Archives for February 2021

If you are looking to start planting seeds and creating a garden, there are some things that you should know about the process. Using a seed starter mix is a great way to get a variety of different plants in your garden. Make sure to use clean and sterile containers as you want them to not grow any bacteria. Try to generate heat for your seedling by using a heat mat. This helps you germinate the seeds and they grow quicker this way.

Key Takeaways:

• Preparation starts long before you step into your garden. So, investing a little time and energy to perform certain tasks will go a long way in making your gardening season a success.
• Cover your pots with saran wrap to help keep moisture in while your seeds are germinating. You can remove the saran wrap one the seed germinates.
• I use peat pots or pots from the nursery to start my seeds indoors. Sometimes plastic cups. If my plants outgrow the pots, I will transplant them to a bigger pot.

“You will need light to keep your seedlings from getting leggy. Using a lighting system will help your plants to establish strong, healthy roots. I have two of the 4 foot grow lights. Seedlings need at least 12 – 14 hours of light per day and a rest period of 6 – 8 hours, without light. You can set a timer to regulate your lights. Furthermore, the lights must be kept close to the plants so they can become established and healthy.”

Read more: http://mother2motherblog.com/seed-starting-tips-for-beginners/

Color is still most effective way to dramatically change the perception of your house, especially when it comes to its interior. Mixing certain colors can achieve desired effects without breaking your budget. Decorators often wonder whether mixing of warm and cold colors should be done, and answers always provoke a discussion. In short, yes, it is acceptable, but to know which colors should be mixed is a skill. Comforting feeling is often achieved by warm colors, while cold colors provide the sense of serenity and relaxation.

Key Takeaways:

• On the color wheel, red, orange and yellow are warm, while green, blue, indigo and violet are cool.
• Mass tones are easy to see, but undertones are more difficult to figure out.
• Walls and big items should either be all warm or all cool, but smaller items can be mixed to create tension.

“First of all, there are a few things you need to know and understand about warm and cool colors. And when you learn these things your decorating will look so pretty because of it!”

Read more: https://www.stonegableblog.com/can-you-mix-warm-and-cool-colors-in-decor/

Stylist Gillian Lawlee is a lover of color who dislikes popular trends. In the kitchen, she’s a fan of the sink skirt as a way to add warmth to a kitchen. She also likes to keep walls white and constantly vary the artwork, textures and furniture around them. Aside from color, Lawlee is a fan of patterns, using pillows and quilts to layer them. Other advice she gives decorators is to maintain flow and transition between rooms, to consider painting trim, and to use colored film for DIY stained glass windows.

Key Takeaways:

• Americans tend to see the kitchen as a workspace instead of a living space and, thus, often neglect to decorate it. A sink skirt is an easy way to add warmth and color.
• Say “colorful home” and most people envision interiors with walls painted in various colors. But don’t discount white walls in your journey to a color-rich home.
• Gillian’s signature design move: painting frames that aren’t architecturally there. Curvy, Moroccan-inspired arches painted around doorways and built-ins can be found throughout her home.

“With social media, Pinterest, and big brand stores that have gotten so much savvier, it’s very easy to pull together a space that looks good on the surface but lacks soul,” she says. “I am all about the feeling of a space and the point of view of its owner, but if a home is a catalog of top 20 trends from the last few years, it’s kind of a turn-off for me.””

Read more: https://www.remodelista.com/posts/life-colour-lessons-gillian-lawlee-la-home/

There are a lot of conflicts that can come up between parents and grandparents when it comes to raising kids. One of the biggest pieces of advice that is needed for grandparents is to zip it. You might have more experience and you may have wisdom you would like to add, but the parents are the ones who are in charge now. Parents also need to be given advice, and that is to lighten up. If a grandparent breaks a rule, let it go, kids are resilient.

Key Takeaways:

• Grandparents don’t make the rules, they enforce the rules set by their adult children.
• Unless a grandchild’s health or safety is at risk, grandparents shouldn’t offer uninvited advice.
• Parents need to lighten up if grandparents occasionally deviate from parental directives.

“I further explained that zipping it can be hard to pull off, especially in light of the fact that the average age for becoming a grandparent is 47. This means that many grandparents are still parents themselves raising their own children.”

Read more: https://www.gagasisterhood.com/2021/successful-parent-grandparent-relationships-in-two-words/