Archive for September, 2010

All gun enthusiasts or avid hunters need a table for cleaning their handguns and rifles. You can find a workbench in the market for this purpose. But a do it yourself person can build a suitable table with some tools and lumber. You need solid wood such as maple for the top of the table.

Instructions:

1. Secure an L bracket on top of the solid maple. Secure it with its leg sticking up. This becomes the table apron.

2. Make the table legs from the maple pieces. Secure these maple legs to the apron.

3. Place the two pieces of maple on workbench and create shelves.

4. Secure the pieces of maple together.

5. Put the solid maple on the legs and also fit the shelf.

6. Secure the shelf to create the top of the cleaning table.

7. Now make it stand on the legs and sand the maple before applying finish.

Wrought iron benches are a beautiful seating option in outdoor and indoor home décor aspects. They are made for the sturdy outdoors but often the powder coating or paint washes off and the bench has to be redone.

Begin by washing off all surface areas even nooks and crannies of the decorative design element on the bench.

Wear a mask and safety goggles as well as thick gloves before handling chemical paint stripper and enamel paints. Using a chemical paint stripper or by a sanding method remove all traces of paint.

Wash the bench once more to remove paint and soap residues. Now apply alkyd rust-inhibitor to the whole bench twice allowing it to dry thoroughly between coats.

Once both layers of rust inhibitor have successfully dried apply alkyd enamel paint with a foam type brush and let dry. Paint one more layer of the same paint and dry overnight.

A commode is a floor mounted toilet that has a flush type toilet bowl made from porcelain. The pipes for this type of a toilet run along the length of the floor till they reach an outer wall.

A leak in the commode type of toilet will seep out noticeably onto the floor of the bathroom. First check the source of the leak before doing any of the heavy work.

Once the leak is determined, turn off the main water valve by turning it in a clockwise direction. Locate and turn off the shutoff valve at the back of the toilet.

If this is where the water is coming from, tighten the coupling nut with the help of an adjustable wrench also tighten any loose nuts with the help of a flat head. Check the washers on the nuts and replace any if they are spoilt. Change all these damaged parts.

T-joints, PVC pipes some elbow and open end joints are all it takes to make a stand for the high in demand video game “Guitar Hero” that will compliment your home décor.

Run a thin ¼ “PVC pipe through three t-joints, turn them so that middle joint faces upward. Join two elbow joints to both downward facing t-joints and complete with small pipes on both sides to make a square shape. Now add longer pipes to both ends of the downward t-joints to make the base.

Next add a longer pipe to the upward facing t-joint. Cap the end of the pipe with another t-joint, run a smaller pipe through this t-joint. This pipe needs to be equal on either side. Add elbow joints on both ends and add smaller pipes to the elbow joints. Cap these ends again with elbow joints to complete the head rest of the unsteady game controller.

Discontinued American Drew Furniture is still as much in demand as it was when it was way back in 1927. The company boasts of pieces designed by Jessica McClintok and Bob Mackie.
It cannot be guaranteed that you will find the piece you are looking for yet it is well worth a try to look in garage sales, estate sales, collectible and antique stores that may stock a few pieces.

If you prefer looking online, type in the search box and scrutinize individually all the names given at least in the first five pages. Don’t forget to look on Craigslist and eBay and other famous home décor websites.

Auctions at estates are also a sure fire way of finding American Drew furniture. To know about auctions beforehand register yourself at AuctionZip.com so you can speak to the auctioneer about what you are looking to stop yourself from wasting time.

A full bed mattress size is also known as a doubled bed size mattress. Owning to the bed type this mattress is generally just 15” wider than a twin bed mattress.

A full bed is only 53” wide and 75” long and is suitable for guest rooms and or children’s bed rooms as they provide marginal space for two adults to sleep on comfortably. Full bed mattresses only give an average 27” per person on either side. They are best options for smaller rooms.

The best part about this mattress is that most home décor stores carry a wider choice in full size bed sheets than in king or queen sizes.

However if you have decided to buy this type of mattress it’s important to keep its use in mind. Also determine whether it is for single or double use and the size of the room it will go into.

A Love Seat is a smaller sofa that generally seats two. It could be similar to your larger main sofa or in small places a standalone furniture unit that compliments home décor. Essentially a loveseat should fit perfectly into its surroundings and be able to hold its own among other more elaborate pieces of furniture.

Therefore it is not only mandatory to understand the size of the room but also the designated place that the loveseat will go in.

Loveseats are available in three standard sizes, the smallest being 58”, medium 64” and the largest at 71”. With that in mind you should be able to plan the one that suits your style.

The smaller ones are perfect as additional seating, so are the medium size which can also be used comfortably as standalone sofas in a small home. The largest size is best suited to bigger rooms.

Simmons is a 140 years old Atlanta based bed and mattress manufacturing company that is responsible for the popular “Simmons” mattress.

Founded in 1870 by Zalmon Simmons, the brand first manufactured wooden insulators and cheese boxes and by 1876 began making woven wire mattresses. They added spiral coil springs to these mattresses as late as 1889 and by 1918 stepped into cotton felt and other mattress production.

From here the Simmons group grew from strength to strength acquiring plants in Canada to boost production and supply. They created the National Technology Centre in 1957.

Simmons offers Beautyrest, Beautyrest Black, Natural Care, Comforpedic and Simmons Kids among pillows and toppers as a complete high end sleep solution.

These mattresses are fire resistant, durable, safe, comfortable and a pleasure to own. A large number of successful prestigious hotel chains also rely on Simmons beds to provide a restful sleep to their guests.

Velvet denotes regality and opulence. Using it in your home décor can give you astonishing results, but how far is it pliable or practical to your plans?

Cotton velvet although the most traditional type of velvet is not generally used in upholstering furniture as it lacks the fluidity needed for the purpose. On the other hand suede velvet is shinier but is stain resistant and has a better fall.

The trick to get the correct effects is to choose medium weight upholstery velvet, available at most home furnishing stores. Velvet should always be cut on the right side as it is irreversible. Care should be taken to ensure that the pile or rub runs in the most natural direction.

Additionally, it should also be kept taut while upholstering to avoid an unprofessional blotchy look. Use only recommended needles; adhesive and velvet spray that offers stain resistance to get perfect results.

Regular polishing of wood table legs not only protects them against more wear and tear but also enhances existing home décor.

Take out the table legs and rub the front and back of the leg with a furniture stripping brick to remove all traces of paint or varnish. Smoothen the leg by sanding, wipe off dust and grime then hold the leg in a vice or clamp.

Start staining the visible portion of the leg along the wood grains. When done turn to the unstained side. Remember to wrap a cotton rag on the stained portion where the vice will hold the leg and repeat procedure.

After the leg is completely dry spray polyurethane as a sealant, on one side and then turn repeating the above procedure for the other side as well, till the leg is covered evenly.

Re assemble the table by screwing the legs back in place.