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If you are looking for something to brighten up your home then Water Fountains are the perfect solution. Adding a touch of originality to rooms in your home can make a real difference and improve the ambience and the look and feel of any room. Water Fountains have so many different uses and by being creative you can create and change the look of a room simply and effectively.For many years Water Fountains have been increasing in popularity and people have begun to understand not only can they add a fresh feel to your home but they can provide many other benefits as well. Within this article we will take a look at the different types of water fountains and how they can be used and where they are best suited within your home. If we start at looking at the different styles of water fountains available and how they can be used within your home then you will be able to grasp just how versatile these objects are. There are five different types of water fountains and each one of these has various styles included, the five types are wall fountains, floor fountains, tabletop fountains, outdoor fountains and custom fountains. In the home the most popular of these are the wall, floor and table fountains and each of these can be used in different ways in your room to suite what you are trying to achieve, see below to discover some of the uses and ideas.If you are short on space in a room of your home or you want to find something unusual or different for the walls then the wall fountains are the ideal solution. These can be added to a room and come in various shapes and sizes to blend in perfectly with your existing d

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Redecorating?Updating?Home or office need sprucing up?If you are looking to add some life and vitality to your living and/or work space through artwork, consider adding some wall fountains to your current or new dcor.Wall fountains bring serenity and peace to any space, and they have the added bonus of being space savers, as they are wall mounted.If you are working with a limited amount of square footage, these may just be the perfect solution to your design needs.

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Our goal at Fathom Fountains is for you to have a remarkable shopping experience.We pride ourselves on superior customer service.We are here for you!We want to bring beauty and serenity to your living or work space through our beautiful fountains.Perhaps you are looking for more than just one or two simple items, and are remodeling or building a new property.If that is the case, there are numerous other design options we can offer you, aside from wall fountains.Some of the other products we offer include: floor fountains, outdoor fountains, indoor fountains (not wall mounted), custom made fountains, and benches.

Let the beauty and serenity of falling water surround you in your home or work space.The sight and sound of falling and running water immediately puts people at ease, therefore fountains are fantastic decorating ideas for businesses where people may need help relaxing, like medical or law offices.Adding an indoor fountain to a yoga studio is also a remarkable idea!If you are decorating your home with a Zen-like approach, adding running water in every room is ideal. Feng shui is currently a popular design technique.Installing a water feature is essential to the successful implementation of feng shui, which translates as wind water. A water feature will promote feelings of relaxation and harmony.

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The beautiful sight of a cascading water fountain combined with the gentle trickling sound of the flowing water is wonderfully soothing. We all tend to lead busy lives these days, and when our nerves are fraught, being able to retreat to a peaceful spot and relax for a few moments is important. This is where fountains come in handy. They come in a huge variety of styles, from decorative tabletop fountains to ornamental garden fountains. So, whether you like to escape to the backyard or unwind inside in your favorite armchair, a fountain can easily be located nearby to help ease your stress.

Indoor fountains enable you to bring the naturally peaceful sound of trickling water inside, so you can close your eyes and easily imagine you're by a babbling brook or waterfall. A desktop fountain placed on a computer desk or shelf helps promote a good working environment. The moving water helps to purify the air and acts as a natural humidifier. As well as small tabletop interior fountains, floor and wall fountains are available for larger spaces such as an entranceway or reception area. These are great for creating a welcoming atmosphere.

Garden fountains can be used in any garden design, from large lawned gardens to small courtyard areas. Pond fountains are excellent for creating an attractive display and for keeping the water circulating. Bird bath fountains are ideal for attracting beneficial wildlife to a flower garden. Outdoor fountains are powered either by an electrical pump or by the sun's rays. Solar fountains have the advantage of no running costs and can be moved easily to any position you like, provided the solar panel is kept in sunlight.

Whether you want to drown out the noise of the city and transform a small patio into a haven of tranquility, or want to create a relaxing ambiance in your home, a water fountain could be the perfect accessory.

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You can make your home lawn area a lot more tranquil and a lot more relaxing, by just adding an outdoor fountain. It is the perfect accessory by which you can enhance the value of your property. Outdoor water features are extremely creative fixtures by which you can add luxurious appeal to your backyard, patios and home lawn. You can also give a welcoming touch to your home by installing an amazing outdoor water cascade. You need to be very careful while purchasing this outdoor accessory from the market. Outdoor features are available in different designs, colors, shapes, sizes and styles in the market. You should always classify your shopping according to your needs.

First of all, you need to fix your budget. Outdoor water accessories are available in numerous options in the market and their prices vary from brand to brand. You must always search out for some cheap and best options in the market. Proper and refined market research will greatly help you in finding some amazing deals in this regard. You can provide a beautiful appeal to your garden area and create a wonderful ambiance. Benches, artificial ponds, bird baths and trellises are some of the most popular types of outdoor springs.

These outdoor art pieces have numerous benefits and some of them are listed below. Make sure that you read them very carefully.

1. Enjoy various health benefitsOutdoor water features provide various health benefits. These outdoor art pieces produce negatively charged ions into the surroundings. These charged particles help in removing all the impurities that are present in the environment. These tiny particles also help in blocking the impurities that are created due to air pollution. Outdoor water accessories can increase the moisture content of the environment. You will surely love the stress free ambiance created by these equipments.

2. Enhance the value of your outdoor spaceOutdoor cascades are extremely creative and innovative. You can add dynamic appeal to your home lawn area by installing an outdoor water feature. Many individuals who usually spend their evenings in their home lawns find this outdoor accessory to be the best. You can include this creative art piece in small outdoor parties also. I am sure that your guests will appreciate the soothing ambiance created by flowing water.

3. Enhance Your Home ValueIf you want to increase the value of your home in real estate market, then outdoor fountain would be an ideal choice for you. You will surely get a mind blowing price for your property after installing an outdoor water feature.

4. Provide a natural look to your outdoor spaceYou will surely enjoy the lively ambiance created by these art pieces. Well, I would like to tell you that outdoor water features can easily blend with small trees and shrubs. You can also search out for some natural looking options in the market.

Outdoor fountains can really give an amazing look to your garden area. You need to make some right decisions if you want to enjoy amazing deals in this regard.

Anglesey Abbey is not, as the name might suggest, an Abbey, nor is it in Anglesey. It is, instead, a National Trust stately home and gardens located about five miles northeast of Cambridge near the small villages of Lode and Stow-cum-Quy in the East of England. Pre-Henry the eighth, there was a priory here, but the house obtained its current form due to the work of Lord Fairhaven, in the 1920s and 30s.

Depending on the time of year that you come, there are various attractions to see here, including extensive grounds of 46 hectares including gardens, lawns, the house, a second hand book shop, a gallery, and a working water mill. Unusually, the gardens are well worth a visit in the winter time, because one of the gardens here (called, appropriately enough, the winter garden) is actually full of evergreens and winter plants. Plus there is a restaurant, shop and garden centre to visit when you finish.

At this time of year, a walk around the winter gardens, then along the river and back past the house takes about half an hour or so at a gentle pace. If you have time for longer, at the far end, there is a new (since 2007) nature reserve that takes about an hour to walk to, from and around.

Price

National trust members have free entry here, though you may need to get a paper ticket for the house if it's the busy season (I've rarely had to do this and I visit four or five times a year). Non-members pay £8.85 for adults/£4.45 for children for visiting the house and grounds (including mill), and £5.25 adults/ £2.60 for children for just the grounds alone (including mill). They also have discounts for families or if you arrive by bike, food or bus.

Opening times

Opening times depend on the time of the year and what you are seeing, so check first before you go. In winter, the garden is open from 10.30-4.30 for most of the week, but the mill shuts an hour beforehand. Much of the grounds are roped off at this time of year to allow maintenance. Similarly, the house isn't open over winter either apart from one wing full of galleries. In summer, the house and grounds and mill are open later until 5, most days of the week.

Snowdrops

Anglesey Abbey is locally famous for its snowdrops. During snowdrop season (in January and February), the winter garden is absolutely jam packed with snowdrops, of many varieties. I gather from their website that we are in the middle of snowdrop season right now (it hadn't started when I was there a couple of weeks ago), so in my opinion, this would be a good place to go visit this weekend, so long as you don't mind the rain.

Winter garden

In spite of the name, the winter garden is open all year around and generally has something interesting to look at - I don't really know any horticulture, so I just judge it on "do the flowers look nice". You go through here to get to the mill, and it's a pretty easy route and suitable for pushchairs. This garden seems to be most popular with photographers and with my friends with small children - going with either group means you spend hours going through this garden! The catkins on some of the trees make for particularly good pictures.

Lode Mill

Lode Mill is a working water mill within the grounds of this stately home that I recommend that you go to for a tour or a wander round (this does involve ladders, so may be a bit tricky); though make sure to check the opening times beforehand, as it closes well before the rest of the grounds. You can actually buy milled oats and other grains here, and get a little recipe book for baking them into tasty cakes and bread.

Tip: I don't know if they do this every year, but when I went on a walk through footpaths around the Northern boundary of the property one summer, the back door to the mill was actually open to the neighbouring footpath, so you could buy the produce without having to go all the way around to the main entrance, paying to go in and then doubling back.

Other gardens

The property has various other formal gardens, ponds, hedgerows, avenues of trees, many of which are only accessible outside of winter. I'll tell you of my favourites, though these depend very much on the time of year and on my mood. In autumn, near the river, there is an avenue of trees that carpet the floor with crispy golden leaves. This is also a great place to sit and read a book on one of the benches in May as well, because you are shaded by the trees, but have great views of the gardens and river.

At the far end of the gardens from the entrance is the Temple Lawn. This is very formal and has some amazing rock sculptures in it, including stone lions and columns. Ideal for a summer picnic (unless you have hayfever)!

New in 2007 was the creation of a nature reserve called Hoe Fen Wildlife Discovery Area at the far end of the grounds, which has a number of educational sculptures and exhibits. There is a hide here so you can sit and look at the water life on one of the ponds, but I find that I can manage five minutes here tops before I'm keen to be off again - I'm not very patient at bird watching! I'll warn you though, this reserve is a bit of a twisty-turny maze and you may need to be careful keeping your bearing - we nearly ended up going twice round the reserve because we missed a turning! It's great for learning about the flat, marshy fenlands that Cambridge is on the edge of though.

The house

As I've said before in a stately home review, once you've seen one stately home, you've pretty much seen them all. This building has a dark, almost medieval feel to it, with heavy carpeting, dark panelling and dim lighting to it. It always seemed like it must have been a very cold place to live, particularly in winter. There are lots of stairs here, and it isn't readily accessible to people with limited mobility. The former owner seems to have a bit of a thing for clocks.

The library here is worth a visit though, as is the dining hall, which in my opinion is the best bit - it has grand arched ceiling supported on columns and a large fireplace. Over the winter, one gallery wing is open, this year housing a large amount of silver on display. Other exhibits of riches are there the rest of the year - to be honest, that sort of opulence just isn't interesting to me, and I prefer to admire the sculptures outside.

Rose garden

Close to the house is a rose garden, which is particularly worth a visit during rose season in the summer. I'm afraid that I know little about roses myself, so I can't tell you all the botanical details about the dozen or so varieties of rose bush here, though they are all carefully labelled - I just go for the smells and the sight of all the large brightly coloured flowers. My favourites are the creeping roses that grow up the side of the building.

Getting there and accessibility

It is very straightforward to find Anglesey Abbey, because it is signed the whole way from the A14, the major road that goes past Cambridge. You take the Quy turning, exit number 35 from the A14, carry on through the village, go through a mile or so of countryside, then look for the turning to the car park just after you get to the lower speed limit.

NB: if you are coming from the West, be careful not to do what I did and take the previous turning from the A14, because junction 34 only has restricted access to the A14 and you can't get back on Eastbound!

The property has extensive car parking, including an area close to the entrance for people whose mobility is impaired or restricted. Mobility scooters round the grounds are available if you book in advance, but you can only take those round parts of the property, plus only a part of the house is accessible.

Apparently if you go by bus, you want to catch the number 10 Stagecoach bus, but I've never done this, so I'm not sure how reliable the service is.

Summary

As you can probably tell, this is one of my favourite places to go for a weekend walk, even in winter. I recommend it as being a good place for families, nature lovers, photographers, people who like stately homes and people just in need of something to do of a weekend.

Other nearby National trust properties include Wicken Fen and Wimpole Hall.

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