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Tips for a bedroom makeover on a budget
Whenever we think of giving our bedroom a makeover, we always expect it to come with a huge budget. After all bedroom furniture does not come cheap. If you are not feeling too flush in the cash stakes, and if money is earmarked for other things due to the time of year, it may be that you decide to put the makeover off. But fear not, there are quick fixes that you can try that won’t break the bank and will leave your room looking new and fresh. Phil Spencer, well known for ‘Location, Location, Location’ has been working with British Gas to create some quick fixes for the home,…
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Sorting your home security for Christmas
You’re already starting to get excited. You’ve seen numerous countdowns on Facebook (how many weeks exactly until Christmas? How many Saturday are there until Christmas Day?). You’ve now started the shopping as you realise it really is going to, once again, creep up on you. You’re planning visits to grotto’s, pantomimes and more grown up, festive nights out. Yes, your Christmas plans are all in order. You’ve got this covered. But have you really? What about your Christmas home security? It is a sad fact of life that burglaries see a marked increase over the festive period. Burglaries actually peak in December and early January, with many people who go…
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How Simply Plastics could help you save money.
We all like to think we can save a little money by being frugal or sensible about our purchases, and this is even more important in the run up to Christmas. It truly feels like every penny counts, but sometimes there are expenses we just can’t avoid making. Issues in our homes and gardens, household items that we feel are beyond repair and need replacing, and trying to get our homes ready for the hoards of family and visitors who descend on us during the festive season, can all see us having to spend money outside of our normal household budgets. But, in this post I am going to show…
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Interiors focus – Vinyl flooring
There was a time when just the words vinyl flooring could bring people out in a cold sweat. Vinyl flooring meant Lino didn’t it, that sort of 1970s hell that you found in the tackiest of kitchens, patterned in every shade, just as long as it was brown. Sure it was practical and you could wipe it clean, but stylish, covetable, modern – it wasn’t really ticking any boxes. But now, things couldn’t be more different. Vinyl flooring, and vinyl floor tiles can still offer all the practicality of being wipe clean, making it a perfect option if you have a young family prone to spills and messes (although, thinking…
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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.…
