home and interiors
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Things To Remember If You Want To Expand Your Home
Home expansion projects start for a wide range of reasons. Maybe your children are already share bedrooms, and you find that you have a new bundle of joy on the way. Perhaps your in-laws will soon be living with you, or maybe you are transitioning to a remote work position that will require a home office. Regardless of why you are expanding your home, it is an exciting adventure to undertake. A little bit of planning can make the stressful process of expanding and remodeling your home less difficult for you and the other people in your home. Expect limited access to parts of your home adjoining the addition There are many different…
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Interior Design Trends For 2018 – What Did People Really Think?
It has often been said that an Englishman’s home is his castle, but whilst we may think that of the building itself, it seems we old very different ideas when it comes to how we choose to decorate our castle. 2018 has seen a whole raft of interior design ideas that have been influenced by the past, by television and film., even by our Summer holidays. But the opinions about these kinds of designs seem to vary greatly according to where we live. Chapel Interiors who create beautiful wall coverings and paint, carried out an interior taste survey. They questioned 1,250 people on the year’s top interior design trends, including…
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Managing Home Renovation Scope and Budget
A great time in the life of a home owner is when all the bills are paid and all the new improvements are done and paid for. No more mortgage to pay each month and the home is up to date with all the latest gadgets and trimmings. But actually, this is a rare scenario of fantasy land for the everyday homeowner, so we have to be a little more savvy with our budget when it comes to home renovations. Celebrate the Accomplishment of Home ownership with Good Decisions Home ownership is a great time in life, having done a great deal of research, searching, dealing for the right home…
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Traditional Kitchens with a modern touch
“My family and I cook at home almost every day together. The kitchen is the central and most important room in the house; it’s a great way for us to connect.” Jose Andres Puerta For many families, the kitchen is totally the heart of the home, a warm, welcoming environment that is constantly filled with hustle and bustle. In recent years, decor for kitchens has moved towards the ultra modern, with bright coloured high gloss units that are stylish and functional, being wipe clean and hard wearing, combining the practical with the tasteful. I think an element in this move has been the abundance of kitchen gadgets that we all…
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Creating a dream living room
It often seems that when it comes to creating dream spaces in our homes, we concentrate on certain rooms, and then neglect others. I am certainly guilty of this. I often think what my perfect bedroom/boudoir would be like, or dream of a kitchen perfect for a Michelin star chef, and yet, when it comes to a living room, I feel distinctly uninspired. Yet this certainly shouldn’t be the case. The living room is probably the room in the house where we spend the most time. It is the place we relax in, spend our evenings watching television, cuddle up to the hubby on the sofa for movie night, or…
