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When friends and out of town relatives come to visit for the holidays or a vacation, the last thing you want is for their trip to be ruined by their bed. But at the same time, unless you have money to burn, stocking guest bedrooms with top of the line mattresses doesn’t always make sense when they’re only used four or five times a year. Fortunately, there are a few affordable ways to spoil your guests with a comfortable bed. The mattress...

When an individual needs to reduce noise or improve sound in a space, the first spots that receive acoustic treatment are typically the walls. However, for cavernous rooms, open-space offices and multi-story residences, much more can be done if you also address the space above you and consider acoustical treatment for your ceilings. A ceiling is often a neglected area when it comes to sound reduction and acoustical treatment. But within...

Insulating a house is one of the most important factors in keeping an energy efficient home. Whether it’s fiberglass, polystyrene or expanding foam between the joists and studs of a building, practically everybody has seen house insulation. However, there is another area of the home that can also benefit from insulation, and this area is the basement. Insulating water pipes in the basement is a simple and effective method to increase home...

It seems every time we take on a job, we spend just as much time looking for the right tool as we do actually working on the project. Whether it’s the search for the right size wrench or a Phillips head screwdriver among a sea of slot head drivers, there isn’t much worse than spending 10 minutes looking for a tool that you only need for 10 seconds of work. Because we all want to get jobs done quickly, putting tools away during a project is...

Polystyrene foam is one of the world’s most utilized materials. We interact with it daily, often without realizing it. From coffee cups and food trays, to coolers, toys and packaging materials, polystyrene is everywhere in many forms. But perhaps its most useful application is as a rigid foam sheet insulation product, as it offers versatility, practicality and affordability. Expanded polystyrene (EPS) is manufactured in large blocks that can...

Not every person is satisfied with traditional home furniture furnishings like rigid chairs and heavy, stationary couches. For people who want a little more flexibility in their homes, there are plenty of alternative furniture products available to outfit a home the way you want. One of the most recognizable classics in alternative furniture is the bean bag chair, even though a lot has changed since these products first became popular in the 60s...

Recording studios exist not just to isolate sound and noise from entering and exiting, but also to create an atmosphere where the music being recorded or mixed can be heard clearly and true. Sound waves move at different frequencies, bounce and reflect off of surroundings and even pass through them. Because of this, the items in a room, its building materials and even its shape have an impact on how music sounds. Reverberation and distortion can...