Day: July 10, 2021

For homeowners that want more room or additional space in their house, a room addition is a great thing to consider rather than searching for a bigger home. Home additions are quite popular today as it is cost-effective and allows you house to look more spacious and beautiful.

It is also a smart investment for those who want to sell their homes in the future as it not only increases livable square footage but also boosts its home value. You’ll likely be able to recoup about 60 percent of the cost for that addition. 

Home additions can be any type, size, or design you want them to be. Whether you want it to be as grand as building a full room addition or a simple bump-out, it will make a great impact on the comfort of your home while also optimize your floor plan. So for those who are planning to make one, don’t think twice. Below are some amazing home addition ideas you can try. 

Home Addition Ideas to Try

1. Room Addition for Guest

For those who want to create a spare room for their guest, there are many ways you can add a room addition for them. A good example would be adding walls to a home`s original covered patio or terrace to create a third bedroom for the guest. You can then add the furniture you want and style it according to your preference or match it with the existing design of your home. 

BTW, if you are interested in topics like this, check out this article.

2. Adding Glass Walls

Glass walls not only create vibrance but it can also make any room classy and sophisticated. Not to mention the scenic views you can have outside. Most people create and expand their rooms usually in the living room and bedroom by adding floor-to-ceiling windows. This allows it to look more spacious as well as more vibrant to look at. 

3. Making a Major Renovation for Adding Square Footage

Those who want a more spacious space in their house, which is typically done in living rooms, kitchens, and entertainment rooms, can opt for extra square footage to make it bigger and better. This allows you to add more furniture, equipment, and house decorations that you want to make it look amazing and beautiful. 

4. Bathroom Addition on the Second Floor

Remember that bathrooms also serve as rooms to help us relax especially when we’re feeling tired and dirty. This is why you can’t have too many bathrooms. So, why not add another to the second floor in your home, or if you already one then do it on your first floor.

You can design it to match your primary bathroom or style it in a different theme to make it more comfortable and luxurious to use. 

5. Kitchen Bump-Out

Who doesn’t love a spacious kitchen? If you’re opting to make it larger and spacious, instead of the usual addition, you can make it less costly by doing a kitchen bump-out. A bump-out is a small upgrade to extend your room a few feet away to add space.

Though not as big as the usual room addition, it can greatly impact the space you have especially for those who are opting for a much affordable expansion. 

6. Creating Enclosed Porch

You can turn your old porch into something new by adding glass walls and doors to enclose it. Enclosing your porch turns it into a brand new room as well as modernized and upgrade it into something better.

You can then add any furniture you want to make it a space for relaxing and gathering. For those who are living in a busy neighborhood, having an enclosed porch also allows your home to be more secure especially at night. 

7. Mudroom Addition

A mudroom is a great addition especially for those who are living in a wet and cold weather area. Mudroom allows you to have an easy-to-clean transition space when going inside your home. A great idea to make a mudroom addition is by enclosing an existing rear porch in your home.

This extra space won’t require you to create a foundation and doesn’t change the home`s original footprint. It is a great benefit especially for those who like their homes to be clean when it rains. 

Hydrogen water: could this be the relief for Colitis sufferers?

My friend and supplier Alex Tarnava never ceases to amaze me. He’s the guy who persisted when everyone else gave up to create the ultimate molecular hydrogen tablet.

Just drop one tablet in a glass of water and you have more H2 than in a glass from a $6000 electric water ionizer.

Our hydrogen tablets that we source from Alex are the one supplement I never miss having daily. Yes, like most households, our kitchen cupboard has a pile of half empty ‘good idea’ supplements we’ve tried over the years to no discernable effect. That’s my own evidence that of all the many supplements Cassie and I have tried, this one is a ‘stayer’.

It’s not that H2 actually shows itself in the form of a particular ‘fix’ of a particular problem. It’s more about the myriad ways we are learned it helps our whole metabolism operate to peak efficiency. (over 1400 scientific studies readable here)

And on those rare occasions I haven’t been taking my daily dose.. well, let’s just say I prefer the hydrogen charged life! I CAN tell the difference. It’s like premium petrol in your car vs. standard.

It’s a strange thing that we see so often with our clients: they actually do have improved health but forget their improvements. It’s as if their mind just resets to where it was before. I do often wonder just how much of health is the mind rather than the body. But it’s been about 3 years since we added a daily hydrogen tablet to our hydrogen rich purified alkaline water from our Ultrastream.. and I am totally convinced, that at age 74, I have been given the gift of a full, vital life.

My dear sister, who is 82, is visiting us at the moment. She was diagnosed with lung cancer two years ago and I gave her a hydrogen inhaler. She’s been very trusting of me, using it religiously every day. When she arrived here last week, she made the announcement:
”My lung is clear. The cancer has gone!”

But lung cancer has been a latecomer in her health journey. She suffered colitis from a very early adulthood, developing into Crohn`s Disease.. and a life of pain. First it was sulfasalazine, of late, when she has the feeling the Chrohn’s is coming back, it’s cortisone.

She’s not alone; many, many people, particularly women suffer from this debilitating disease.

And that’s why I was excited to hear from Alex that he participated in a mouse study where mice with colitis given hydrogen water responded as well as the usual treatment of Sulfasalazine. The study reported equal benefit as the Sulfa treatment, plus a synergistic effect when both were administered – H2 water and sulfasalazine.

Alex asked me to pass on that this is an initial animal study and as such he can’t say that it will work in humans. That would take a great deal more comprehensive testing.

A simple magnesium tablet that produces hydrogen water.

But.. we aren’t talking about a prescription drug. We are talking about a simple magnesium-based tablet that when in contact with tap water, creates hydrogen and infuses it in the water. It’s available now. So I have to assume that some people will take it upon themselves to try it out, especially when we’ve never seen any side effects of using the H2 tablets.

Author: Ian Blair Hamilton, Founder, www.alkaway.com