Children may be small, but when you add up all the things that go along with them you may find yourself with an overflowing room. Creating storage is the first step to getting a room under control.
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Home Living, Furniture Care, Tips & Advice
Whether you're moving into your new home, up-sizing or down-sizing, or just giving your home a make-over, we have plenty of helpful advice to set you on the right path to domestic bliss.
Bathroom Floor Options
It used to be the case that most bathroom floors were covered with the same ceramic tile. Nowadays that is considered outmoded. Get more creative with tiles and use two or three sizes in one floor design.
Creating a Georgian Style for Your Home
Whatever the age of your home, you could still create a Georgian-style interior to a room or several rooms. Follow the colours and styles of the era to recreate the period.
Choose the Right Indoor Plants for Your Home
Indoor plants can really add extra style to a room or can brighten up a dark or gloomy corner. But make sure you choose an example that it suitable for the place you intend to put it.
Top Tips from a Florist: Which Flowers to Create Which Looks?
Bringing colour and style into a space through clever use of flowers can really make a difference – but which flowers should you choose?
How to Create a Stylish Private Space Just for Yourself
Most people need a corner they can call their own and, however small this is, there is plenty you can do to it to make it stylish and attractive.
Sumptuous Bathroom in a Small Space
People often worry about refitting small bathrooms but there are plenty of solutions out there. If you want a sumptuous style it’s often simply a case of being creative.
Hiring and Using an Interior Designer
Do you want to decorate and furnish your home and don’t know where to start? If you want to make your home both comfortable and stylish then an interior designer is just the person you need.
Styling Your Home to Maximise Sale Potential
When planning to sell your home it is important to make it appealing to potential purchasers. This could mean redecorating or even staging the home in order to get the best possible price and a quick sale.
Perfect Accessories for a Teenager’s Bedroom
Typically a teenager’s bedroom can be a scene of chaos. Help your youngster achieve a stylish and trendy look through the choice of some perfect accessories to set off their space.
Period Style on a Budget
Going for an antique look on a modern day budget? Then get rummaging around car boots and charity shops or even hop across the channel for some real bargain buys!
Use Planting to Alter Your Space: Interview With Landscape Gardener
It sometimes seems like a huge task to change your outside space but according to one landscape gardener, small changes can make a big difference
Using Stained Glass in the Home: Interview With a Stained Glass Artist
Bring colour into your home through the use of stained glass. An expert talks about just how transforming it can be.
Which Part of the House Should I Spend My Money On?
Deciding where in your home to spend money is never easy but after assessing your lifestyle, and with the right advice, you could make the most of however much you have to ensure it really makes a difference.
How to Choose an Eye Catching Accessory
Choosing just the right accessory can really set off the look you have created within a space but it is important to get it right otherwise it will be lost against its background or look out of place.
Home Accessories at Auction: Interview With an Auctioneer
Buying at auction can seem daunting the first time but one you have got the hang of it you could find all sorts of bargains that will help you style and accessorise your home.
Give Your Kitchen an Overnight Makeover
Changing the look of your kitchen can be refreshing and need not be expensive – and for those who worry about the process taking time, it can often be achieved overnight.
Combining Colours
Decorating with colours takes a little know-how but really doesn’t have to be intimidating. Here is a guide to the basics of colour combinations, colour schemes and colour and mood.
Light Temperature and Energy Saving in Your Home
We could not survive without artificial light, however the use of certain types of lighting does present some environmental issues involving energy efficiency and light pollution – one of the three main greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (co2) is emitted whenever a light is turned on.
Conservatories and Sunrooms
The concept of the sunroom began decades ago with the earliest homemade attempts using wood posts and stapled screens to enclose front or back porches to keep out insects. Contemporary conservatories and sunrooms utilise advance thermal window and roof systems to help you bring the outdoors inside with elegance.
Space Saving Bathrooms
Bathrooms have always been one of the smallest rooms in the house, so it’s important to make the most of whatever space you have in the bathroom. Here are some tips to make the smallest of bathrooms seem bigger.
Tips for a Perfect Paint Job
Interior painting doesn’t have to be a chore. These tips for a perfect painting job will not only help make your interior painting easier, they will ensure success.
Outdoor Lighting Around Your Home
Installing low-voltage landscaping lights is both simple and inexpensive. It enhances the appearance of your home and increases safety.
Bringing an Attic Space to Life
One way to make the most of your home’s space is through effective use of the attic. An unused, dusty old attic can be transformed from wasted space into a spacious loft, or an additional upstairs bedroom.