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Finding the right kind of furniture design that suits your taste would be the next step when you finally get to move into your new place. It can be quite a challenge to choose the right kind of furniture for your new house or apartment. Besides, the furniture design in your apartment or your house can tell a lot of who you are. But there are methods that you can still follow in order to choose the right furniture design suitable with your own lifestyle.

Your first priority when choosing the furniture design is the size of the room. In order to make things a little easier, you can get a pencil and sketch pad and try to draw what you think would fit well. If you are a computer geek, you can use some software for designing.

After figuring out which furniture design would look good in a certain area and the size of the furniture, it is time to consider your budget. Next, you can now decide the type and design of the furniture you are going to buy. If the furniture will be placed inside your room, you can choose something that would last long in the future and has so many functions. But if the furniture is for your living room, buy something that is fancier.

The furniture’s design which you are planning to purchase will really depend on your lifestyle and personal taste. Like for example, if you have a pet that loves clawing and chewing, then you probably prefer buying something that can endure the possible damages. Furniture made of leather can be quite attractive but it won’t be comfortable in summer time when the weather is hot, unless you have an air conditioner.

Another consideration when buying furniture is the color. Most people would buy furniture according to their favorite color. In some instances, you may be tempted to buy trendy furniture that you may just get tired of having in just a short period of time. Keep in mind that furniture is a big investment so you have to choose the ones that you still would love to have for years.

It is important to know first which design you really want to have and stick to it. This way, your house or apartment will have the style that you always wanted to have.

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i recently moved into my house. in the backyard there was a stump tree. i decided to grow a garden around it. After digging up most of the soil my neighbor came by and said i would have trouble growing anything because that stump was a old pine tree. i didnt remove the stump but removed tons of its roots(electric saw:-) that would interfere with planting.
My question would the acidity affect my future veggie garden?

The soil in that area will be slightly acid, so I suggest that you get a soil test kit at a local Farm and garden store and follow the directions to test your soil.
If that sounds like too much work (it is not) But if it sounds like too much work, then get several bags of lime and work them into the soil.
The problem is that lime is very slow acting so this years garden might be a mess.
But with adding lime spring and fall, you will change the PH for the more neutral number of 7 that most plants need to grow at.

Or maybe your efforts will pay off and your neighbor is an old grouch! But , just in case he is correct…….ADD lime!

I curently live with the tiniest kitchen EvEr (actually stored stuff under my bed- yes it was that bad)
I am moving this weekend into a kitchen with a galley kitchen- one side is stove & sink (cabinet under sink), the other side is floor to ceiling cabinets (YAY) I also have 5 drawers.
Since I am starting fresh, what are your best organizing tips?

Moving is the best time to organize!

You have to sort through all of your things in order to pack them so take advantage of this opportunity to start fresh in your new place.

As you pack your kitchen items ask yourself if you really need/use it. Be honest with yourself here, your answers will save you space and sanity.

Get rid of anything that is clutter – anything that is just taking up space, not used at all, or not used enough to warrant keeping it.

Try to avoid specialty items or items that are just meant to save time. For instance, you don't really need a food chopper – cutting can be done with a knife. It might take a little more time, but it will save space.

You don't really need a food processor and a blender – one or the other will suffice.

When you get to your new place, unpack your kitchen in a very logical order. Put rarely used items up high or in the back of cabinets and more frequently used items within reach and in the fronts of cabinets.

Place things as near as possible to where they will be used. For instance, cooking utensils, oils, herbs and spices would go closest to the stove.

If you run out of space you might need to get creative. Things like a baking box work great. Get a plastic storage container with a lid and store everything you use for baking in it. The box can be tucked away anywhere that you have some extra space and when you need to bake you can just grab your baking box and everything you need will be at your fingertips.

Best wishes for your new place.

Hi,

I am have just formed a new company in my home and want to contribute my old furniture (in addition to money) as a start-up investment. This furniture is about 4 months old and I do not have any receipts for them. I do have CC statements though.
1) Can I contribute this furniture as start-up assets to my business?
2) How do I decide FMV for the furniture if I do not have receipts?

Thanks

You should start by reading the IRS rules for home office expense, and deciding if the furniture qualifies as being deductible. Personally, I wouldn’t try to take a tax deduction for it unless it was in an area of my home designated as the office, and 100% used for that purpose. If the furniture is in your living room and used partially for business use and partially for personal use, the IRS will see a red flag if you get audited.

If you do have a deductible home office, then the furniture in that office can be treated as a capital asset and depreciated over the life of the furniture. You may also be able to deduct the entire amount right away using Section 179 depreciation expense.

It seems the credit card statements could serve as proof of your cost. However, since it has only been four months you might also be able to get your retailers to provide you with copies of the receipts.

I would take a reasonable percentage of the furniture’s cost to assign market value. If it is only 4 months old, it is probably in near new condition. Nevertheless, it has gone down in value somewhat. I think they say a car goes down in value by as much as 25% when you drive it off the lot. Seems like you could value the furniture at 70-90% of what you paid for it, depending on its condition, since it is so new.

An even better way of valuing the furniture might be to decide what depreciation would be over the life of the furniture, then compute the amount attributable to the 4 months of home use and reduce the cost of the furniture by that amount. I hope this helps.

I need to download 2008 catalogs of Sony, Samsung, LG, Hitachi and other big brands for home appliances. Appreciate your help.

You can refer to their individual sites. www.sony.com……….www.samsung.com…..etc.

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Well, something a bit different from what I usually do, but nevertheless here it goes:
This is a video of a list of Household Appliances/Items/Objects that do get on my nerves a tad. They include:

-The Humble Ice Cube Tray
-My Hoover
-An object I cannot identify that sits in the Kitchen drawer.
-My retro telephone
-The modern can

I hope you enjoy this change from the dancing and lip-syncing, but it’s my first time attempting one of these “Vlog” type things, y’know?

The song is “Mmm Bop” by Hanson.

P.S. The red and black stripey shirt is now officially my “Video Shirt”; I do have more than just one change of clothes.

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No experience with gardening!! I just bought a house with a small (4' x 3') garden in the backyard. Right now the garden is empty but I hope to get some flowers & bushes in soon. Do I need to separate the garden from the surrounding grass with some sort of barrier so they don't grow into each other? Or will the roots of the plants keep each other from overgrowing? Secondly, I am looking for a hardy ground-covering type plant that grows with minimal care and perhaps has some nice flowers. Any suggestions?

If it was me I'd want to put in a barrier to prevent the grass from constantly encroaching on the garden. The ditch and landscape timbers can work, but more effective barriers would be:

1) tear off the sod around the garden spot (about a foot width) and a little deeper than just the sod. Then line with plastic (heavy duty plastic garbage bags work just fine, make sure to do a good job of overlapping the plastic. Then fill with rock…I find that works really well for many years

2) find a good edging… find something that will go down into the ground about 8inches. Don't get the 4" stuff…it's just not enough. Find any kind of edging or material that will let you put a wall down into the ground about 8" and that should prevent things from going into your garden.

As another poster said, 4' x 3' is a very small garden…you will not be able to do much with it. Most plants get big fast!

Have fun!