Interiors
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A Quick Guide to Fireplaces for the Home
Fireplaces make excellent focal features in a property, and people are immediately drawn to a warm fire in a room. They elicit feelings of comfort, peace and cosiness, and can boost the aesthetic appeal of any home. In addition, a fireplace also provides warmth during the colder months and it can last you for the years to come. There are different types of fireplaces to choose from which can make picking one for the home difficult. Here are a few considerations you need to make when making your choice. Wood-Burning Fireplaces Traditional wood-burning fires can create a certain vibe in a room, and many people enjoy listening to the crackles…
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How To Create a House Your Kids Will Love
When you are a parent, you want to do as much as possible in order to make your children happy. This extends to the type of home where you can truly let them be themselves and enjoy their lives to the fullest. Nonetheless, worrying about getting it right is simply what parents, and especially mothers, do. There is no need to worry however, as this guide has been created to recommend a few key ways that you can tool out your house to make it simply perfect for your little ones. Read on now for the full overview. Create a Fun Garden There’s nothing that children love more than hanging…
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3 Ways to Transform Your Bathroom Into Your Own Spa Retreat
After a long week, all you want to do likely is draw yourself a luxurious bath and soak your stress away. However, if your bathroom is dated and looking worse for the wear, being in your bath might cause you to feel more stressed out than you were before. If this is how you feel whenever you walk into your bathroom and you want nothing more than to be able to retreat to your very own spa-like escape at the end of a long day, you might be thinking that the only way to achieve this is to invest time and money into a complete bathroom renovation. While that course…
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4 Ways to Keep Your Home Warm on a Budget
If you want to lead a safe, comfortable, and healthy lifestyle, you need to keep your home warm. Unfortunately, performing this crucial task is always going to come at a price. Heating isn’t free, which means that you will have to shell out cash on your boiler bill from time to time. Keeping yourself and your family warm need not necessarily be an expensive endeavour, though. There are a whole host of cost-effective routes that you can take in your attempt to heat your home, four of which include: Take advantage of your curtains If you use them correctly, your curtains can end up playing a key role in your…
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When you need extra space in your home, is it better to extend or to move?
There are lots of reasons why we might find ourselves needing more space in our home – a new baby, an elderly relative moving in, and commonly – especially in these strange times – the need to have a suitable space in which to work from home. If your current home no longer fits the bill for what you need it for, then it’s time to ask the question: should I move house or should I extend my current space? Here are some factors to consider when deciding what to do. Cost Generally speaking – all other things being equal – moving home to a bigger home is more expensive…
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How To Save Money When Choosing a Sofa
Buying a new sofa can be a really exciting time. This is a large purchase, which will hopefully be a really enjoyable piece of your home for many years to come. The sofa is often where many of us spend the most time relaxing and socialising when we are at home. It is therefore vital to choose a sofa that you love. However, the price of a sofa can often play a part in your decision making. With that in mind Robinson of England, a bespoke furniture manufacturing and restoration company helped us put together a few tips for you which will hopefully save you some money when the time…
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Making A Baby Room Magical In 3 Steps
When you bring a newborn baby home you will be unsure of yourself. It’s natural that you won’t want to leave your boy or girl alone in their own room and continually have them sleep in your bedroom. But eventually, you’ll need to design a room for them and let them get some sleep and rest on their own. Thankfully, there is no shortage of baby interior design styles. In fact, there are more each year, as more and more colors, schemes, themes, and decor seem to be released from all the best brands. We’re going to show you how to forge your own baby room and make it magical,…
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Creating Scandi Interiors on a Budget
Fresh, bright, minimalist and functional. If this is the interior you crave at home, then the Scandi style sounds like it’s the perfect fit for you! Redecorating can be an expensive task but there are plenty of cost-effective methods that can be taken to create brilliant Scandi styles without breaking the bank. DECLUTTER! At the heart of Scandinavian design is the minimalist approach. Therefore, decluttering should always be the first step when transforming your home into a Scandi haven. Take a tip out of Marie Kondo’s books and get rid of items that don’t bring you joy and ensure everything has its own place. This can be a great way to…
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My Wish List for our New Kitchen Extension
We have just submitted our planning application for our new kitchen extension. It will double the floor area of our existing space and will provide us with a large kitchen, dining and entertaining space. I can’t wait! I have created a wish list of all the elements that I hope to include in the design of our new space: A large island I love to cook so I would love to have a large island with a hob on it and bar stools on the other side. My kids are young now, but looking to the future, I can picture them perched on the stools doing their homework whilst I…
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Things to Look for in a Property when you Work From Home
Unprecedented numbers of us are now working from home either on a part time or full time basis. The BBC reports that home working is here to stay for the long run. I believe this is great news for workers in terms of our work/life balances – not having to commute cuts out a lot of stress from our lives, plus there is the added benefit of getting to spend more time with our families. On a personal level, having spent so much more time at home in general over the last seven months, it has made us really think about our own house and its suitability to being a…