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Staging a House with Cigarette Smoke Residue You will need to use a primer under the new paint, particularly if not all of the reside was removed. If the walls still smell you may want to use two coats of a special primer designed for painting over smelly or stained walls before you paint. Austin: An Eclectic Destination in the Heart of Texas Other things that the city has to offer its human residents are local festivals such as Eeyore's Birthday Party, the yearly Reggae festival, and Austin City Limits Music Festival. The city also has a great selection of museums including the Texas Memorial Museum, Blanton Museum of Art, numerous galleries, the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture, and the O. Henry Museum where the author lived from 1893 to 1895. Using Tile to Spruce up Your Home Stone tiles can be solid shapes cut from a variety of different stones such as marble, slate, sandstone, granite, or limestone. Stone tiles can also be made from small stones or pebbles glued to a mesh backing. Depending on the style of tile and the type of stone, they can be used pretty much anywhere. Livable Home Design for our Time Jump up to the present day now, where our modern housing trends seem to echo the Victorian trend to large superfluously roomed homes. As the American family has slowly shrunk over the last 40 or so years, the size of the homes that we live in has steadily inflated so that many of our neighbourhoods are shoulder to shoulder with characterless monster homes built to the edges of their tiny city lots. Keeping Your Home Cool: Green Options If you're looking to keep your house cool enough to live in without wasting money then first take stock of what you're doing in your home to make the problem worse. An overheated house gets that way for a couple of reasons: internal heat gain and external heat gain. Conservation: Grey Water Reclamation for Green Living Reclaiming grey water in your home can be as simple as scooping water out of a bathtub when you're done bathing or putting a bucket in the shower to catch extra water while you're washing yourself. It's easy to use this water to irrigate your flower beds with this water, just don't use it on your vegetable garden because of soap residue or microorganisms. Name That Victorian Style Home! You will know a Queen Anne by its asymmetrical design: windows, turrets, porches on multiple stories and the exquisite detailing on nearly every part of the home, including "gingerbread" trim, decorative moldings and sculptured columns. The bay windows that afford residents a "window-seat" are also a defining feature. The Queen Anne is unique for its enduring presence in popular culture as "Victorian", but it is not the first, nor the last Victorian era home style, being in vogue from the 1880s How Will a Treehouse Affect Your Property? These can be anything from the standard platform-with-rail to a palatial Tudor-style home complete with electric outlets. One recommendation is that the ladder/stairs be designed so that most people can get to the tree house without too much trouble. Make Your Dog Disappear When You Sell Your Home The first thing you can do is make sure that your dog is properly bathed and groomed frequently. The more hair you collect with your brush, the less will be floating around the home. Consider a professional groomer's assistance to get your pooch squeaky clean. Keeping the dog clean means that there will be much less chance of doggy odor in the house.