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The Ultimate Guide to Cleaning and Organizing a Shed and Garage
December 22, 2014One of the benefits of sheds and garages is that they offer homeowners a weatherproof place outside of the home to store large, seasonal, or any other items that they don’t want to keep right in the house. One of the problems, however, is that they can quickly become stuffed full of items and get
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Why Amish Sheds are a Great Investment
December 2, 2014Custom sheds can be great investments. Sheds create additional storage space and provide a safe and secure place to keep tools and large bulky equipment that doesn’t fit indoors. If you’re looking for a shed for your yard, consider shopping for Amish sheds. Amish sheds are created with the same attention to detail and fine
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Three Ways To Boost the Outdoor Aesthetic of Any Home
November 17, 2014Whether you’re bolstering the aesthetic appeal of your house before putting it on the market, or whether you’re just looking to spruce up your yard a bit, there are few different ways you can spice up the look and feel of your lawn. Stuck for ideas? Here are just a few to get you thinking:
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Three Reasons To Invest in a Pool House
November 14, 2014So the first (and pretty obvious) reason why a homeowner would be interested in owning a pool house is simply because he/she has a backyard pool in the first place. (Granted, you can still invest in a good pool house without having a pool, but it will essentially just be a… garden shed.)
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Three Easy Steps for Maintaining Outdoor Furniture
October 30, 2014Outdoor furniture can do a lot for your home: it can help you organize and present your home to visitors in a clean manner (first impressions are everything, after all), it can add a bit of personal style to an otherwise bland backyard, and it helps you make the most of the space you have
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What Makes Amish Furniture So Superior?
October 7, 2014It’s rare that a simple lawsuit in one state can affect drastic changes across the entire U.S., but that’s exactly what has happened — and is expected to continue — since California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1019, which requires that furniture manufacturers, when selling their products in California, identify and label pieces that
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Design Ideas for Making a Custom Shed a Part of Your Home
October 6, 2014When you think about sheds, the first thing that comes to mind might be a prefabricated plastic square you can use for storage in your backyard. But sheds are simply small, single-story buildings — typically placed in a backyard — and can have windows, roofs and doors just like a miniature home or barn. These
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The Long Tradition Behind Amish Furniture
August 27, 2014You’ve probably heard about Amish furniture before, but how much do you really know about it? Here are just a few fun facts about the Amish crafters and communities who produce such valuable items:
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Choosing the Right Kind of Amish Furniture to Fit Your Own Style
You’re probably already aware that the Amish are well-known indoor and outdoor furniture specialists, and you may even have a few pieces of Amish-crafted furniture in and around your own home. But you may not realize that Amish furniture makers can build everything from dining room chairs to barns, garages and sheds — and you
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A Traditional Style in Modern Times
August 13, 2014One of the coolest things about Amish wooden outdoor furniture is how uniquely and utterly American it is. In fact, it’s right up there with barbecues and baseball games. Amish communities have been around longer than the United States has existed, in fact. Many of the first immigrants coming to America were Amish, and many furniture-making techniques
