How much do you spend on furniture for a teens bedroom?

March 12, 2010

My mum said we’d have like 00 for my room, is that alot or not that much. I have to get EVERYTHING. We’re moving to the US from New Zealand and just are getting one container for the ship so its just going to have hairlooms. I have to get a bed, desk, bookshelves, towels, [...]

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How can I stop being the one stuck with the grunt work at my office?

March 11, 2010

I am the lead sales person in my office and yet I get stuck doing EVERYTHING that no one else wants to do…..emptying file cabinets, moving files around the office, emptying bookshelves to move the books elsewhere, etc…….it’s not that I am not willing to do it but no one else in my office ever [...]

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What does dreaming of candles and books mean?

March 10, 2010

Finest books in history. Rare pieces. I owned them. I had huge bookshelves and candles, exquisite candles placed near them. I felt excited or happy.

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What size moving truck to use?

March 9, 2010

I have to move in a week and I am trying to pick a truck size at Uhaul but I can’t decide. I have a small one bedroom apartment. I would like to move everything in one trip. I am trying to decide between the 17 foot or the 24 foot truck. [...]

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How should I rearrange my bedroom?

March 8, 2010

I’m getting a new, smaller bed and will have more room. I’ve got 3 bookshelves, a computer desk, a tv stand, a lamp stand, and a 2-seater wicker thing. it’s a lot of clutter!
I forgot to mention a mini-refrigerator.
Valley – how did you know I had a picture of you!?

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What do you think will replace Vampires as the NEW obsession?

March 6, 2010

Look into your crystal balls and tell me what you think the new obsession will be for the next decade?
If you’re a prolific reader, then tell me what you’re seeing more of on the bookshelves or in author’s writings. Which book out today do you think will catch fire in another year or two?

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How can I divide a room without using Shoji or similar screens?

March 5, 2010

My new place has one large room that will act as dining room and living room. I would like the two spaces to feel separate but I don’t want to use screens. Bookshelves are difficult because the backing would be visible from one side and that’s ugly. Any innovative ideas?

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How can I make my bedroom look professional when it is very small?

March 3, 2010

I am looking for ideas on how to make my bedroom look professional, e.g. not childish, and so it can also be used as an office.
I only have room for a single bed, and have 1 desk, 2 bookshelves, 1 wardrobe and 2 bedside tables.
Need suggestions on how to make it look like its not [...]

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Bookshelves in The Sims 3?

February 25, 2010

Hi,
hoping someone could help me on this. I have the Sims 3,for PC i send my sims to the bookstore and when they get home i take the books out of the inventory and place them on the shelves, for some reason they can’t read alot of those books, when i click [...]

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Need a dirt cheap solution to make or buy bookshelves?

February 20, 2010

I need the cheapest possible way to get bookshelves for my huge book collection. I think the cheapest would be to make floating shelves but I’m not sure how much weight they can hold or how many of them I can get on the wall. Or if you know of a place that sells BIG [...]

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I have about 2000 CD and need a suggestion on how to store it?

February 17, 2010

I am moving in 6 months and would like to showcase my CDs in a nice bookshelf or something similar. I will need about 72 feet of shelves to accomplish my immediate needs. Do any readers out there have this many CDs and how do you store it? I’m 38 so my milk crate days [...]

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How do I go about writing and publishing a book?

February 16, 2010

I think I have some good ideas to put into a book. Of course, wisdom comes with age so much of my book will be written over the course of the next many years. I am willing to be both patient as well as show perserverance concerning this endeavor.How does the process work from [...]

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How much weight can a thrird floor apartment can withstand?

February 15, 2010

my mom’s third floor apartment resembles more a storage room than a home. It is full of bookshelves full of books, heavy furniture, etc. she worries if the floor masy not withstand the weight. Is there like a maximium weight a floor can withstand? what is this called?

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How do I organize my home library?

February 14, 2010

I am lucky enough to have tons and tons of books and an entire room covered in shelves that fill them (with 4 more bookshelves downstairs and other scarttered throughout the house)
How do I organize this all though? How do I make the shelves all look nice and how do I scatter my decorative items [...]

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How to decorate a used set of gym lockers?

February 13, 2010

I just bought a set of used gym lockers(the long ones) and was hoping to be able to decorate them to use inside in my foyer for my children to put their coats, backpacks and shoes. My husband thinks they are too used looking and have a dent or two in them.
Does [...]

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What's the best way to learn carpentry/construction skills needed for home maintenance/improvement?

February 12, 2010

I am a homeowner and would like to improve my carpentry/construction skills. I am a teacher and have the summers off, which I would like to spend improving my house. This isn’t just to save money; I really want to learn how to do it.
I once converted a garage into a sculpture studio, so [...]

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What is the name of the website where people trade books?

February 10, 2010

A while back, i was reading a magazine, i think it was readers digest, and it was talking about how theres a website where people can post for books they want, and people who have them will send them to them at no cost. You can also send on other books if you need room [...]

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Decorating questions: Can black leather work with dk. brown couch?

February 9, 2010

We recently purchased a brown leather/microfiber sctional. We have several natural color bookshelves and a mahogany tv cabinet in the room. The question is, would a dark brown leather ottoman be too much brown? Would a contrast like black be better. I am looking at a black leather ottoman from target. (it also comes in [...]

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What is the absolute cheapest way to paint(?) a basement floor that is damp??

February 9, 2010

We have an unfinished basement but we have a hockey table, bookshelves, washer and dryer downstairs but we need help covering the dampness and cracks in the floor. Please help.

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Does anyone have good suggestions on making a hidden room?

February 7, 2010

In remodeling my house, there is a small area that was completely walled off (about 5 x 10 ft). I would like to keep it a hidden area, but don’t know any good ways to hide it.
The 5 ft side is the only side that I can add a "secret" entrance too. What [...]

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Where can I get sophisticated Las Vegas decor for my home?

February 7, 2010

I love Las Vegas and I want to represent it in my home. I want some things to put up on the walls as well as knick knacks to place on my bookshelves and entertainment center.
Everything I have seen online is cheesy and more for a Vegas party than decorations for my home everyday.
Do [...]

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How can I turn my garage into a collapsible photo studio?

February 6, 2010

I’ve recently gotten a Nikon D3000 and now I want to venture into more professional photography. I would like to convert my garage into a collapsible photo studio of sorts, since…you know, two cars have to get in there. It’s a two car garage but there’s some stuff lining the walls like bookshelves and crates [...]

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Can I put a bookshelf on top of a heat vent?

February 5, 2010

I am trying to rearrange my furniture to a more suitable arrangement, but one of my bookshelves will have to cover a heat vent on the floor. It’s metal and I have adjusted it so not that much heat comes out of it.

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Website that sells wall mounted bookshelves that have spiral designs on them…?

January 26, 2010

Im looking for bookshelves that are to be hung on the wall. they have different designs. they are mostly though in a soundwave length look. the only thing i can find is hiring someone to make it from scratch… wanna know if there are websites to just buy the bookshelves from.

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How do I add sliding doors to my bookself?

January 25, 2010

I work for a non-profit organization and we have a small library that people can come in and utilize the books we have but can’t take them out. We are having a problem with many books going missing from our bookshelf every month. How can I go about getting clear sliding doors (with [...]

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