Photo By: Kate Mathis Start with a great design in a neutral color so it blends well with any room and any decor. We love this option from HGTV HOME. Our console table is ready for a party! Lacquer trays protect the top from spills, and they're easy to wipe down and tote around. They are great for arranging your happy hour essentials — glasses, stirrers and cocktail napkins — on them. Keep an ice bucket and a compact wine rack on the bottom shelf. Stash dish towels for sudden spills. Use bamboo drawer organizers to hold bottle openers and other bar tools. Prop a mirror on top and pull up a cushioned stool to turn a console table into an instant makeup area. A small tray holds pretty perfume bottles. Add a lamp with a three-way bulb. A big, lidded basket on the lower shelf can hold overflow supplies, travel bags, and shampoos and lotions. A stool that's at least 18 inches high is a comfy seat. Saucers corralling things like perfume samples and nail polish stay put on nonstick grip liner.
Create a drop zone for keys, coins and anything else for when you come home. Bins on the bottom shelf hold accessories like grocery totes and pet supplies, or off-season extras such as scarves. Hang double-prong hooks next to the table and you have a place for the dog leash and a basket to hold outgoing mail. Neat idea: Swap one big mirror for a group of small ones. Line the drawers with felt and make a soft landing spot for gadgets and sunglasses. It seems like a desk never holds everything a desk should. Enter the console, aka the home office store-it-all. Everyday necessities like sticky notes, folders and cellphone chargers can stay on top. Save the bottom ledge for bulkier things like a printer and magazine files. Hang a memo board over the table and tack up invites, reminders and favorite photos. Stick ribbons onto the pin board so you can tuck in notes. Organize supplies with plastic drawer dividers in various sizes. Use the search box to find the product you are looking for.
Username or email * Replica Eames Office Low Back - PU(Vinyl) Replica Phillipe Starck - Mademoiselle (interchangeable seats and legs)Four Ways to Naturally Lower Your Cholesterol Living the heart-healthy way can naturally lower your cholesterol, cutting your risk for heart disease. Try these four simple changes and watch your cholesterol numbers go down. Everything In This Slideshow You don't have to rely on prescription drugs to beat your high cholesterol. Achievable lifestyle shifts, such as watching your alcohol intake and eating healthfully, can play a big role in beating cholesterol.Read on to learn how four simple changes can go a long way toward lowering your total cholesterol. Tip 1: Get More Exercise to Lower Cholesterol Regular exercise can increase HDL ("good" cholesterol) and lower LDL ("bad" cholesterol) and triglycerides.And, if you need one more reason not to skip exercise, the American Heart Association has found that physical inactivity can actually increase the risk of coronary artery disease.
The AHA recommends moderate intensity activity at least 30 minutes a day five days a week. Moderate intensity activity includes:-- Walking-- Gardening and yardwork-- Dancing-- Tennis-- Racquetball-- Swimming Tip 2: Lose Weight to Lower Cholesterol Carrying extra pounds stresses your cardiovascular health. Lose weight with a combination of diet and exercise, and watch your energy increase while your cholesterol decreases.-- Set a goal for a BMI less than 25.-- Work toward a waist measurement less than 35 inches for women, 40 inches for men.-- Cut 200 calories a day and you could be looking at a 20-pound weight loss in a year.5 ways to shave calories:1. Choose water instead of regular soda with your meal: cut 100 calories2. Order a 12-ounce nonfat latte instead of a 16-ounce latte with reduced-fat milk: cut 90 calories3. Splurge on two squares of dark chocolate instead of a peanut butter chocolate chip cookie: cut 166 calories4. Eat four slices of turkey bacon instead of four slices of regular bacon: cut 220 calories5.
Top your baked potato with 2 tablespoons of salsa instead of 2 tablespoons of sour cream: cut 50 caloriesLosing 5-10 percent of body weight can help decrease cholesterol.What is 5-10 percent of your body weight? If you weigh:175 pounds: 5 percent = 8.75 pounds; 10 percent = 17.5 pounds200 pounds: 5 percent = 10 pounds; 10 percent = 20 pounds220 pounds: 5 percent = 11 pounds; 10 percent = 22 pounds250 pounds: 5 percent = 12.5 pounds; 10 percent = 25 pounds Tip 3: Watch Your Alcohol Consumption to Lower Cholesterol If you have low HDL, high LDL, and normal triglycerides, then one drink a day for women or two drinks a day for men may help improve those cholesterol numbers. But as Jerry Blaine, M.D., who specializes in lipid disorders at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts, points out, the recommendation for alcohol is mild or moderate and doesn't apply to a person who drinks one glass a wine a day during the week and then has five drinks on a Saturday night. He adds that alcohol should not be used to treat high cholesterol.
If you have high triglycerides, the American Heart Association recommends reducing alcohol consumption considerably. Before continuing to drink, ask your doctor about testing your triglyceride levels after avoiding alcohol for several weeks to see if it's a contributing factor to high triglyceride levels. Alcohol even in small amounts can raise triglycerides.If you take insulin or any blood-glucose-lowering diabetes medications or have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes or metabolic syndrome, discuss with your health-care provider how alcohol may affect your health. Tip 4: Quit Smoking to Improve Total Cholesterol Breaking the smoking habit can improve your overall total cholesterol, including boosting HDL 15-20 percent, according to the June 2008 issue of Harvard Women's Health Watch. Quitting can be a challenge, but it's one worth taking.If you need more of a reason to stop other than "it's bad for your health," understanding the cause and effect relationship between smoking and heart disease may help get you one step closer to quitting.