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Real Estate
Why to Sell Your Florida Home to a Real Estate Tech Company
People increasingly prefer the convenience, speed, and cost-effectiveness of online transactions. Selling real estate does not have to be any different especially when compared with traditional…
21 August 20263 min
Real Estate
Explaining Escrow, Closing Costs & Real Estate Terminology when Buying a Home
A new pursuit sometimes requires a new vocabulary. This is no truer than when buying a house. Indeed, one might feel as if they are engaged in an entirely new language when buying your first home…
21 August 20263 min
Home Improvement
5 Insider Tips on How to Prepare to Buy Your First Home
If you're getting ready to buy your first home, you are likely fraught with questions and a pressing need to make decisions like where to purchase, how much to pay, and how the mortgage application…
21 August 20263 min
Outdoor Living
5 Great Things to Do with Your Kids at Home a Rainy Day
It is raining outside, your day feels somewhat boring, and your children are driving you crazy. What should you do besides allowing them to play video games, or use their phones or tablets? We have…
21 August 20264 min
Living Rooms
5 Ways to Make Your House Feel More Like a Home
A clean and welcoming home sure is refreshing after a long day at work, but there is something missing. You still don’t feel ‘at home’ just yet. You’ve gone through the process of buying a house…
20 August 20263 min
Home Improvement
3 Steps to Throwing a Successful Housewarming Party
You’ve done it! You’ve been successful in selling your house and hopefully upgraded into your dream home. You’ve just finished spending the last few months unpacking boxes, putting décor up on the…
20 August 20263 min
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Explore the topicDecoration & design
Interior
Bedroom design for better sleep, light, sound and layout
Design a bedroom around darkness, quiet, temperature and clearances, with bed sizes and wardrobe depths that make the room work at 3am and at 8am.
13 July 20267 min
Decoration
A layered lighting plan you can build room by room
Build a three-layer lighting scheme with the right colour temperature, switching and lamp positions, starting with what you can change this weekend.
29 June 20267 min
Interior
Living room layout dimensions that actually work
Set out your living room with real clearances, walkway widths and seating distances so the furniture fits the room instead of fighting it.
22 June 20268 min
Plan before you spend
Explore the topicProjects & practical fixes
Bathroom
Bathroom ventilation and waterproofing done properly
Stop bathroom damp at the source with correct extraction, real tanking behind the tiles and the falls and fixings that keep water where it belongs.
20 July 20268 min
Kitchen
How to choose a kitchen layout for your actual room
Match a galley, L-shape, U-shape or island kitchen to your real room dimensions using clearances, work zones and honest trade-offs.
6 July 20268 min
Home Improvement
Renovation order of work and where the budget goes
The correct sequence for a home renovation, from surveys to snagging, with the decisions that must be locked before each trade arrives on site.
25 May 20266 min
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Chandan Banerjee
Owner & Publisher · Home Designing Idea
Chandan Banerjee is the owner and publisher of Home Designing Idea. He created the publication to bring design inspiration, practical improvement guidance and clearer home decisions into one useful place.
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Useful beats merely beautiful
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Dimensions, materials, maintenance and trade-offs are included when they change the decision.
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We use ranges and relative cost because the same project can price very differently by place.
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Every guide turns inspiration into the next practical step, from a shopping list to a contractor brief.
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