Posted by Michelle Strassburg at 11:04 on 19 Feb 2010 If you are thinking of selling your home any time soon or looking to bring some life into an old decor, you will probably look to renovate. Renovating your home is fantastic for improving your life style, adding value to your property and if you follow our tips below, you'll also discover it can be done on a small budget.
Posted by Alison Cork at 10:44 on 13 May 2009 I’d be interested to hear the experiences of others out there relating to representatives of energy supply companies and their tactics for selling their services or gaining access to premises.
We have had a case recently whereby a representative gained access to our flat under entirely false pretences, in order to gather information to help solve a dispute relating to an adjoining property and which is entirely unrelated to us.
Posted by Alison Cork at 15:45 on 07 May 2009 Having finally found and bought our house, after a hard fought struggle of some two years, I found myself with not much money to renovate it, which was problematic, as it had not been touched for over forty years.
So I decided that a cosmetic renovation was the answer – lots of funky colour to disguise the not so great bits. The advantages of this approach are many, I have found.
Posted by Alison Cork at 11:50 on 30 Apr 2009 I have been married for 8 years and have moved 7 times, and my husband is not an army officer. Who am I? The answer is that I am a serial renovator, who just can’t resist buying old and unloved properties and breathing new life into them. However this last one has been a monumental challenge, primarily due to the economic climate.
Posted by Philip Voice at 20:01 on 08 Jul 2008 The next time you walk out into your garden, take some time to consider how many people have done the very same thing of the years. Of course, in a new garden on a recent build, the garden would not really have too much of a history but in the case of old Victorian or Georgian houses and before that too, children played and conversations took place. However, sometimes, other activities of a more macabre theme took place and no-one, except the garden, witnessed what happened. A garden once witnessed the Jules Rimet World Cup trophy being hidden and then found by Pickles the ter
Posted by Tim Foley at 10:20 on 07 Jul 2008 Well it’s some time since I wrote my last blog here yet I have a lot of things to update readers of the site with, not least a subject that I’m sure many readers here at Problem Solved would wish to have their say on – choosing a quality installer for an interiors project. If anyone hasn’t visited our forum, which, by the way, is a fountain of all knowledge for kitchen buyers, then now is the time to have your say in a topic so hot that we need you to help douse the flames. Read more ... Posted by Philip Voice at 22:03 on 24 Jun 2008 If you are a bit handy in the kitchen and also like to save a little bit of money when it comes to gardening, this bit of simple advice could be what you are looking for. The next time you are passing a Willow tree and you just happen to have a pair of secateurs with you, cut your self a bundle of twigs about 100mm long. The recipe is easy to follow and for detailed instructions, visit the post - How to make your own rooting compound - on Read more ... Posted by Philip Voice at 10:24 on 24 Jun 2008 Why the Internet will become the medium of choice for the garden industry. If you were to ask an editor of popular garden magazine how his subscription numbers are fairing, you will probably be told politely - to mind your own business. It is not a particularly easy subject to deal with when you are in denial but that is exactly what is happening to garden and landscaping publications They just do not want to accept that the 'tipping point' has passed and the slippery slope will compel, those that are still strong enough and have the will, to alter their strategy. Followin
Posted by John OSullivan at 09:24 on 07 May 2008 Blessed relief that summer seems to have arrived or at least shown it's face. It means we'll all be able to rip the cardboard, or whatever we have stopping fresh air getting into our homes, away from the vents. Hopefully, it will also stop the multitude of callers asking us to come and inspect the black mould growing up behind their settee. NO its not rising damp. According to science and Isaac Newton in particular, rising damp can only reach about 1.1m from ground level (that's 40 inches for the refusenicks).
Posted by Simon Blackburn at 11:22 on 24 Apr 2008 Most people have fond childhood memories of a piece of furniture a relative once owned, just by seeing and feeling that furniture can bring back emotions. From your Great-Aunties artfully carved dining room chairs perhaps to your Grandmothers antique sofa, even the smell of a piece can evoke a memory. When the unfortunate time comes you inherit that piece of furniture you are suddenly left with the feeling it will never fit in with the rest of your decor and in this sense inherited pieces of furniture can be a blessing or a burden.
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