Don’t Miss Out On Furniture Deals!

It won’t be a holiday season without all the sales and discounts going on.  Many people don’t think of purchasing furniture for someone or for others for Christmas, etc.  Think about this for a second though, If you were planning to purchase new bedroom furniture early next year wouldn’t it be wise to just get it when there’s a sale going on for the holidays?  An early purchase could be saving you an extra 30-40%.  A popular item for kids is tween bedroom furniture.  Make sure you check this week for Black Friday Deals and Cyber Monday as well!

The Wynwood Mediterranean Bedroom Furniture

Bedroom Furniture – Wynwood

This bedroom furniture collection embraces the romantic and charming lifestyle of the Mediterranean, as sumptuous and refined as its cultural heritage and traditions. Antiquity has inspired the heart and soul of its stylish design. Highly appointed, yet engaging, this collection keeps pace with today’s current lifestyle rhythms in an approachable realization of effortless luxury.

Area Rugs – Add Warmth to your Home this Winter!

Area rugs such as rug runners can not only add warmth to your house in terms of decor, but it’ll also keep your house warmer temperature-wise as well.

A rug runner is basically a rug that can cover narrow spaces in your home such as hallways, stairways, etc.  Rug Runners helps keep your house warmer by covering your tile or wood flooring.  There are many styles of rug runners, and there are many cheap rug runners on the market that anyone can afford.  Whatever your style preference may be, you can rest assure that your home will be warmer this winter!

Black Friday Ads Scan (zip files & PDFs)

Hi folks,
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I know some you guys can’t wait for Black Friday.  If you haven’t seen the ads yet you can download the zip files or pdf by clicking on the link below!:

Black Friday Ads and Deals

Enjoy!

The Student/ Bachelors Guide to Taking Care of Your Light Fixtures

Right! If you’re frugally calculating and pinching your pennies like so many of us are now, you’re probably living off Wendy’s, Del Taco, or Jack in the Box’s super cheapo menu or living off Ramen noodles or Mac and Cheese, on a daily basis. I actually ate pizza for the third consecutive day today (had it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late night snack), for freak’s sake! Honestly, I’m all cheese and meatballed out! You might even be purchasing meat and the like from the last chance sale portion of the frozen section. So what if the ground beef is a bit on the brown side and looks a bit poorly and knackered? Nothing but a good bit of freezing will help and prolong its contents past the expiry date! You could also be febrezing the crap (or using your own mash –up of baking powder, water, vodka, and fabric softener) out of your clothes or generously applying loads of lovely cologne or perfume on them, so you don’t have to wash your laundry as much. Whatever it is that you do to save is all fair game, but thought I’d extent a few tips on maintaining the light fixtures around your place. Light fixtures require a bit of maintenance, but would prove to be worthwhile. You maybe saving and budgeting, but your place doesn’t have to look like you are!

Tip #1-Routinely Check Your Light Fixtures

(Example of fixtures –chandelier, pendant light, bathroom lighting, and etc.)

Run a check – What you’ll need: Reason

*Your eyes To make observations with

*A piece of paper To jot notes on

*Pen/pencil To write down observations

So you got nothing to do and you’re sitting on your lazy bum this evening, flipping through crappy boob-tube shows. Why not get off your touché and quickly check your lights? It’s relatively simple. All you need to do is switch the suckers on and see if lights pop on. Check your chandelier/pendant lighting, bathroom lighting, outdoor lighting (really do check these…no one wants to trip or fall down a flight of stairs visiting you), and lamps. If they don’t switch on, make note of it, so you know what needs to be repaired and replaced.

Tip #2 Preparation

Preparation – What you’ll need: Reason:

*Ladder (or some form of one) To stand on (while cleaning)

*Newspaper/Junk mail To protect floor from dirt and drip/cleaning

* Plastic bags To cover light bulbs with

*Bucket/bathroom bin To soak outer portion of light fixtures in

*Cleaning products To clean fixtures

*Cloth/Socks To wipe fixtures

*Duster (or some form of one) To clear away dust and webs

***Note: If you don’t have one – you can make one!

To Make a Duster:

*2 Wire Hangers

*2 Paper towels

*Newspaper (torn into strips)

*Twists (to secure napkins with) or bubble gum wrappers

Once you’ve make your observations, you can move onto preparation. You’ll need to make sure you have a ladder to use. If you don’t have one, ask your friends or neighbors to borrow one. If you don’t, I would suggest a chair, but I would be extra careful using a chair, especially if your floors are heavily carpeted. You could lose your balance quite easily and hurt yourself. You can also, push your dresser table out where the light fixture is, so you can stand on it and clean. If you still don’t have a solution, I would check your local grocery store. They sometimes throw out these sturdy red or blue crates, you might be able to ask for.

You would need to spread some newspaper around the area and put some aside for cleaning purposes. Don’t have enough newspaper? Utilize that pile of unwanted junk mail! Actually, you should use more of that junk mail; put it on the floor, and save some of that newspaper for cleaning and dusting! Better used this way that flooding your mail box.

The next thing you would need is plastic sandwich bags, cleaning products, a duster, and a bucket. The plastic bags are meant to cover the bulbs with, while cleaning. If you don’t have plastic bags. I’d use socks to cover the bulbs with! A bucket would be needed to soak certain portions of light fixtures (for example, crystal pieces off your chandelier). If you don’t have a bucket, I would empty out my bathroom bin and use that instead.

Cleaning products are needed to clean off the grime and dirt. If you don’t have the money to buy proper cleaning products. Care 2.com has a few home- made recipes for you to make.

Next, you will need cloth to wipe with. If you don’t have cloths to use, use your socks (the inside portion). If the sock monster has gotten to a few pairs of your socks like it has mine, then by all means, put those things to good use! Simply cut the sock along one side. Walla, you got a rag!

Lastly, a duster will be needed to clear away all that gunk before wiping anything. Don’t have a duster? No problem! (Remember those fun projects we all had to do in grade school?) Get two wire hangers and straighten them out. Keep one of them straight and make the other wire hanger into a skinny V shape. Wrap the end of the straight hanger around the middle of the V shaped hanger. Grab some of that unused newspaper and cut some long strips out. Take two napkins and secure them with either twists, tape, bubble gum wrappers (tie the napkins in) or gum. Get creative and use whatever you have! Secure the newspaper pieces onto the V shape portion by tying them to it. Dampen the newspaper strips a bit.

Tip #3 Cleaning

Turn fixtures off before attempting to clean. Use a duster to clear out those disgusting cob webs. (Special note: Don’t venture too closely to the light fixture if you used gum to secure it = you duster might get stuck). You can twirl the cleaner to pick up dust and webs. If you need a better way of clearing stuff away, use one of the socks to wipe up.

After that, you would need to cover the bulbs with the material set aside for this portion of the task. Be sure to spray onto the cloth or sock instead of directly at the fixture. If your fixture is made of crystal (like some chandeliers are), you might want to detach the parts and put them in the bucket/bin of warm water and a bit of cleaner (requires more attention and time). Use one of your socks as a wash rag. Gently wipe the fixture, while occasionally beating the sock against the newspaper on the floor to get rid of excess muck.

Next, you would need to pull fixtures out of your bucket/bin and set them on top of a piece of junk mail to dry.

Use the rest of the leftover newspaper and (dampen it a bit) and go over the areas you went through with your sock and let things dry. After the fixture pieces have dried up, put them back into place.

I can assure you, your light fixtures will be a sparkling spectacle and if you schedule time to clean them every so often, you won’t have to work as hard cleaning them!

What Your Bedroom Furniture Reveals About You

They say you can tell what type of person you are by your shoes.  If you keep wearing the same dirty pair of sneakers, then you’re considered a dirty pack rat, etc.  What if people can tell what type of person you are from taking a look at your bedroom furniture?   Here’s what your bed might be telling others about yourself:

1. Sleigh Beds – Stable, Reliable, not really looking to move anywhere for awhile

2. Platform beds – Stylish, young, modern, always looking for great fashion trends and styles

3. Metal bed frames – Dreamer, imaginative, youthful

4. Day Beds – Logical, sufficient, easy going.

Modern Platform Beds

Modern platform beds are one of the many bedroom furniture pieces with many modern styles to choose from.

Modern Platform Bedroom Furniture

Modern living has been widely accepted the past couple of years. From modern homes down to modern furniture, we’re accepting the simplistic designs of modern furniture and moving away from the more traditional look.

Modern Platform Beds – Why We Like Them So Much

Through my experiences, I believe young adults prefer modern bedroom furniture because it’s different then their parents furniture. As kids most of us grew up in our parents’ house. Most parents had more traditional looking furniture in their homes and as kids that was the only thing we were used to for 18+ years. As we grow up and leave for college or have a place of our own, we want our place to represent us. We see in magazines modern bedroom furniture, modern living room furniture, etc that entices us to switch to a more modern living style.

Imaginary Kingdom | IM-KING | Clothing

IM KING Clothing

Imaginary Kingdom Streetwear

IM-KING clothing, an OC based clothing company is creeping on the scene. One of the many T-shirt designs I like from Imaginary Kingdom is the City of Angels shirt. How creative can you get with that design? They must have an awesome design team because this was the first time I’ve seen the wings concept.

Imaginary Kingdom – “City of Angels”

Images of 50 Cent wearing the “City of Angels” T-Shirt at his exclusive Cabo performance

Eco-Friendly iPhone Charger….Without Sunlight!

Charge your iPhone without Using the Wall Outlet or Sunlight

Creator and Designer, Peter Thuvander, invented this unique and Eco-friendly way of charging your iPhone, iPod, etc with this great iYoYo charger.  The induction powered yoyo charger is based on electrodynamic induction principle.  The yoyo charger stores electric energy when the magnets within the yoyo spins around and causes current.  Don’t worry about all the geek talk, just rest assure that you will always have a charged phone when you’re exploring undiscovered caves and caverns.

To view other Eco-friendly products such as bedroom furniture, etc. visit GreenCulture.com

Obey Clothing | Obama

Obey Clothing & Barack Obama

So I saw on TV an election party they had in a city near I live after they found out that Barack Obama was going to be our next President, and I saw the obey clothing logo in the background. Obey Clothing has been a firm supporter of Obama since day 1 and I am proud to have a clothing company in our county to be growing as a company with a positive message for young adults. Here are a few of Obey T-shirts in support of Obama:

Obey Clothing Obama Design

Obey Clothing – Progress, Hope, Vote!

Obey Clothing – Party for a Change

Bedroom Furniture for a Cramped Space

A smaller than average bedroom calls for special bedroom furniture. Unfortunately, not every home comes with a sprawling and massive bedroom. Such smaller rooms require some creative planning and purchasing in order to maximize available space with the best and most useful furniture. The small-roomed shopper will ultimately have to be more selective with the bedroom furniture they desire, as lack of space will make it impossible to purchase a large and complete set. Luckily, there are certain items that are more helpful and space-saving than others, so you can essentially have all the benefits of a full set without buying every single piece.

The most important thing about bedroom furniture is its functionality. This becomes paramount with limited space, so look at items that have either multiple uses or one very important use. A dresser or chest of drawers is always a good starting place, as you can fold and tuck away a pile of clothing. You will also be able to use the top of the dresser or chest for storage of loose items such as an alarm clock or watch. An armoire is another great alternative. As far as bedroom furniture goes, there are few items more helpful than an armoire. Clothing, shoes, accessories, and even a television can all be placed within this self-enclosed piece.

You can’t consider bedroom furniture without the bed itself, so look to beds that provide several functions. A platform bed, for example, is far enough off of the ground that you can store things under it. Some beds feature frames that fan out slightly providing something of a nightstand. Sleigh beds and metal frame beds are also fairly moderate in terms of the amount of space they use. A smaller bed frees up valuable space for other kinds of bedroom furniture.

Outdoor Lighting Has Many Uses

Outdoor lighting is unique in that it has a number of different functions. It can handle everything from mood lighting to security, and all in a surprisingly stylish and appealing way. There are quite a few options to choose from when it comes to outdoor lighting. This is something that many people are not aware of, as they are accustomed to simple lanterns or flood lights. These tend to make up the foundation of outdoor lighting, but they are available in a multitude of styles and sizes. There are also variations such as outdoor sconces from which to choose.

For aesthetic outdoor lighting, you can’t go wrong with lanterns. These come in a wide range of looks and colors, so you’re sure to find something to like. Lanterns have several variations that are the most common. Wall lanterns are the equivalent of sconces as they are mounted on walls. They can go almost anywhere, but they work best in areas that will be used frequently. That is, consider placing them near a porch or back patio rather than the far corners of the backyard. Post lanterns are mounted on a post, and work best in a front yard or near a mailbox. Consider a single post lantern for an isolated area as an independent source of light. Hanging lanterns are another essential type of outdoor lighting, and work in a manner similar to wall lanterns. Try hanging one of these from the overhang of a back patio.

Security is often associated with outdoor lighting. Flood lights and motion sensors are the standard here, as any movement results in a far-reaching burst of light. These are particularly useful for homes with large yards and dense shrubbery. These lights can even be left on for late night barbecues or backyard activities. Outdoor lighting has many uses ranging from simply looking good to providing safety and peace of mind.

Why Dining Room Furniture is an Investment

Dining room furniture is some of the most functional furniture you can purchase. There can be quite a bit of decision making that goes into a dining furniture purchase, as a large set can be pricey and includes many different pieces. For this reason, a dining set (or really any dining room furniture for that matter) must be viewed as an investment. Consider the amount of use the furniture you will receive, and the nature of that use. A dining table, for example, must bear the weight and strain of heavy and often hot plates and dishes. Guests will rest their elbows upon it, lean on it, and spill things on the tabletop. The chairs will be pushed in, pulled out, and will bear the weight of guests. When all of this is taken into consideration, the price for any dining room furniture becomes understandable.

As an investment, dining room furniture will take such punishment for much time to come. For this reason it is worthy of its price. Aside from its usable features, consider the beauty that exquisite dining room furniture provides. Well designed dining furniture is available in a range of styles that encompasses every aesthetic. From modern to traditional to antique, you will be able to find something in line with your current setup. It is also possible to create an entirely new design for your dining room using furniture. A slight touchup on the walls or a new lighting fixture will complement a table. You can even create a theme using these materials. They can all be of the same color or of the same style.