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A conservatory is a desirable addition to any home but when it has mixed temperatures that make the room freezing in winter or boiling hot in summer, this can turn the conservatory into an uninviting part of the home, and if you experience this at certain times of the year then it’s time for a change! If you want to make your conservatory cooler in … Continue reading Top Tips for Keeping Your Conservatory Cool In The Summer
One of the questions we often get asked is how to achieve a ‘magazine look’ for a rental – balancing low-cost, with durability, and design. Whilst the truth is now go look at home and decorating pinterest pages, it used to be scour through the IKEA catalogue and try and curate your own look from their product range without looking like any of your neighbours. But with … Continue reading Brighten up your bathroom
Breakfast on the terrace, sundowners on the veranda. Working from home in the garden room, or doors that allow the seamless melding of the outside and in. Teach us to care and not to care.Teach us to sit still.– T.S. Eliot Some people prefer an unadulterated view of the surrounding countryside; rolling hills, meandering streams, snowy mountaintops. For others, it’s the ideal spot from which … Continue reading Verandas: Rocking chair optional
We’re nearing the summer Equinox here in the UK, and as it suddenly, unexpectedly dawns on me (annually) that the days are about to start getting shorter again, I keep protesting to myself that I really must to something to ensure that I appreciate the lighter evenings while they’re still around. Something that even if it can’t get me away from a screen, then at … Continue reading Home DIY: make your own swing
The rare post-war pre-fabricated Demountable House by French architect Jean Prouvé has been erected in London, in Berkeley Square before it is sold at auction. The Demountable House was designed in response to a housing crisis in France at the end of the Second World War. Built from wood, steel, and aluminium, Prouvé’s solution was designed to be a low-cost, quick to erect, 6 metres … Continue reading Jean Prouvé pre-fab Demountable House up for auction
I spent the first eighteen years of my life living with my family; my two parents, my little sister, a dog, and a cat. A busy household with school, parents’ careers, and animals running around. It was great. Then went the big move to university. All of a sudden I had higher bills, smaller space to myself… But I had a lock on my own … Continue reading Co-op Living: why shouldn’t adults have housemates?
