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The Japanese have for years used outdoor fountains as a focal point in gardens creating a scene of beauty and sense of calm. As well as the Romans, farther back in our history, used water fountains to offer drinking water and for bathing.

Today, there are many types of water fountains on the market. When choosing a water fountain for your garden or patio, there are few things to consider.

The first thing to consider is space. Too large a fountain can be overbearing in your garden or patio if the space is very small. Sometimes, smaller is better. However, fountains are available in as many shapes and sizes as you can wish.

The next thing to consider is style. What is the look you are trying to make? Your fountain can have a whimsical effect, which can include fairies, gnomes, animals, birds or people. Or, sophisticated and statuesque. The choice is definitely personal preference.

The next thing to consider is the composition or the materials you would like for the effect you want to create. There are as many types of materials for outdoor water fountains as you can imagine.

There are fountains constructed of heavy stone or concrete, for a permanent outdoor fountain in your garden or patio. These outdoor fountains are not intended for moving or stored indoors in cold or harsh winter months.

Other construction materials could be fiberglass, pottery, copper, metal, aluminum, glass, wire, poly resin, steel, iron stone, brick, tile, bamboo and the list …

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Roman shades are a simple and elegant window treatment to block the sun or prying neighbors. Nicer than plain plastic shades, but less expensive than ornate window shades, Roman shades provide the perfect start to a beginning home decorator.

Roman shades can be purchased from home improvement or department stores, or they can be custom made by in interior designer. The cheapest way to decorate your home with Roman shades is to make them yourself. Get ready to refresh your math skills!

To make Roman shades, first measure the window you’d like to put them in. Measure the height and width of the window from inside its frame. Or, if you want the shade to cover more than the window, measure the height and width of the surface the shade will cover. Your shade will probably need to be between 45 and 54 inches wide.

Before you shop for your fabric, you’ll need to calculate the number of dowels and the amount of fabric you’ll need. To figure out how many dowels you will need, divide the window height by six to nine inches, which will be the space between each dowel fold. You’ll need to find a number that goes evenly into your window height. For example, if your window height is 64 inches, divide by six. You’ll then need eight dowels for eight pleats. Each dowel needs 1.5 inches, so multiplied by eight, you’ll need an extra 12 inches of fabric. You’ll also need an extra six inches …

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The Quest for Significance

People are looking for ways to add significance, peace of mind, a quality experience, and an escape from the “rat-race” in their lives. Stated differently, people want to add depth and meaning to their lives. One way to accomplish this, it is asserted, is to make or purchase decor for your garden.

Make Your Garden Unique

Garden decor, along with things related to gardens, provides a return to nature, a sense of spirituality, and a return to the earth as people journey on their quest for significance and ultimate meaning. Moreover, through the use of decorations, gardeners reveal their quirks and shortcomings, their wit, their creativity, and their desire to make their gardens unique.

Transform Your Life

Gardens and their ornaments are symbols of enchantment, of mystery, of meaning, and of ultimate being. Another way of looking at this is to see that gardens and garden accents provide the power to transform one’s mood and one’s life. To be sure, garden accessories can become symbolic reminders of life’s blessings as they encourage people to enrich their surroundings by transcending the mundane.

The Gardening Imagination

Garden ornaments help people take an active stance in their lives by enabling them to create a niche in the world that is in concert with their values and their dreams. Indeed, it is this “gardening imagination” that provides people with the opportunity to select meaningful objects that speak to their senses, to their experiences, and to their lives.

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In China, in parks, mountains and villages, you can find Chinese characters or other symbols carved on living bamboos. People just act naturally, on the smooth surface, picking up a stone with sharp tips. This simple, natural way of writing could have been practiced thousands of years ago and have to do with the origin of Chinese writing.

Vertical carvings on living bamboos predated bamboo slips

Writing horizontally is natural for eyes to read. Although not with a natural direction, Chinese writing had been fixed in vertical columns until last century. There should be a cause. Tsien [1] has attributed verticality of Chinese writing to bamboo strip and brush. However, bamboo strips can also be arranged in horizontal direction to write on. It seems no horizontal writings on bamboo strips of ancient times have ever been discovered. Regarding the origin of verticality of Chinese writing on bamboo slips, there could be three scenarios. In the first case, the scribes chose vertical direction without trying horizontal. In the second case, both vertical and horizontal writings were practiced but later horizontality was abandoned. In the third case, vertical direction was already in place before bamboo strips were used. The first case is unlikely, since scribes can know which direction is more advantageous after trying each one. The second case means vertical arrangement is advantageous over horizontal arrangement in competition. We don’t support this case since we consider horizontal writing is suitable for reading thus should not fail in competition. Let’s talk about …

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Bamboo, the fastest growing plant, is a renewable resource that is used for many things. It is a grass and grows back faster than trees. A bamboo plant can grow about four feet in 24 hours, and a full plant will grow back in about two months. Since it takes a tree many years to grow back, it is quicker to make more bamboo products while keeping a high supply of plants as well. The plant can regenerate without replanting if they are harvested using selective cutting. It can also be harvested faster than trees and can produce 20 percent more timber than trees in the same amount of area.

The bamboo plant grows all over the world, and it is native to every continent except Europe and the North and South Poles. China has the largest amount of bamboo, and they have made products from it for over 3,000 years. The plant has green leaves that filters carbon dioxide and other harmful toxins in the air around us, and it produces 30 percent more oxygen than trees. Bamboo can survive in a drought or when there is a lot of rain. Bamboo plants have a large root system and a large canopy that prevents soil erosion when there is a lot of rain runoff. The roots of the plant absorb a lot of the rain in the soil.

Bamboo is processed just like most other materials before it is used. Sodium hydroxide is used for the processing, the same …

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Back garden fencing is not all about the fence panels and fence posts. A private contact tends to make it extra beautiful. At the identical time you need to adhere carefully to the exterior of your house so that the garden fencing matches the aesthetic of the relaxation of your residence.

When carefully viewed as and prepared, the preferred fence kind, fence panels, fence posts, and other equipment include to the exterior magnificence of the residence, and may well assistance to incorporate benefit to the house as well.

Why yard fencing is put in?

Individuals put in yard fencing for a range of explanations. The most widespread goal of the conventional backyard fence is to evidently mark the boundaries of the property, but can also be used cleverly to break up the outside space into smaller sections, potentially based on what the different spots of the garden will be applied for, most likely producing it less complicated to retain.

Many persons like to plant trees of diverse sorts separately. You can put in fencing to retain your Agapanthus properly separated from Amaryllis and Lilly. Distinctive places for diverse bouquets and trees look wonderful.

If you prepare to place a yard desk with chairs, a swing, aquarium and/or fountain in the garden, why not talk about this with the fencing item supplier and ask for their suggestions. Backyard fencing can be intended specially for the demands of the customers. Tailor made fence panels and fence posts can be applied collectively to …

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