home and interiors
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Get the best quotations using Bidvine.
Do you remember the old days and the process when you needed to find a tradesmen, or a quote for a job or service? The amount of time you would spend trawling through the Yellow Pages, or Thomson Local, circling potential companies, and then the hours you would spend phoning around different companies, waiting for quotations, until you eventually (i.e. after a couple of weeks..if you were lucky) managed to get your job sorted. It was hardly ideal. These days, with the abundance of tradesmen and services using the internet, it could be even more of a minefield, trying to find the right person for your job. But that is…
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Bifold doors – more tips for creating your dream house
With mortgages requiring heavy deposits in support, and with the fluctuation of house prices, many people are today opting to stay put and turn their own home into a dream home. Yesterday I looked at beautiful roof lanterns that could make your house a haven of light, today I’m turning my attention to doors that could also have the same effect, and could help you to make your living space more open plan, or bring your garden area into your home. Aluminium bifold doors come in both internal and external options. These low maintenance doors can be used to separate a living room or kitchen from a conservatory, but can…
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Interior Options – Roof Lanterns
One of the key things that makes our homes more attractive is the use of light. The most beautiful rooms are ones where the natural light just floods in, making them feel warm and inviting, bright and lovely. In particular, rooms which are an extension to our current living space, or conservatories or orangeries, are often used almost to bring our gardens and outdoor spaces into our homes. In these cases we want them to bring the light, or the evening sky and stars into our homes. These are the times when a roof lantern is the perfect option. Roof lanterns can pretty much be added to any room that…
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Home Cleaning Habits: Rights and Wrongs
A clean home makes for a happy, healthy family, yet while your house may look sparkling, there are plenty of places where germs lurk, that are often missed out of the cleaning routine. Studies have found that bacteria can divide and multiply every 20 minutes, and these germs can attach to anything and everything in your home, so it’s crucial to find and destroy them, to create a truly healthy home. So what parts of the home do we tend to forget about when cleaning and how often should we be vacuuming, scrubbing and polishing? Here are a few words of advice from the home hygiene experts at Clinell Direct.…
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Don’t let the British Summer spoil your garden fun
We’ve all been there. You plan a family barbecue for what promises to be a lovely Summer evening. The invites go out to family and friends, you hit the supermarket to stock up on meat, salads and vino. Everyone turns up…and then the heavens open. Cue everyone grabbing the food and rushing off into the house. Evening spoiled. The British weather is unpredictable at best, downright shocking at worst. It means that making the best use of your garden, and getting the most from it difficult and frustrating. What makes matters worse is that it is often warm , even stuffy, despite the fact that the rain is coming down,…
