Cloisonne is an enameling technique that uses metal banding -- commonly silver, gold or brass -- to separate areas of color and define shapes. Once the metal is formed into the artist’s design and placed over a metal base, fine glass enamel crystals are layered and fired until the banded form is filled.
The metal partitions of cloisonne enamel will tarnish if not cleaned properly. Cloisonne is used to create enameled jewelry, dishes, urns and vases.
Some home improvement projects require very little physical strength. Certain projects, however, might require quite a bit of strength. The difficulty in moving a granite slab depends on how large the slab is, as well as how much preparation and planning may be required.
Granite slabs can be used to accentuate your home’s landscaping. The most important thing, however, is the safety of those involved. The next most important thing is keeping the granite slab from being dropped, cracked or damaged in any way.
Exercise caution whenever a home improvement article begins “to do this, simply…” Finishes like pickling take patience to execute. There are three important steps in pickling; preparation, staining and sealing.
Pickling brightens cabinets but preserves the look of wood. Things You Will Need + Staining gloves Dust mask Safety glasses Fine and medium grit sandpaper Paper towels Newspaper Tack rags Lintless cloths Jar or box Two-step wood bleach Synthetic bleach brush White oil paint or whitewash Paint thinner Stain brush Wood sealer White shellac or non-yellowing varathane Denatured alcohol Mixing containers Too often the first is skipped and the third consists of a thick coat of yellowish polyurethane, yielding a muddied result.
Table of Contents Black Red Gray Blue Natural Wood Finish A building's front door and shutters, if it has them, make an instant impression and contribute incalculably to curb appeal. Many homeowners choose matching doors and shutters, often to complement or even match the exterior trim. When choosing colors, there are several considerations to keep in mind.
Carpet seam binder, or transition strip, holds carpet in place where it joins a different type of flooring material. Without a carpet seam binder, the carpet edge would fray and could potentially trip people as they walk over it. Carpet seam binders are available in a variety of metallic finishes. Wooden binders are available as well to use where carpet meets wood flooring. Installing a transition strip is a simple process that is the final step in laying carpet in a room.
Chances are that you have added televisions since you had your cable service installed, and now you have rooms with televisions but no cable service. Running your own cable television wires is possible, but it will take some planning and some patience.
When you invest in the materials such as coaxial cable and a cable television signal splitter, remember that better quality equipment will produce a higher resolution image.
Installing a new laminate floor involves some basic fitting to the shape of the room. This is a fairly straight-forward task along standard walls or door openings, but filling in the floor area of a bay window protrusion requires some specific angle cutting. Determining these angles and cutting them correctly is a simple procedure that will help you complete your new laminate floor's installation.
Determine the bay-window alcove's side angles by placing a bevel square's handle or body section against the flat surface at the base of the wall adjacent to the bay window, and then rotating the bevel square's blade until it's flat against the bay window side wall.
While window air conditioners are more attractive than the original gray metal units of the 1950s and 1960s, they still don't beautify a room’s décor. You can decorate a window air conditioner with curtains, even when it's in use. Draperies help to camouflage the unit when you're not using it, and to merge it with the décor when you are.
Draperies If you choose solid color or patterned drapes to match the shade of your air conditioner, it will blend more with the surrounding environment when the drapes are open.
Propane generators can be fitted with the same propane tanks as a home barbecue. The propane is used in place of gasoline, which is what most generators use. Propane is combustible and the heat released is used to power a mechanized generator.
Propane generators and tanks vary in size. Propane generators are often used in camping and in conjunction with recreational vehicles. Some propane generators are small and portable, while others are large and permanent.
High ceilings give a room a sense of spaciousness and grandeur that may belie its actual square footage. However, painting high walls can be a challenge.
A ladder makes painting a high wall a lot easier but you can get the job done without one. If you don't have access to a ladder, or if the only ladder you have is too short, there are some tricks you can use to get the new paint all the way up to the ceiling.