Bathrooms can be designed or remodeled in many ways depending on your budget. You can build a high end bathroom which are can cost tens of thousands of pounds and low end bathrooms which can fit into your budget. Basically there are four main components which should be considered in bathroom design; they are bath, showers, sink, and toilet. Other than these three main components we can also install other components like luxury showers, designer towel warmers, massaging tubs and many more. These decorative components can be endless. These type of decorative products are made from variety of different products with different prices, they can be a custom-made products depending on there costs.In any type of bathroom designs we must consider some basic requirements which apply no matter what material and cost you consider. The basic design requirements are line, form, scale, pattern, texture and colour. The direction of the lines of the bathroom help create the sense of the room that is desired. Horizontal lines emphasize serenity and give a more contemporary feel to a room. Strong vertical lines emphasize formality and a traditional style. The principle of form relates to the shape and structure of the components in the design, and this includes not only shape but size. Scape is an issue of relative size among the various elements in the room. Pattern refers to repeated shapes and regularity. Texture refers to the visual and tactile surface of all the materials used. Color is a powerful design element that can transform a space and give it much of its characterBathtubs are must in any type of bathrooms our country. Generally bathtubs come in many shapes and sizes depending on your budget. The basic types of bathroom tubs are conventional tubs, receptor tubs, drop-in tubs, conventional tubes with integral & surrounds and the hydromassage tubs. Basic conventional tub comes with different sizes, the common size in 4-1/2 and 5-1/2 foot length, 28 to 32 inches wide and 14-16 inches in height. Bathroom toilets are available in huge range, varieties & and colours. In the toilet installation there are four basic operating system and four basic construction types to be considered; they are wall-hung model, floor-mount model, round front model and elongated model. Toilets with a tank mounted directly on the back of the bowl, free of the wall, is a close-coupled toilet, with the water connection between the two parts in the shape of a cone-shaped gasket. One-piece toilets are made with tank and bowl in one unit. These are usually more expensive because of a greater complexity in operating process. The flush-valve design is used primarily for commercial installations but can be installed in the home. They have no tanks but use direct water pressure for their flushing action.Basins or sinks or lavatories are the other common names for bathroom basins. Basically bathroom sinks come in two popular construction types; they are wall-hung basins and pedestal basins. They come in different sizes, colours, designs and they are built using different materials like molded plastic, marble, glass etc.The fourth most important component in any bathroom is the showers. Without any shower the bathroom can’t be completed. There are huge ranges of showers depending on your requirements. The most popular one is the electric shower; it heats up the water instantly when the cold water flows into the shower. These types of showers are useful for the houses which don’t have bigger heating boilers. The second popular showers are mixer showers. Mixer showers use both hot water and cold water from the separate tanks and mixes them and produces the warm water according to your requirements. And the other popular shower types are shower towers; they are built up using the combination of body jet showers and shower heads. They are basically a mixture of types of showers.The above send products cost in different prices depending on sizes, quality and types. They can be purchased in any physical stores near by your house or you can buy them online. There are many websites which sell the complete range of bathroom products. One such website is plumbtraders.co.uk. Plumb Traders supplies huge range of bathroom products ranging from electric showers, mixer showers, shower towers, bath screens, shower trays, shower doors and shower enclosures. To know more about the their prices please visit plumbtraders.co.uk

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I am Rahul, I write articles related to home improvements and articles related to central heating and plumbing services. My articles are related to electric showers, triton showers, mira showers & many more

S Corporation:  Set up an S Corporation to avoid self-employment
tax on profits. If you conduct business as a sole proprietor, a partnership,
or a limited liability company the first $106,800 of 2009 profits are subject to a self-employment
tax rate of 15.3%. The profits in excess of $106,800 are
subject to a Medicare tax rate of 2.9%. These self-employment tax rates are in addition
to paying income tax on the profits. An S Corporation is not subject to self-employment tax on the profits earned.
But you must take “reasonable” compensation as salary subject to F.I.C.A.

Bad Debt Expense:  A reserve for bad debts is not deductible,
but you can write off accounts receivable in the year in which they become uncollectible. 
Be sure to take advantage of writing off all those uncollected accounts at year
end.

If you used a collection agency, you can deduct a portion of the debt that will
go to the collection agency as a fee (around 25%).  You can write off that
amount at the time you turn over the receivable to the agency.

Medical Expense:  For 2009, eligible self-employed
individuals can deduct from gross income 100% of the amounts paid for health insurance
coverage. The deduction is limited to net earned income from the business, less the deduction
for 50% of the self-employment tax.
Also, you cannot take the deduction for any month you were qualified to participate
in an employer sponsored health plan.

If you conduct business as a corporation, set up a corporate medical reimbursement
plan. Medical costs are generally personal expenses deductible only to the
extent that they exceed 7.5% of your Adjusted Gross Income (AGI). However,
medical reimbursement plans set up by C Corporations let you deduct all the medical
costs you incur for yourself, your spouse, and dependents. These plans must
cover all eligible employees.

Equipment Expense:  For 2009, Section
179 of the Tax Code lets companies deduct up to $133,000 of new equipment, subject
to certain limits. (This limit is reduced by the amount by
which the cost of section 179 property placed in service in
the tax year exceeds $530,000.) Passenger vehicles are excluded from the expensing election.
A passenger vehicle is defined as having a loaded gross vehicle weight of
less than 6,000 pounds.

The tax code also allows an accelerated method to depreciate the remaining value
of that equipment – it’s faster than the straight-line method of depreciation.

Home Office Expense:  Write off home-office expenses. 
You can take this deduction even if you use the space for administrative purposes,
as long as there is no where else you can work.  When you use one room in your
six room home as an office, you can deduct one-sixth of your costs for utilities,
security, homeowner’s insurance, etc. as well as all costs for the room such as
carpeting.  Although you can also claim the depreciation on your home used
for home office, you should consult a qualified tax advisor prior to doing so to
understand the impact it will have on the exclusion of gain when you sell your residence.

Travel Expense:  Deduct business trips by putting your spouse
on the payroll. When spouses are on the payroll, even at low salaries, cost
of business trips that include the spouse can be fully deducted. You should
also be aware that putting your spouse on the payroll in 2009 will also double the
amount of Social Security tax owed up to the first $106,800 of income.

Hiring Children in the Family Business:  Put your children
on the company payroll. When you employ your children in the business, for 2009
you can pay them up to $5,350 in salary free from Federal tax. The “kiddie”
tax doesn’t apply to wages, so children under age 18 get this tax break, too.
Have your children put $4,000 into a Roth IRA, where it will compound tax-free over
time. When the money is left in the account until they turn 59 ½, they will
never have to pay out any tax or penalties on that money or its earnings.

If your business is not incorporated, and the children are under age 18, neither
you, as employer, nor your children will owe Social Security or Medicare tax on
their wages.

Retirement Planning:  Put more money away in your company
retirement plan for yourself than for your employees.  Business owners who
are more than 20 years older that other company employees can set up a defined-benefit
pension plan instead of a defined-contribution plan.  Because they are funding
a specific benefit (not putting away a percentage of salary) and have fewer years
to do so, owners can contribute more to the plan for themselves than their employees.

Claiming Business Losses:  Make the most of business losses.
If your company has a net operating loss in 2009, it can be carried back two years
or carried forward up to 20 years to offset future profits. To get a refund,
file an application on Form 1139 for corporations and Form 1045 for sole
proprietorships. Most refunds are sent out by the IRS within
two months.

Education:  Set up a company tuition-reimbursement plan to
pay a child’s school cost.  Businesses can set up plans that pay up to $5,250
in tuition per employee annually.  Business owners’ children must work for
the company, be older than age 21, own no company stock and cannot be claimed as
a dependent on the owners’ tax returns.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alan L. Olsen, CPA, MBA (tax) is the managing partner at Greenstein Rogoff Olsen  & Co., a top Bay Area CPA firm. A specialist in income tax planning, he frequently lectures and writes tax planning articles for professional organizations and community groups.

Remodeling is an opportunity to revise, re-see, recycle, and add to the
spaces of your home life and therefore your outlook for your whole life.
When you finally get around to having your kitchen updated, your garage
converted, or your carpets ripped up for a first floor replaced with
repurposed wood or bamboo, you know the sense of finally finishing your
home.

It is a great stress reliever to finally have something off your plate
and checked on your completed list. Your home is at the very least your
restful, peaceful rejuvenating space. When your home projects remain
incomplete, or when rooms aren’t reflecting your growing green
consciousness, or reflecting the function that you and your family
require day after day, it’s time for a sustainable living revision.

There are so many ways to go a little bit greener with your latest home
remodeling project. From your roof to your basement, from your fireplace
to your stove the only thing slowing or stopping this train is whether
your own your home, home owner’s association stipulations, and city
building ordinances. With all of the logistics and semantics out of the
way, where shall we start? Let’s start with the outside and work our way
in – just like with any good spring-cleaning: start with the heavy and
messy and end with the removal of allergens.

The first step is to locate a green certified contractor. They
understand the installation processes and maintenance for all of the
solar and alternative power-sourced appliances available. These are the
individuals who can explain to you how your existing plumbing,
electrical, gas and structural components will be impacted during the
eco-remodeling. For example, if you are updating to a solar water
heating system your old one may be used as a reserve for the new system
or it may have to be replaced.

You may be updating large projects one at a time and would like to start
with your windows before the summer months arrive. To switch to double
pane windows on the side of your home with the most sun, the south
exposure would be ideal before you proceed with a full replacement.

You may be considering a full bathroom revision by using natural fibers
flooring with linoleum, low-pressure showerhead, low flow toilet tank,
or a solar water tank less heater for the chosen bathroom. Regardless of
the construction you choose there will always be a benefit to your
quality of life, your yearly expenses, and your environmental impact.

The decision to go with greener home remodeling can benefit you in the
short and long term. Not only will you experience the obvious cooler
summers, warmer winters, lower utilities due to less water use; you will
be gradually reducing your environmental footprint. Your long term
benefits include the sustainable updating to renewable energy sources,
construction materials and appliances. Remodeling for your environment
allows you to match the points that keep families in homes and help
those homes to sell.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Long Beach home
remodeling is done by a company known for quality
craftsmanship and service. For more information about how you can
transform you home to a beautiful paradise, visit: http://www.atozhomeremodelrepair.com/

So 2011 is here and what are the top 5 design trends that will appear this year, or will carry on from last year. Many of us will be keeping an eye on the pennies and therefore bargains are going to be swooped on very swiftly. You may have noticed the sales started before Christmas but there are many that started in tradition with January, some of the best savings can be found in bedroom furniture and soft furnishings.The trend for animal wallpaper will continue, mainly in monochrome themes. These wallpapers are very effective for a statement wall if using the large or flamboyant designs. However, is using a slightly muted butterfly effect, all the room can be encased within. An excellent idea for those on a minimal budget is to get crafty with stencils and update bedroom furniture with animal motifs, or even on plain wallpaper.Tartan is another key trend, possibly due to the cosiness of it amongst the cold winter besieging us at the moment, but tartan in it s deep reds and greens has an air of opulence about it, in a manly way. Expect to see many soft furnishings in this warm material. Even, if you just opt for plaid throw, this will be ideal for covering your legs under your desk, when it’s a bit chilly.Bean bags and pouffes have never really gone out of fashion, they have always been there, but this year could be the year of the total relaxation and comfort. With so many fun and cosy designs to choose from, it would be silly not to grab a great design. Bean bags are ideal for children’s bedrooms or as extra seating in the front room, even your pet would like a new addition to curl up on. Plus with modern bean bags, you can match them to your interior design. If your bedroom furniture is high gloss, then an elegant leather bean bag chair would be a design match in heaven.Storage jars, will be a big hit in the kitchen this year, think of those traditional flip top jars, where you can store all those essential ingredients. Even if you can’t cook anything except microwave food, at least with these stylish jars, it looks as though you can create feasts fit for royalty.Still keeping with the Kitchen idea, tea towels come to mind, as we are pinching the pennies this year; we’ll be looking to enhance our homes for minimal amounts of cash, and what better way to spruce up a kitchen than with teal towels. There will be a wide variety to choose from and some will look like works of art rather than a functional cloth. The good news is, that with this trend it can suit anyone’s budget.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Philip Sedgefield is an interior designer who has worked on many home improvement projects including bedroom furniture and home office furniture using original and unique designs of home furnishings including wardrobes and desks.

Kitchen renovation is very popular these days. Peoples are very keen about their kitchen because everyone wants that his cooking place must be clean, hygienic and stylish. When you want to renovate your kitchen in a limited budget it’s important that your purchases must be creative. Check your needs and priorities and always stick to them don’t buy extra unneeded things. Before start to plan the renovation process just answer this question that what has to change in this kitchen in order to make it up to date and stylish. After answering this question start your project if you want to hire professional renovator you can choose them by checking out their portfolio. After hiring the professional constructor you can discuss with them your ideas, needs and wants and also discuss the budget which is very important.Sometimes in kitchen the color and style of cabinets start bothering you because you are looking them same from the years or might be these cabinets could not close up as tight as they once did. These all things may irritate you too much and depressed you. .Renovating a kitchen has very fresh and good affect on mind because when housewives used out of order items they always feel depressed but looking at new items they will feel fresh and good.Renovation of kitchen does not mean that change the whole kitchen. If you want to change the sink of kitchen buy a kitchen which size is appropriate for your kitchen like if the size of your kitchen is big but you are placing a small size sink it will not look nice. Also use natural color scheme in the kitchen like use of white, yellow, and green looks nice. The colors of home appliances must be same like if your fridge is of white color also buy microwave, cattle and oven in white color they will look nice. Upgrading your kitchen is a fun. If you want to place the wall paper now there are many wall papers specially designed for a kitchen the pictures of fruit and vegetables are painted on them. They will look nice and if you want to paint the kitchen off white this color is the best choice for your kitchen will look nice and clean. The dinning table of kitchen must be not too big that it will cover all the space in the kitchen the color of dinning table must be same with color of home appliances. Changing the exhaust is an important thing because exhaust of the kitchen is normally too much dirty because of the smoke in kitchen. If you are bored with old styled cabinet it’s not important to change whole cabinet. If you have limited budget just change the doors of cabinet they will look different and nice if your cabinet doors are of wood change in to mirror or change in to the wood and mirror design it will look different, nice and stylish.Also buy some new plates, glass and cups stand they will give new look. The kitchen accessories must be change time to time because the kitchen will be boring place if you does not change your accessories for long times.

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Financing the business is one of the toughest challenges a business owner must face.  Whether you are running a new business, a start-up one, or even an established company, there will always be the need for financing. Indeed, the need for cash will always arise and at times, the business owner will be confronted with this challenge when it is least expected.  For this reason, business owners are advised to seek an unsecured line of credit with a trusted lending company, to make sure that there is a reliable financial resource that they can turn to at any time.Many lending companies in the market offer various types of business financing, including an unsecured line of credit.  Some lenders require the business to be at least two years in existence to be given this type of financing.  Another important factor is credit history. Good personal and business credit standing are important in order to qualify for an unsecured line of credit.An unsecured credit line can be used to cover for various expenses such as purchasing additional equipment, stocks or raw materials, improving the office space, and other unexpected expenses.  Once approved for a business line of credit, the business owner can make cash advances at any time without the need to go through the whole process of reapplication.  There is no need to wait for months for the approval of your loan application.  Business Credit Cards – Unsecured Credit Line for BusinessesSmall business credit cards are a great example of an unsecured credit line for business.  Unlike business loans, it is much easier to get approved for a small business credit card even for those with no business credit.  In fact, small business credit cards are the exact tools you need to start building corporate credit.In the absence of business credit, the personal credit history of the business owner will be closely evaluated.  Of course, the higher your credit score is, the more you are likely to get approved for an unsecured small business credit card with good rates.On the other hand, for those with bad credit rating, secured small business credit cards can be used to rebuild bad credit.  To get a secured credit card for business, you only need to submit a security cash deposit to your account.  Generally, the value of your security cash deposit will also determine the amount of your credit line.Another essential factor to consider is to find a business credit card that will report your payments to major business credit trackers like Dun & Bradstreet- the leading business credit tracker in the country.  This way, you can build up your business credit as you pay your bills using your small business credit card.By obtaining an unsecured business line of credit, the business owner is given the flexibility to manage debts and repayment in an efficient way.  However, it is important to remember that managing a revolving credit can also be a challenge that can make or break your business credit standing.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Pamela Williams is a Loan Consultant, Internet Marketer, Writer and owner of BusinessCreditCardSite.com, a finance company in Las Vegas, Nevada that provides support for businesses all across the US particularly with obtaining credit cards for business. Visit http://www.businesscreditcardsite.com