Vita-lite Full Spectrum Sun Light Simulating (F40t12) Qty 4

!±8± Vita-lite Full Spectrum Sun Light Simulating (F40t12) Qty 4

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Vita-Lite Full Spectrum Sun Light simulating fluorescent bulbs. Excellent for people, pets, plants, SAD, color matching, artists, painters, sewing, crafts, etc. qty 4, 48" T12, 40 watt (F40T12), (5500K, 91 CRI - color rendering index, sunlight = 100) bulbs. 30 month free replacement warranty

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Verilux Legacy Natural Spectrum Desk and Table Lamp, Aged Bronze

!±8±Verilux Legacy Natural Spectrum Desk and Table Lamp, Aged Bronze

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Designed from early 20th century work lamps. Optix lens focuses light without reflective glare for an added level of reading comfort and protection. Achromatic shade for even, effective illumination.

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How to Make a Your Own Custom Stretched Canvas For Fine Art Painting

!±8± How to Make a Your Own Custom Stretched Canvas For Fine Art Painting

Are you an artist looking for a way to save money and make a custom canvas stretcher at the same time? Many "starving artists" need to be as economical as possible when it comes to purchasing art supplies. One way to both save money and make a better quality canvas stretcher is to make it yourself and then stretch the canvas on the stretcher yourself. This is particularly true for art students who may be on an even tighter budget than your professional or amateur "starving artist". Making your own canvas stretcher is also a good idea if you are making large canvases or special shaped stretchers that may not be available in art stores. Cheaper and better are two great reasons to make your own.

EQUIPMENT;

1. Miter saw, manual or power miter saw (a saw that will cut a 45-degree angle)
2. Corrugated nails
3. Wood glue
4. Corner clamps
5. Hammer
6. Small 1-inch finishing nails
7. Canvas pliers
8. Canvas(unprimed)
9. Gesso
10. Light duty staple gun

Step 1. Make a sketch with the dimensions of your canvas and then calculate exactly how much wood you will need for the project.

Step 2. Take a trip to your local lumber store or Lowes or Home Depot. You will need to hand pick the 1" X 2" lumber which the stretcher will be made with. Make sure you choose good quality and straight pieces of white pine wood. Also hand pick some ¼-inch quarter round molding, the same length as the 1" X 2" lumber your selected.

Step 3. Glue the 1'4-inch quarter round molding to the top outside edge of the 1" X 2" wood so that one flat side of the quarter round is glued to the 2" side of the 1" X 2" and the other flat side is flush with the 1" edge. Nail the quarter round to the 1" X 2" with one-inch finishing nails.

Step 4. Cut the 1" X 2" with the quarter round attached, to the proper length using a mitre saw, cutting at a 45-degree angle. Cut four 1" X 2" pieces about 6" to 12" long (depending on the size of the canvas) for braces in the four corners. Cut these braces with a mitre saw at a 45-degree angle. Cut one 1" X 2" piece as a middle brace for the canvas; cut it at the regular 90-degree angle. This brace will be in the middle of the canvas, butted on each side to the inside edge of the stretcher frame.

Step 5. Now that you have all your pieces cut, you need to put them all together. If you have them, use four corner clamps to hold the corners together at a 90-degree angle while you glue and nail the corners together, using corrugated nails or equivalent fasteners. Let the glue dry, take the stretcher frame out of the corner lamps and attach the four corner braces and the middle brace using glue and corrugated nails or equivalent.

Step 6. Now you have your frame! Next step is to stretch the unprimed canvas onto the stretcher frame. The canvas should be about 4 inches larger than the stretcher frame on all four sides so that it will wrap around to the back side. Lay the unprimed canvas on the floor and center the stretcher on the canvas with the stretcher frame upside down with the quarter rounds touching the canvas. Starting in the center of each side of the frame, wrap the canvas around the back of the frame and staple to the back of the frame. Pull the canvas tight on the opposite center and staple. Continue this process going from the center to the corners stapling the canvas approximately one-inch apart.

Step 7. Now you have a stretched canvas! The final step is to tighten the canvas even more with hot water and then finally gesso the canvas. Boil some water on the stove, get a rag or a sponge and wet the entire surface of the canvas with the hot water. This will shrink the cotton material, making the canvas nice and taut on the stretcher, perfect for painting. Let the canvas dry and apply a coat of acrylic gesso to protect the canvas and to have a base layer of white paint which will make your colors more intense.

Step 8. Grab a cup of coffee, sit back and admire your awesome hand-made custom canvas. Now take a few minutes and contemplate how to compose your next masterpiece on your awesome new canvas!

How to Make a Your Own Custom Stretched Canvas For Fine Art Painting

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Tips For the Screened Porch, All Seasons Or Sun Rooms

!±8± Tips For the Screened Porch, All Seasons Or Sun Rooms

If you have a screened in porch or an all season room, chances are that is where you spend most of your time, relaxing and watching nature or the neighbors depending on your setting. Although it is probably very bright and airy, it may need some decorating. You will want to keep it comfortable and inviting but still give it a little change.

If it is an open porch that has window screen all the way around or an all season's room with ceiling to floor windows, this is a good place to have lots of greenery and plants. You can make this your forest hide-way with tropical rain forest decor. An all season room is used year round and so tropical plants will probably do well in this room because of the heat from the windows and the beaming sun. You could even choose to make it a cactus haven, but watch out for little kids, as some of the cactus needles can be poisonous.

Hanging baskets with flowing green ivy or flowering plants can be hung in front of each window. You can get metal arms that are colored or even have designs and attach them above the windows. If you are using flowing green ivy to decorate, you can buy little gold ornamental hooks and place either down between the windows if there is window trim, or above other windows and loop the runners down through the area. This will give you lots of green and will add a beautiful touch to the room. Wicker and or Bamboo furniture with the great big cushions can usually be found at Wal-Mart Super centers or places like Lowe's or Home Depot. These make great little additions to an open sun room or screened in porch and for the screened in porch they are usually okay out in the weather.

To add a little extra touch of comfort for the screened in porch, look for a rug either long or rectangular or two smaller square ones and place on the porch. Even if the porch has a solid floor, it will get chilly at night in the spring and fall and cold in the winter. This will help keep the chill away and they come in all colors these days. Find one that matches your motif in the room or on the porch.

Although you wouldn't need light during the day time, at night you might want to sit and read and watch nature, small lamps on end tables or floor lamps standing at the back of a sofa or a chaise would go well.

For the sun room and the all season's porch, you might consider placing a small fountain in a corner or if the room is big enough, maybe in the center against the wall and then have a table and chairs where you can sit and listen to the water. It is a very relaxing sound just to listen to the water trickle down.

Most fountains can be bought in packages in various sizes and shapes. There are some very simple where it just trickles through a couple of levels or you can get elaborate and get an ornamental fountain with several levels and even a pond at the bottom that might sustain some aquarium type fish.

Again, these are just some tips for an indoor or outdoor porch area that is closed in and used either all year round or if you live in the south at least 9 months out of the year.

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