Home interiors and gardening
Home is a place where we love, laugh, rest, play and increasingly work too after the global pandemic. Top advice on making your home beautiful and practical for your particular needs as an individual or family unit. Includes luxury and more affordable options.
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Where to Invest Your Cash on a Kitchen Refurb
Renovating a kitchen can not only totally change the look and personality of your kitchen but give your entire home a new lease of life and, most likely, increase its value. But many homeowners would like to be strategic when investing their hard-earned money in a kitchen refurbishment. In this mini article, we’ll discuss where you should invest your cash on a kitchen refurb and where you could keep your costs down and save. Let’s dive in! Three Areas to Prioritise for Your Spending Before discussing these three areas, it’s important to understand why you should invest in some areas and keep your costs down with others. All in all,…
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Guide to a Stress-free Move to your new home
After spending much of your time searching for your dream property and organising mortgage agreements, you might think the moving process would be a doddle. However, this isn’t necessarily the case, as it can be a rather stressful experience. Yet, moving into a new home doesn’t need to be overwhelming, as there are actions you can take to make the process more enjoyable. To look back on this time with fondness, read my guide to a stress-free move. Create a Moving Checklist Ensure you never forget an action or item by creating a detailed moving checklist, which you should start before the movers arrive to transport your belongings into your…
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How to refresh your home this Summer with Kent Blaxill
I’m a shuffler. I like to shuffle things around and change things whenever I can. Not so much of a daily shuffler but I’m more of a seasonal shuffler. I like to change up my home’s décor whenever a new season is on the horizon. Do you ever feel like replacing warm fabrics and heavy colours when summer comes around? That’s exactly that. With summer just around the corner, it’s time for a change. I want to make my house a bit more fresh and light ready to welcome any guests to garden tea parties and barbecue get-togethers. So, it comes as no surprise how excited I partnered up with…
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How to Decorate Your Home Like an Interior Designer
Interior designers have a knack for making a home look beautiful and inviting. They understand the importance of creating a cohesive look using colour, texture, and style. So if you’re looking to give your home a makeover but don’t know where to start, read on! In this blog post, we will discuss tips on decorating your home like an interior designer. Via Pexels Colour Schemes: Choose 3 Shades When choosing a colour scheme for your home, interior designers typically choose three shades. A light shade, a dark shade, and an accent colour. This creates visual interest and depth in a space. For example, you could paint your walls a light…
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6 Pro Tips for Designing Your Living Room
The living room, which typically occupies the front or middle of the house, is the ideal home space for people to relax, unwind, and spend time with each other. A well-designed living room actively invites such pleasant activities, which are good for any home occupant’s health and wellbeing. If this is your first time designing your own living room—or if you feel like your current living space needs an overhaul—how should you go about the process? Below are six popular tips from pro designers about how to make this room more livable and welcoming. Envision the Kind of Activities You Want to Do in Your Living Room The first thing…
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How to Take Care of Your Favorite Rugs
Finding beautiful rugs that match the décor and style of your rooms can be a time-consuming process. In addition, high-quality rugs are expensive. The good news is that rugs maintain their aesthetic and practical value for a long time as long as you take good care of them. Some people prefer to replace a rug than seek to remove stains or unpleasant odors. However, this practice is not just expensive but also non-sustainable. Here are a few tips to help you take excellent care of your favorite rugs. Vacuum Regularly Regular vacuuming is a quick way to remove dust particles, dust mites, bacteria, pet hair, insects, and dirt that cling…
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A Look Into the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Solar Panels: Everything You Need to Know
You may have noticed that more and more homes in the US are using solar power. This is because the technology behind it keeps advancing, making it more efficient, and grants and incentives by the government reduce installation prices. If solar panels are still foreign vocabulary to you, but you are curious about them, keep reading this article. The Pros of Using Solar Panels Possibly, the best part about using home solar panels for the average person is to cut back on electricity bill expenses. If you have paid for the installation of solar panels, you could go decades without giving much thought to electricity bills and, in some cases,…
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Outdoor space ideas on a budget
I recently moved house and my courtyard area is lacklustre to say the least. Over the years I have lived in a diverse array of properties from an acre of manicured gardens to a small back yard. With the warmer days and blue skies encouraging us to spend more time outdoors, I am sharing my 5 top tips for outdoor space ideas on a budget. Inject lots of colour I love how this season brings out the best in us when it comes to fashion. We go for more colourful choices and seem that little bit braver in the risks we take with our outfits. I am asking you to…
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Home Preparation Tips For Crises: How To Be Ready For Anything
There’s no telling when or where a crisis could strike. That’s why it’s crucial to be prepared for anything. Here are some tips on getting your home ready for any emergency. Having a plan in place can help make things less stressful if a crisis does occur. Via Pexels Know Your Risks The first step in preparing for a crisis is knowing the types of emergencies in your area. This will help you determine what supplies and resources you’ll need on hand. If you live in an area prone to hurricanes, for example, you’ll want to make sure you have enough non-perishable food and water to last for several days.…
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Ways to Make Your Outdoor Relaxation Space More Comfortable
For most people, their outdoor space is about taking things easy and relaxing. It’s great to have your own private space where you can relax and take things easy during the summer months; that’s the way it should be. And we’re going to talk today about how you can enhance those spaces and make them even more comfortable. Even if you think your garden is pretty well put together and organized, there’s always more you can do to enhance it and make it even better, and that’s precisely what we’re going to talk about today. So if you want to learn more about what it takes to add a little…
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Small Essentials For Moving Into A New Home
There’s always a never-ending to-do list when you move into a new home. You are going to have so many different items to think about, and they always seem like the kind of issues that would be categorised as “the big things.” For example, we need to make sure that we have a bed set up in the new home. We need to make sure that the boiler works and has been inspected recently. We need to be sure that the gas and electric has all been set up, and don’t forget about the broadband. However, it’s often the little things that make the biggest difference. The things that make…
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How to Choose the Right Flooring Material for Your Home
Floors play an extremely important role in home decor. You’ll want to pick a material that complements the look of your house but will also feel great. If you want to sell your home, you will also need to think about what type of flooring materials are in vogue at the moment. One mistake and your home could be overlooked based on the flooring you picked alone. Below are a few things you should consider when choosing flooring materials for your home. What’s Your Goal? The first thing you must do is check what your goals are exactly. If your main goal is for your home to be attractive to…
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Quirky Design Ideas for Renovating Your Home Space
Renovating your home and coming up with fun, fresh design ideas to bring more life to the place can be lots of fun. How can you make the place look vibrant and more appealing? Thinking outside the box a little about all the viable design ideas for your home is a great start. Find out more in our guide to quirky design ideas for home space. Trendy Lighting There are many trendy modern lighting designs and fittings you can use to spruce up your house and bring positive vibes into your home. For example, hanging LED ceiling lights come in cool and unusual shapes, wall mounted lights, spotlights, ambient ‘mood…
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Spruce Up Your Home Before Winter: A Guide
Before the worst of the winter hits, you must spruce up your home and your backyard, as you might not be able to complete some major home renovations in poor weather conditions. Therefore, here are some of the steps that you should take to ensure that your home is welcoming throughout the winter months and that it is ready for spring as soon as the snow melts once more. · Clean and Grout Your Outdoor Areas Over the summer, you will likely have used the outdoor areas of your home more, and this can leave them looking a little worse for wear. To ensure that they are not unusable next…
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How to Create a Beautiful Space with a Small Garden
Having a garden is a luxury, especially if you live in the city. So, if you have been lucky to grab a property with a tiny garden space in the middle of the urban jungle, you will want to make the most of it. Here are some top tips for creating a beautiful garden when you are short on space. Couleur from Pixabay Weed Control One of the things that can make a garden look awful is weeds. The problem is, in a tiny garden, the weeds will look worst than usual in a small space. Weed control needs to be at the top of your list when it comes…