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Renovate your bedroom within a budget

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Planning on giving your bedroom a makeover but don’t know what to do with the budget you have? Jacinta Preston, interior designer, says the bedroom is one place in the house where you can make “low-risk design decisions” and where a small budget can go a long way.

Here, Preston shares her tips and shows us what you can do with different budgets.

To get started, Preston recommends you take a big-picture approach to the design of your bedroom. Whether it’s an industrial or a resort theme you’re after, understanding the overall theme or feeling you want to achieve is a good reference for buying materials and making decisions.

read more at: http://www.domain.com.au/advice/renovate-your-bedroom-within-a-budget-20150904-gjfhs0/

9 ways to use a shipping container

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San Diego fights new utility charges on rooftop solar

The city of San Diego said changes to rooftop solar tariffs proposed by California utilities would hamper the renewable energy market and interfere with local plans to address climate change.

The city, in filings Tuesday with state utility regulators, took issue with a request from San Diego Gas & Electric to add a monthly “grid connection” fee for solar customers as well as special charges based on peak periodic energy use, regardless of overall monthly electricity consumption.

California utility regulators are reconsidering the current “net metering” tariff that provides bill credits for solar energy at the full retail electricity rate. SDG&E says grid-connected solar customers are avoiding their fair share of costs for infrastructure and utility programs, forcing it to increase bills for nonsolar customers.

read more: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/sep/01/city-utility-clash-rooftop-solar/