DIY Garden Tips: Raised Beds and Growing Potatoes and Tomatoes

Irwin Weiner ASID - Start your garden planning right now, at the start of spring! Okay, I'm no green thumb, but I have an amazing perennial garden surrounding my weekend home in Bucks County, PA. If I lived there during the week, we'd be all over raising vegetables, but since we're leaving things untended during the week, only the strong survive - and that's shrubs and non-edible plants and flowers. We've just got too many critters, but we like it that way. Our first featured video from Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, shows you how to make your own raised beds, the secret of growing beautiful masses of cutting flowers and fantastic veggies. For more do-it-yourself help, check out the DIY Network's 19 Top Raised Beds Projects.

This next video shows you tips for growing potatoes and tomatoes - with the three ways to support the growth of your tomato plants. And click here for Design2Share's hunt for the Perfect Heirloom Tomato varieties! It's time to swing into garden action. Happy growing.

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Update on March 31, 2011 by Design2Share

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Featured Project: DIY Painted Headboard

Now is the perfect time to think about freshening up your interior space. With a splash of color here and a new piece of furniture there, it's easy to redecorate. Here's a quick, budget-conscious DIY design idea to help get you started.

Paint Your Own Headboard

Chances are if you if you purchased your bed frame as part of a bedroom set, the headboard is already included. If you don't want to put forth the extra cash, especially after paying for a pricey mattress, no problem! Painted headboards are a great way to add a pop of color to your bedroom.

Step 1: Measure the width of the head of your bed and mark it with blue painter's tape from floor to ceiling. Now, choose your color based on your desired color scheme. You obviously don't want it to be the same shade as your walls, but it should complement that color.

Step 2: Once you have your color, paint the wall, staying within the blue painters tape. Once the paint dries, if you choose to do so, you can detail with paint or with some removable wall decals from a company like Blik. For as little as $40, Blik makes easily removable wall decals in fun shapes like bookshelves, chandeliers, birds, etc. If this sounds like too much work, don't worry and leave your wall a solid color.

Step 3: Simply position your bed up against the painted wall, prop up some decorative Euro pillows in coordinating colors and patterns, and you have yourself a headboard. You might want to take this opportunity to invest in a new comforter or duvet in fun, light, spring colors. You'd be surprised at what a little bit of paint and some new bedding can do for your space!

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Decorating Your Home with Trendy Colors of the Year

Pantone

Irwin Weiner ASID - There's nothing wrong with designating a "color of the year." It's done all the time by the likes of color experts Pantone - 2011's color of the year is Honeysuckle - as well as international color consultants,

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5 Ways to Spin the Color Wheel and Decorate Your Home

Irwin Weiner ASID - Decorating your home with color - where to begin? Most homeowners freeze up inside when faced with daunting color choices. We're here to help.

ONE: Download our free color guide (just click on this link):

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Bed and Mattress Tips and Trivia

Mary Kay and Johnny, Dumont Television Network

Irwin Weiner ASID - So what TV sitcom couple were the first to sleep together in bed? Most people think it was on The Brady Bunch. Others vote for The Munsters or Green Acres. Most agree that it was in the 1960s, after the long censorship on opposite-sex couples sleeping together on television programs and movies loosened up. Many viewers remember Lucy and Ricky and Rob and Laura sleeping in the same bedroom, but in separate, twin beds.

Forces of Geek

But you'd be wrong to think it was in the 1960s! It was actually in 1947, in the early days of television, on the very first TV sitcom called Mary Kay and Johnny, based largely in the real-life married couple's own Greenwich Village apartment! Click here to read more.

Bernett Research

Want more scoop on beds? Here's a Better TV video with recommendations for layering your mattress and bedding from designer Jennifer Adams. Sweet dreams!

BONUS: If you need a new bed, visit our friends at Dreams who have great offers on all types of beds. See more now at www.dreams.co.uk.

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Update on March 29, 2011 by Design2Share

Super King Size Leather Beds: We just found a great collection of sleek leather bed designs. They add sophistication, whether your bedroom decor is traditional or modern. 

Featured Project: DIY Painted Headboard

Now is the perfect time to think about freshening up your interior space. With a splash of color here and a new piece of furniture there, it's easy to redecorate. Here's a quick, budget-conscious DIY design idea to help get you started.

Paint Your Own Headboard

Chances are if you if you purchased your bed frame as part of a bedroom set, the headboard is already included. If you don't want to put forth the extra cash, especially after paying for a pricey mattress, no problem! Painted headboards are a great way to add a pop of color to your bedroom.

Step 1: Measure the width of the head of your bed and mark it with blue painter's tape from floor to ceiling. Now, choose your color based on your desired color scheme. You obviously don't want it to be the same shade as your walls, but it should complement that color.

Step 2: Once you have your color, paint the wall, staying within the blue painters tape. Once the paint dries, if you choose to do so, you can detail with paint or with some removable wall decals from a company like Blik. For as little as $40, Blik makes easily removable wall decals in fun shapes like bookshelves, chandeliers, birds, etc. If this sounds like too much work, don't worry and leave your wall a solid color.

Step 3: Simply position your bed up against the painted wall, prop up some decorative Euro pillows in coordinating colors and patterns, and you have yourself a headboard. You might want to take this opportunity to invest in a new comforter or duvet in fun, light, spring colors. You'd be surprised at what a little bit of paint and some new bedding can do for your space!

Contemporary vanities and more at Decor Planet for your bathroom needs.