Material Matters

Material Matters

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Material Matters The right material, at the right price

Material Matters Kennels Where Canine Comfort Comes First

There is a myriad of good reasons to choose a dog kennel to house your pet. While crating your dog when you are away at work or at play will protect your home from their mischievous activities and sincere damage…

Nikki Alvin-Smith

Nikki Alvin-Smith is a seasoned freelance writer who loves to share her lifelong experience with everything lifestyle, horse, farm and travel. Her work has been printed in more than two hundred magazine titles worldwide and her published articles number in the thousands including travel and lifestyle press.

A Brit who has called the U.S. home for more than 37 years, Nikki brings a unique perspective to her writing. Her experience as an international level Grand Prix dressage competitor/coach/clinician ensures plenty of travel and opportunity to gather lifestyle ideas for home, garden and farm. When she is not writing, riding or on the road, you’ll find her prepping culinary delights for family and friends or out with camera in hand capturing the beauty of the great outdoors.

Together with her husband Paul, also a Grand Prix dressage rider, she lives in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of New York and operates an organic hay farm and dressage yard. Over the years they have developed and constructed several properties together. She is the proud mother of three children, Tristan, James and Chelsea (twins), and the latter two have kept with the horse riding as adults.

Learn more at www.NikkiAlvinSmithStudio.com.

Material Matters Target Deer Hunting Season Success With A Hunting Blind

Summer will soon be gone, and as the kids head back to school and routines get back to normal, folks look forward to the cooler temperatures of autumn and all that the new season has to offer. If you love…

Nikki Alvin-Smith

Learn more at www.NikkiAlvinSmithStudio.com.

Target Deer Hunting Season Success With A Hunting Blind

Material Matters Materials Matter When It Comes To Longevity and Low Maintenance

Whatever structure you choose to construct in your backyard the quality of the craftsmanship and the materials utilized will significantly affect how much work you’ll need to put in to maintain its beauty and how long it will last. Different…

Nikki Alvin-Smith

Learn more at www.NikkiAlvinSmithStudio.com.