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Ideas, inspiration and everyday touches to make a house feel like home.
How to Choose a Bathroom Vanity: 7 Practical Tips
Choosing a bathroom vanity? These seven practical tips cover measurements, plumbing, storage, materials, basins, taps and long-term accessibility.
Choosing the Right Bedding for the Bedroom
Choosing new bedding was one of the finishing touches to our bedroom refresh. I share what matters to me, from comfortable cotton and properly fitting sheets to easy care, soft colours and looking beyond thread count.
8 Bathroom Makeover Ideas to Reinvent Your Space
Whether it’s an issue with lighting, problems with the hot water, or a drippy tap driving everyone crazy, something always needs fixing in the bathroom. Sometimes, when it comes to decorating or transforming your home, the bathroom can often slip down to the bottom of the priority list, which is funny, because when it comes to home necessities, it is probably the one room that we all need the most (without going into too much detail). For a space that we spend a lot of time in, it can be a bit depressing if it’s dated, dull or shabby. There might even be some of you that have had a spur of motivation, begun a complete bathroom overhaul and then life got in the way. Your bathroom may now be half tiled, have bare floorboards and no storage and some of you might be all too familiar with a cold shower. If this is you, it is definitely time you did something about the situation.
What Are Oilcloth Tablecloths And How Can They be Useful Around Your Home
If you are wondering what oilcloth tablecloths are and how is it different from the other tablecloths, then worry not as today will be the day that you will be able to differentiate all those types of tablecloth.
Oilcloths have been around since the 19th century. It was first used as floorcloth to cover the floorings. It was very popular back then because it was cheap and easy to maintain. With its waterproof and stain-proof features, people can easily clean oilcloths with damp rugs and other types of cloth. It was mistakenly called linoleum back then.
Five Ways To Beautify Your Kitchen
Refresh your kitchen without a costly renovation. These five simple ideas use cabinet handles, colour, lighting, metallic finishes and accessories to create a brighter, more welcoming space.
Our Home Renovation Plans – Replacing the Boiler and Creating More Space
2016 was all about the extension for us, we added an extension on the back of the house, moved the living room into the new extension and with the old living room, we partitioned it into two halves which become our utility room and new dining room.
Are Plastic Coloured Splashbacks a Good Choice for Bathrooms?
We've very nearly finished the extension work, with just a few bits and pieces to finish and to complete the play-room. Then later in 2017 I hope to renovate the bathroom and the en-suite - this is our next rooms on the list for renovation.
On my dream list, is to fit the walk-in shower with acrylic splashback - a green coloured splashback. With it being plastic, it's much cheaper than the glass splashbacks, but still gives you a stylish and high gloss finished appearance. Adding a splash of colour to the bathroom.
DIY Or Use A Professional - When To Choose Which
Whether you’re a seasoned expert or new to DIY, it’s a hobby that can be both enjoyable and rewarding at the same time. Not only do you learn new skills, but you get to reap the rewards too. But sometimes, being able to do it all yourself just isn’t an option.
Essential DIY Safety Tips for Home Renovations
2016 for us has been all about the new extension and renovations on our home. The extension is done and we are happily using the room and enjoying the new space. But, all the renovations on the other parts of our home is not done; we still have quite a bit to do.
How to Make the Most of a Small Bathroom
Whether you have a large, luxurious bathroom or a cosy and small one - bathrooms are one of the most important rooms in the house. They are used for everything from part of your everyday getting ready routine in the morning to a long, relaxing soak at the end of the day; therefore it’s vitally important that your bathroom is fit for purpose. If your bathroom is on the smaller side, here are some helpful tips to allow you to utilise all of its space.