Showing posts with label household. Show all posts
Showing posts with label household. Show all posts
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Replaced...
I am so glad that husband finally replaced our lighting in the living room the other day. Because some of the lights are worn out already and when i turn on the living room i can't hardly see the difference with or without lights haha! I am so picky when it comes to this. I keep bugging him to change it and maybe he is bugged out with me and he definitely replaced a new one. Love our lighting right now just the way i like it! Thank you baby!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Vanity for my bathroom...
Oh yes! We have so many things wanted to do in this year. Do some fixing here and there, I'm talking about our house. We wanted to put an extension at back side of the house. And another renovation we need to do is our small bathroom. I am so looking forward to change some things to our master bathroom mainly the vanity. It is too small to put stuff underneath, that's why after husband's busy season we might get things done. I already have in my mind what kind of vanity i wanted to replace my old one. I don't care either single or double vanity as long it fit well in the bathroom of course the look is a plus. We went to our local store here to check if there's available but they only have limited stocks.
Gladly I found an online dealers of huge discount bathroom vanities, and this what i exactly like! Just simple yet has a stunning look. Accordingly this beautiful oak wood double vanity has porcelain sinks with chrome faucets. It has multi layer 12 step hand glaze finish to prevent pealing, cracking and fading. Their bathroom vanity has properly sealed finish to prevent pealing and fading in elevated humidity levels. I can't wait to mention it to him later on that i found what i like and in reasonable price you know. They even have winter sale today!
Friday, October 3, 2008
How Safe Are Carpets?
HOW much time do you spend in indoor areas covered with carpets? A report in New Scientist magazine suggests that the answer may be a matter of concern, particularly for children.
The magazine noted: "Our exposure to most toxic pollutants is between 10 and 50 times higher in indoor environments than it is outdoors." John Roberts, an environmental engineer in the United States, claims that samples of carpet dust from typical homes can contain alarmingly high levels of pollutants. These include lead, cadmium, mercury, pesticides, and the carcinogenic polychlorinated biphenols (PCBs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Accordingly, pesticides carried into the home on shoes and pets’ paws can increase the pesticide content of carpet dust 400-fold. These pollutants are said to persist for years. Since pesticides and PAHs are semivolatile, they evaporate, drift about, and then resettle on carpets or other surfaces.
Young children often play on the floor and then put their fingers in their mouth. So they are especially vulnerable to pollutants. Since young children have a higher metabolic rate than adults, weight for weight they breathe in much more air than do adults.
Some researchers wonder if the increase in indoor carpeted areas may be contributing to the upsurge in children’s asthma, allergies, and cancer. Roberts observes: "A house with bare floors and a few area rugs will have about one-tenth of the dust found in a house with wall-to-wall carpet."
Roberts suggests that to make carpets safer, you should use a vacuum cleaner with a power head. Then, once a week for a period of several weeks, make 25 passes over the carpet within four feet of the main entrances, 16 passes over areas with heavy foot traffic, and 8 passes over the remainder of the carpeted areas.
After you have completed this simple procedure, if you then make half the above-recommended number of passes over the carpet each week, you should be able to keep dust levels low. Roberts also advises: "Put a high-quality doormat at each of the entrances to your home and wipe your feet twice before entering."
The magazine noted: "Our exposure to most toxic pollutants is between 10 and 50 times higher in indoor environments than it is outdoors." John Roberts, an environmental engineer in the United States, claims that samples of carpet dust from typical homes can contain alarmingly high levels of pollutants. These include lead, cadmium, mercury, pesticides, and the carcinogenic polychlorinated biphenols (PCBs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Accordingly, pesticides carried into the home on shoes and pets’ paws can increase the pesticide content of carpet dust 400-fold. These pollutants are said to persist for years. Since pesticides and PAHs are semivolatile, they evaporate, drift about, and then resettle on carpets or other surfaces.
Young children often play on the floor and then put their fingers in their mouth. So they are especially vulnerable to pollutants. Since young children have a higher metabolic rate than adults, weight for weight they breathe in much more air than do adults.
Some researchers wonder if the increase in indoor carpeted areas may be contributing to the upsurge in children’s asthma, allergies, and cancer. Roberts observes: "A house with bare floors and a few area rugs will have about one-tenth of the dust found in a house with wall-to-wall carpet."
Roberts suggests that to make carpets safer, you should use a vacuum cleaner with a power head. Then, once a week for a period of several weeks, make 25 passes over the carpet within four feet of the main entrances, 16 passes over areas with heavy foot traffic, and 8 passes over the remainder of the carpeted areas.
After you have completed this simple procedure, if you then make half the above-recommended number of passes over the carpet each week, you should be able to keep dust levels low. Roberts also advises: "Put a high-quality doormat at each of the entrances to your home and wipe your feet twice before entering."
