Emma pulled up to the small ranch that she had grown up in. Although she hadn't visited in years, it was exactly as she had remembered. The powder blue house with white shutters and a white door. The lush bushes circled the house. But now there was a for sale sign on the lawn, one that would be taken down tomorrow after the papers were signed. Emma got out of her car and and turned the key in the door for the first time in seven years. She creaked the door open. The house was dull and dark.…
Mattress topper, as the name suggests, is a removable extra layer of bedding which is placed on the top of your mattress to provide comfort and combat the stiffness of your mattress. It can be a cushioned layer or a pad which is held either by straps or are simply placed on the mattress. There are many types of mattress toppers available in the market and you can choose the best mattress topper for you according to your convenience and requirement. Different toppers have different features and…
Narrative – A Teenage Preganacy In the bathroom of her mother’s house, sixteen year old Asia lay relaxed in the bath, looking at the ceiling above her. The bathroom was the reserved and peaceful place in the house. There was a glass window in the center of the ceiling, revealing the early morning skies. To the right of the bathtub where she lay, was a pink toilet adjacent to the white sink. The room was miniature and made of ligneous flooring, and as a result, there was little space to maneuver.…
Imagine this: `You walk into your house and all the walls and ceilings are covered in gold, you have a massive flat screen TV on the wall, everything is completely clean, the kitchen counters are all granite, everything is just really nice. But none of it is real, when you take off your glasses, everything goes back to normal.` Sooner than expected, this could be reality where we decorate our homes with not real things, but virtual things using Virtual and Augmented Reality. That’s what I’m…
Marine Corps Recruit Depot is the one place that one will never forget about after becoming a Marine. Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego is next to the SAN airport. In the middle of MCRD is a giant section of pavement called the Parade Deck. This is where the recruits learn, practice, and compete in close quarter rifle manual drills. South of the Parade Deck are 6 yellow colored, 3 story, “H” shaped buildings call barracks. In each barracks there are 12 long rooms with bunk beds on…
A tessellation is a group of shapes fitted together closely, and example would be a polygon in a repeated pattern with no gaps or no overlapping. You can tile floors with them or just make a fun design there are many things you can do with them. They are in bathrooms, kitchens, on quilts, etc. You may have never noticed what they were. In the article (Tessellations) by Dana Mackenzie, it talks about how tessellation are all over the world in many ways. They are used in a lot of different…
Summary Bring home some of the great outdoor furniture, home décor, rugs, curtains and so on from Pier1 and upgrade your home furnishings are very competitive prices. The company sources designs and materials from across the globe where you will be spoilt for choices. On top of that, the store offers ultimate discount offers and seasonal sale, allowing you to save up to 50% on a vast range of products. Whether you shop online or in-store, you get access to all the Pier1 promo codes and coupons…
If you're tired of moving your blinds to get to the latch, then Perfect Fit blinds in Hindley could be the answer. Available in roller, Venetian and pleated styles, Perfect Fit blinds fit into a frame that's attached to your window, instead of hanging from the window frame or wall. When they are installed, brackets slide between the glass and the rubber glazing bead, sitting flush against the window with no gaps. When the window moves, the blind moves with it. You can still open and close the…
Come take a journey, to the most remarkable, and magnificent place on earth. Soft and calming music plays as the dove white door imprinted with squares. And a smooth, shiny, seal gray handle creaks open. Entering, a simple dark wood bed laid off-center in the room. With a cozy looking mattress, and soft, velvety blankets draped over the bed. Tawny and tortilla coloured carpet stretches across the ground of the room. Conjointly, walking across the carpet felt like sinking in quicksand. A…
Room 0742 is a studio design room located in king pavilion at the Iowa State University college of design. In a way it represents the beginning of my journey at Iowa State, for it is the first class room I had ever been in as a student, and its represents hours and hours of hard work and dedication to my major. It is a rather bittersweet place with times where it became a place to put my work on display as well as a place to spend many long nights and very early mornings working and developing.…