If you have dark wood floors (or if you’re thinking about investing in some, check out the selection at The Solid Wood Flooring Company) and want to update the look of your room, we’re here to help. If you think
Home Improvement
How to grow your own Christmas tree
Growing your own Christmas tree is going to take a long time – usually between six and twelve years. It’s an immensely satisfying endeavour that will pay off massively when you marvel at your finished creation.
Your tree may not be ready for this Christmas – or the next – but there’s
Creating an Outdoor Playpen
Image by Arlo Bates via Flickr
Outdoor blinds are not only great as awnings to provide shade or as privacy barriers for doors, but for people living in Australia, outdoor patio blinds, outdoor shades and outside blinds for porch make for great barriers when it comes to baby proofing areas.
Home is where the heart is
Get the Downton Abbey look in your own home
Set in the post-Edwardian era in the Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey, the series tells the tale of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants.
One of the defining images has been the beautiful home in which so much of the action is set. While we may not all be fortunate enough to
Some Facts You need to Know Before You to Turn Your Backyard Pool Into a Pond
It’s all fun and games for the first few years but then you find you’re no longer using this pool you dreamed of owning. Is your pool going unused? Are you sick of cleaning it? Perhaps it’s time to think options. What can you do with this space? Do you still want to keep a key feature in your
Decorate Your Home With An Added Greenhouse In Your Own Backyard
The old expression, ‘garbage in, garbage out,’ is particularly applicable to our diet. Experts tell us that fresh produce, preferably organic, is the way to go from a health perspective. But with mounting food miles becoming an increasing environmental issue, how do we get the natural
Dropping Prices of Solar Panels Due to Increasing Demands for Solar Power
Going Green
Image by Walmart Corporate via flickr
Solar power has typically been seen as a boutique option in the energy marketplace. People who opt for solar power are interested in clean technology and are willing to pay a lot more for the privilege of going green. Sure, everyone
Commercial to residential conversions – five things to consider
More and more people are looking to unused commercial properties to help them achieve their dream of building the perfect home. Due to the recent economic downturn, there are more unused commercial properties than usual and the government has also tried to legislate in order to make it easier for
Now is the ideal time to get your home ready for winter
With winter creeping ever closer now might be the ideal time to take steps such as investing in boiler insurance to make sure you stay warm indoors whatever the temperature is outside. It’s also a
Styles of house shutters
Windows have always been an interesting interior design challenge and we are always on the lookout for new ways of tackling this tricky area of the home. Until now the well explored areas of draperies and blinds are where most of us head when we need to re-vamp a window, but that is all set