4 Springtime Color Schemes to Try at Home 1. Soft Pastels Delve into a palette of soft pinks, blues, and yellows to create a calming atmosphere. These colors can uplift your space, promoting tranquility and warmth, making your home feel inviting. 2. Vibrant Greens Embrace the ultimate freshness of nature with shades of green. Incorporating […]
11 Times Old Furniture Gained New Life
11 Times Old Furniture Gained New Life Transforming old furniture can breathe fresh air into your home decor and reduce waste. Here are 11 inspiring examples of how outdated pieces have been revitalized: Chalk Paint Makeover A dull wooden dresser gets a chic update with a coat of chalk paint. The matte finish not only […]
How To Decorate With Black-and-White
The classic color combination makes any room — from bathrooms to bedrooms — sophisticated, chic, and timeless. From horizontal stripes to graphic floor tile, designers share their favorite black-and-white decorating ideas.
8 Paint Colors That Will Make You Rethink White
The power of a white room is stunning—clean and crisp, the neutral palette adds a dose of instant chic to any home. With a never-ending array of undertones and finishes, finding the perfect white paint for your space can be a daunting task.So what’s the perfect formulation for your molding? Your bathroom? How about your […]
This Century-Old Church Is Now a Cozy Home
Updating a historic home can come with challenges (like hidden surprises behind every demolished wall). So we can only imagine the effort required to convert an old space that was never actually meant to be a house. Luckily, the couple that now lives in this 1896 church had one convenient advantage they’re architects who had […]
What to consider before dating an engineer
Seeing as though I have dated not one, but two engineers, and I am constantly surrounded by (male) engineers, I seem to have become the authority on this topic. My site stats agree that this content – strange as it may be – attracts substantial traffic. So here it is: why not to date an […]
Female Engineers – Winning with the Velvet Glove
So this blog and others like it have exhausted the facts and figured about women in engineering and how wonderful it all is for us to be there. I want to talk about something I’ve experienced that gave a new spin on why companies should hire and promote female engineers. Not all female engineers will […]
What makes engineering consulting different
Its been a while since I posted – readers will realise that my lull in posts has coincided with my move to Johannesburg and my starting a new job in engineering consulting.The past 2.5 months at my new company have been a whirlwind of excitement. Being thrown into two projects in the midst of implementation […]