvas breaks a space and articulates it in multiple directions, throwing better, individual focus on the elements in the foreground. Go minimal on the backgrounds with compact furniture and statement décor. Cut down the layers of interior accessories such as throw pillows, valence

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Eliza

Incorporating spirituality in your home interior

Home Design

Classical schools of architectural theory like Feng Shui, Kanso, and Vastu Shastra concentrate on restoring a balance between individuals and the homes they live in

November 29, 2022, 11:45 am

Last modified: November 29, 2022, 11:47 am

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During a visit to a friend’s bungalow in Khulna, I was given a very unique house tour. The gate I had entered from wasn’t the main entrance. The main entrance was placed in the north side of the building to negate the ill spiritual effects, a practice of Vastu Shastra.

This experience led me to explore the classical schools of architectural theory like Feng Shui and Kanso, and Vastu Shastra. All these ancient bodies of knowledge concentrate on restoring a balance between individuals and the homes they live in.

Feng Shui, Vastu Shastra and Kanso philosophy

The ancient Chinese tradition of Feng Shui asserts that it can create

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