Author: moderndayhome

  • How to Accent Your Front Door

    How to Accent Your Front Door

    First impressions are everything. When you meet someone for the first time, you put your best foot forward to make a good first impression with your mannerisms, your attire, and your words. Anyone visiting your home for the first time can also form a first impression of your home (and of you) by looking at…

  • How to Choose the Correct Pot for Your Plant

    How to Choose the Correct Pot for Your Plant

    Summer is coming, and that means gardening time is here again! While you can have a garden any day of the year, some plants really only thrive in the summer, so this is when you head on over to the nursery and pick out your newest little darlings. The problem is, once you come home…

  • 10 Easy Houseplants You Can Grow

    10 Easy Houseplants You Can Grow

    Some people just have the knack for growing things, and others cannot seem to keep any houseplants alive.  Take heart because there are many houseplants that are easy to grow for anyone. Pretty and Practical 1. Some plants are natural air fresheners like geraniums. The leaves of these flowering plants contain scented oil which can…

  • Quick Weekend Home Makeover Ideas

    Quick Weekend Home Makeover Ideas

    As a homeowner, you’re probably always on the lookout for inexpensive ways to improve, update or enhance your investment. Every homeowner will tell you that there are lots of little things you can do to make-over your living space and many of them require very little money. Here are some quick weekend home makeover ideas…

  • Outdoor Furniture Fabric 101

    Outdoor Furniture Fabric 101

    Outdoor cushions – for your patio set, Adirondack chairs, and benches – never seem to last much more than a single season. Despite your best intentions, they get left outside and fade in the sun or get soaked in the rain and mildew. It seems like every year we have to shop for replacements. Here’s…

  • 6 Tips on How to Bartend Like a Pro

    6 Tips on How to Bartend Like a Pro

    Just because you are the host of the most awesome party ever doesn’t mean you know how to whip up everyone’s favorite mixed drink. By the time you get behind the bar, all those bottles and tools can look daunting. Fear not! The biggest trick to bartending is acting the part of to suave bartender.…

  • How to Plan Your First Deck

    How to Plan Your First Deck

    There’s nothing like a great deck in the summertime. It’s a great gathering place for friends and family and you can casually entertain and enjoy the great outdoors. Deck designs can be simple and functional or elaborate structural wonders. Whatever design appeals to you, the basics of deck planning, design and construction are essentially the…

  • 5 Stress Free Entertaining Ideas

    5 Stress Free Entertaining Ideas

    Entertaining is meant to be fun. It’s a chance to slow down, be with friends and family, enjoy one another’s company and hopefully eat some awesome food. Yet after the invitations, the cleaning, the shopping and the decorating, the joy of entertaining can get sucked out of the process real quick. Get back to the…

  • 7 Easy Ways to Keep Kids Entertained

    7 Easy Ways to Keep Kids Entertained

    When you’re planning a party, you’ve got plenty on your mind to begin with. In between sending invitations, organizing decorations, and planning your menu, it’s easy to neglect your child’s entertainment. After all, this party should be fun for everyone, not just for those of us over the age of 18. While you’re scrambling to…

  • Definitive Guide to Planting Seeds

    Definitive Guide to Planting Seeds

    Grocery store produce is sometimes the most expensive thing you can find in the store per pound.  Not only that, you have no idea where these fruits and vegetables come from or how they are grown.  Unless you buy organic, you could be serving up pesticides and God only knows what else.  Growing your own…