At The Roofline: Key Terms Explained

Roofing terms

Reckon you know your fascia boards from your soffits? Well if you’re in the roofing trade, we’re guessing the answer is ‘yes’. But what about your customers? Ever had to quiz a tradesman in detail about parts and materials you need for a job? Some of us are just curious. But others want to account … Read more

Handy Tips to Upcycling Furniture

Upcycled furniture

Upcycling is becoming an ever-growing trend. It provides the opportunity to save furniture from the scrap heap which is beneficial for the environment. It is also the best way to add a little dash of your personality to your home. If you’re keen to join in with the craze and don’t know where to start, … Read more

Get Your Garden Ready For Summer

Lawn and borders

The main areas of many gardens are the lawn, borders and patio, but often they’re the most neglected. This is usually down to a lack of time. Keeping a garden in shape is a hefty task. But, when summer is on its way, it’s also an important one. No one enjoys spending their summer in … Read more

DIY Tips To Protect Your Floors

Protect your floor with a rug

When you move into a new home with fantastic flooring or take the time to install a stunning new floor of your own, you should be able to enjoy it for as long as possible. To do this, you need to take steps to protect your floors. In this article, we are going to highlight … Read more

Shou Sugi Ban

The Shou Sugi Ban Sleeve House

Yakisugi is a traditional Japanese technique for preserving cedarwood by charring it. This is known as ‘Shou Sugi Ban‘ in Europe and the USA. This technique has been used in Japan for several hundred years for exterior wood cladding, siding, and fencing.  Recently it has become very popular in the USA and Europe because of … Read more

Living Room Refresh

feature wall

Your living room should be a haven, a place where you can relax and unwind, as well as somewhere you can socialise and enjoy. It is usually the room we spend most of our ‘awake’ time in and as a result, we can get bored with it. With many of us being in lockdown we … Read more

How to Make a Room Feel Finished

Fresh skirting boards

If you’ve recently moved into a doer-upper, or you’re renovating your existing property, you’ll have a lot to do. Once you have got all the big jobs out of the way it can be tempting to stop there and just relax. However, if you spent a bit more time on a few finishing touches you … Read more

Create Energy Efficient Loft Storage

Boarding a loft

Many of us have loft areas in our homes and it is often unused. Lofts are the space above our plasterboard ceilings where the supporting beams for the roof are. In most cases, these beams are untreated rough wood which doesn’t look great and also can give you some pretty nasty splinters! If you venture … Read more

Painting Tiles

Painting tiles

Tiles are a wonderful material – hard wearing, they withstand damp, don’t stain, they are easy to clean and available in a huge range of colours and finishes. For all those reasons they are also hard to remove or cover so what do you do if you have an area of tiles that you hate? … Read more

Make Your Home Lighter

A Light Room

Flooding a home with natural light instantly makes it appear larger. Natural light also has a positive psychological impact and it can make us feel healthier and boost our wellbeing. Below, you will find some practical tips and easy-to-apply techniques that will bring more light into your home and make the space feel brighter. Go … Read more

Modern Veneers

PVC wall cladding

Veneer used to be a dirty term – it usually signified something that was low quality and looked fake. However, over the last 20 years, materials and printing have moved on and it is now possible to use veneers to create hardwearing surfaces which are fast to achieve and incredibly cheap. Not only that but … Read more

Skirting Boards

Skirting Boards

My husband and I have recently bought a new flat. It is tidy with clean plastered walls the same laminate throughout – basically it’s a blank canvas. All very nice and tidy – but not very homely. It is a bit overwhelming for us, where do we start and how do we create something that … Read more

Curtain Sizes

Curtains do not look good or block heat and light if they are flat. As a result, curtains are usually 1.5 to 2.5 times wider than the space they are covering so that they can be pleated or gathered in some way. But how do you decide which sized curtain to buy or to get … Read more

Update Your Handles

Cupboard handles

Handles are everywhere in our homes. They are visible, obviously! so they have an impact on the look and feel of our homes. We don’t get to choose the handles on most of our furniture so we can end up with ones that we don’t particularly like or that don’t complement the design scheme of … Read more

How to personalise your home on a budget

Want to personalise your home? Not sure how to go about it? Then read on to discover a few ideas for how you can add a personal touch to your home without breaking the budget. Get crafty Want to add a personal touch to your home? Then get creative to add style that’s one of … Read more

Window Treatments for Big Windows

Large windows are everyone’s dream. They flood the room with light, making it feel spacious and airy, and you get a great view of whatever’s going on outside. Sometimes you do want some privacy from the outside world, and big windows can be difficult to cover up. So we’ve put together some different window treatments … Read more

Modernise Your Home

under stairs storage

If your home feels small and cramped, or like most of us, you constantly seem to need more space, you might dream of a huge renovation and create the perfect open-plan living space. Unfortunately, this is not a feasible option for the majority of us, as it is expensive, time consuming and incredibly disruptive. Luckily, … Read more

Healthy Home Offices

To create a home office that’s suitable for more than one person to use, begin by working to create an efficiently designed work space. Purchase a chair specifically designed for office use, and one that’s right for your body size. Office-supply centers and furniture stores both offer assortments of office chairs.

Top Frontage!

Appealing front door

House prices rose by around £15,000 on average in the UK last year. If you’re looking to up sticks, this should offer plenty of incentive. First impressions can last a long time. This is definitely true of homes – a well-kept garden and clean brickwork will catch the eye far more than a property with … Read more