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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A Guide To Safely Moving Antique Furniture
While moving house is stressful enough, if you are the proud owner of valuable antiques, that can take your stress to a whole new level. Many fine antique furniture items are bulky and heavy, which means you need to pack the item and transport it very carefully. Here are a few tips for packing and transporting antiques to ensure a safe trip Image Source: Feepik Choose an Experienced Removalist Fortunately, if you search online, there are specialist furniture movers on the Gold Coast to rely on when transporting valuable antiques. Plus, they would be fully insured for transporting such expensive items, which is essential. Corners of heavy furniture are especially…
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How to Choose the Best Artwork for Your Home
Displaying artwork can instantly bring life to your home by adding pops of colour, making a statement, or expressing your interests. However, if you’re new to the art-buying world, it can be tricky knowing what to look for and where to find exquisite pieces. There are a few stylistic and practical considerations to keep in mind when looking for art to suit your interiors, but you don’t need to be an art connoisseur. Here are a few simple steps to follow when buying art for your home. Location The surrounding interiors can hugely influence your choice of art so first; you need to choose a room to host the artwork.…
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Outdoor lighting tips to protect your home this winter
Like it or not, there can be no doubting that we’re now firmly into the colder and wetter months of the year. Indeed, you might well already be returning to your home after work each evening in darkness, which raises another question: are you doing enough to adequately protect your home from the threat of intrusion and burglary? For more than three quarters (79%) of us, according to research cited by House Beautiful, the answer to that question is “no”. The good news, though, is that there are quite a lot of both straightforward and inexpensive ways to enhance the security of your abode at this time of year. Even…
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5 Lawn Maintenance Services You Should Definitely Consider
If you own a lawn, you must care for the grass, soil, plants and other elements present on the land. Regular lawn care is important if you want a healthy outdoor space that you are already blessed with. With regular maintenance, you not only can enjoy the freshness outside, but also stay at bay from huge expenses that would go into repairing the space. When you have a beautiful and healthy lawn, you can also conduct several fun activities with your friends and family. What Includes in Lawn Maintenance Service? You can come across a host of services when it comes to lawn maintenance. Right from trimming the grass and…
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Stunning See-Through Electric Fireplaces
Lots of people think about investing in an electric fireplace for their homes. Very few, however, consider the impact a see-through electric fireplace can have. These fireplaces provide more bang for your buck. Plus, they are perfect to wow your guests and add some serious class to your space. Basic Information Electric fireplaces offer a fireside ambiance without any of the hassle. They don’t require any cleanup, and your fire is just a push of a button away. Most of the time, the buttons will be on a remote control so you can control your fire from the comfort of your couch. Electric fireplaces offer a heat output that can…
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How Colorful Flowers Important for leading a better lifestyle?
It makes us feel beautiful when we adorn it. It makes us feel loved when someone gifts it to us. It makes us a calmer version of ourselves just with its aroma and natural beauty. It makes our heart bloom into happiness seeing the symbolism it conveys. It is none other than god’s greatest piece of craftsmanship – colourful flowers. Being our rainbow in someone else’s cloud to make one of the classic gifts for centuries, flowers are a blessing in disguise. To honour someone or to appreciate someone’s existence in our lives to convey our condolences on someone’s loss, flowers do it all on behalf of us. Red roses…
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Find the Perfect Home Designs for You
Your home is part of you, and its design is a way for you to express yourself. Do your walls show off your unique personality? Is your sofa as comfortable as the air you give off? You may find that your home doesn’t represent who you are, so your next challenge is to figure out how you want your home to look. This can be as much of an uphill mountain as actually getting the redecorating work done. Here are tips on how to discover the perfect home designs for you. Think About What You Already Own When thinking of designs, it’s important to take into account the items that…
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What is veganic gardening? The rise of the vegan gardener
“Veganic” stands for vegan and organic, and it is the new trend taking organic gardening to the next level. To date, organic gardening has been widely accepted as the superior form of gardening. Organic produce is often preferred to normal produce, and of course comes with a price tag. However, with the new generation of vegans, the rise of the vegan gardener is growing across the UK, US and Australia. Organic gardening involves growing produce without synthetic chemicals, pesticides and growth stimulants. Veganic gardening is the next level of organic gardening by also minimising the use of animal parts and animal by-products in the soil. The vegan gardener wants to…
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Choosing The Best Material For Outdoor Furniture
Image Source: Pixabay If you want to make the most out of your garden, no matter where you live, you will want to add some comfortable furniture which will also encourage you to spend more time outdoors. There is a world of choice available when you are looking to purchase outdoor furniture, but you will need to choose wisely. The material that the furniture is made from will dictate how long it will last, so if you are looking to invest in outdoor furniture that will last the test of time, you may wish to select one of the materials below. Factors To Consider When Choosing Outdoor Furniture Where…
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Put Your Front Lawn To Use
Pexels. CCO Licensed. Could you put your front lawn to better use? Here are just several ways to make the most out of this space. Turn it into a driveway You could consider turning your front lawn into a space for parking your car. Having off-road parking could keep your car more secure and save you money on your car insurance. To turn your garden into a driveway, you’ll have to lay down a new surface – this could be tarmac, paving or gravel (gravel tends to be the cheapest option). You could also consider lowering the curb (you’ll need to get planning permission for this) as well as removing…
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Amazing Things To Add To Your Back Garden
If you’re lucky enough to have a garden, you need to make the most out of it. Some people would kill to afford a house that has a lovely backyard. It’s almost an insult to people like this if you let yours become overgrown and unused! For me, the best way to utilise a garden is to add loads of useful things to it. This doesn’t mean that you clutter it up with a lot of junk! No, it means you’re adding things that serve a purpose and can improve your garden or home. On that note, I’ve made a list of different items you could add to your garden…
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Best Storage Ideas For Your House
Storage is always a challenge for homeowners. It doesn’t seem to matter the size or layout of their home— it’s always a point of contention. The best way to organize your home is to break your rooms down into more manageable projects. Here are some of the best storage ideas for your house to get you started. Create Kitchen Zones Kitchens tend to be an area where clutter collects, and chaos reigns supreme. By breaking your kitchen down into zones, you can optimize your storage more effectively. When hiding things behind the cabinets shaker style doors keep appliances and supplies grouped together by their functionality. For example, you might store…
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Brighten Your Home with This Useful Guide
If you go onto Pinterest, you will soon see that there are so many bright and beautiful homes on there. It’s far too easy to look around your own home and see why they just don’t compare. You may feel as though your home is dark and dingy, and that you just yearn for that happy space. If this is something that you can relate to then just look below. Use White or Lighter Coloured Furniture Where possible, you need to try and search for white furniture if you want to brighten your space. If you want some ideas then think about having some white bookcases, white tables or even…
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3 Top Tips for Roof Maintenance
The roof is the thing that protects you and your home from all kinds of weather, bugs, animals and falling debris. Not many people seem to care for their roof as they should, neglecting it until a problem occurs. When this happens, they need to spend money and get a roofing company out to help them. These people will spend their time looking at things like a Roofing Directory to help make sure that they get the best one for them. Of course, problems will occur over time, as your roof ages you will need to replace it or fix any problems that happen whilst you live there. But there…
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Creative lighting ideas for your garden
Everyone with a garden realises how lucky they are right now. Our outside space is always a lovely sanctuary but particularly in these times of lockdown. I know I get a little stir crazy from time to time. Even a few minutes in the garden lightens my mood. As the weather gets warmer I will be spending more time out there with family members or alone with a good book. We may even have a barbecue or dine al fresco so I have looked at lighting ideas to make the most of our garden during and after dusk. Creative lighting for gardens My research has really inspired me. I love…
