home and interiors
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How Do You Compare Estate Agents?
When it comes to selling your home, choosing an estate agent to help you is a decision you will always want to get right. Of course, it goes without saying that you want to achieve the best possible price for your property, and you don’t want it hanging around on the market for longer than it needs to, leaving you in limbo when it comes to moving house or missing out on your dream home. With estate agent fees taking up a considerable chunk of your moving expenses (anywhere between 1.5-3% of the total cost of your home on average), it’s also a no brainer that you want to get…
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Making Additional Storage Space In Your Loft
When it comes to our homes, it seems that the one thing we can never have enough of is storage space. As our families grow, we need more and more space to store our belongings, our clothes, toys and all the other things that we seem to just accumulate. We resort to more cupboard space, under bed storage, we even put things in sheds and garages and hope for the best. And yet many of us ignore a storage solution that is literally right over our heads – our loft space. Although our loft space is something we can try to convert ourselves, the best jobs are completed by professional…
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Home improvements: Planning For Spring
January is often the month that plans are made for home improvements. We may not actually start them now, it’s too cold to have windows open for painting, or doors open as workmen come in and out, but we do start making the plans, booking the tradesmen and generally working out how we want our homes to look in the year ahead. It is also crucial to look at the big jobs that cannot be ignored, broken or old and ageing boilers, faulty central heating systems and leaky roofs. All can cause terrible issues down the line if they are ignored, so it makes sense to get them checked, or…
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Jazz Up Those Bare Walls
Whether you are in the middle of a room revamp, or have just moved into a new home, one clear way to add style and personality to a room is in your choice of wall art or covering. Many rooms these days are painted in a neutral shade that can match with any colour of furniture, but as these magnolia style shades can be a tad dull, interest is often added, in the shape of art – prints, canvases and pictures, or through the use of wallpaper to create a statement or feature wall, If you are currently looking to add art to your room, here are some ways you…
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Irish Homeware Must-Haves
Your home is your sanctuary. Your place to retreat and relax after a long day at work. Your shelter during long Irish winters and where you spend precious time with the ones you love. Decorating is how we make a place our own and turn a house into a home. Creating spaces that fit our lifestyles and needs. Adding finishing touches that bring us joy and comfort. Here at the Aran Sweater Market we have put together our top Irish homeware must-haves for your home. Irish Sheepskin Rugs Natural sheepskin rugs have adorned the hearths of many homes for generations. But did you know they are also thought to…
