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With British bathrooms getting smaller by the second, Julie Holliday, Brand Manager for Shades, reveals some clever ways to make the most of every spare inch of available space.

Once conceived as a pure utility space, functionally kitted out for one’s daily ablutions, the bathroom is now raising its profile in the home and being recognised as a ‘living’ area in its own right. However, the average family bathroom is now a paltry 2m x 2m – ensuring it truly lives up to its ‘smallest room in the house’ moniker.

Showing you how to create a more sustainable environment in your garden, Tony Sharley, manager of the Banrock Station Wine and Wetlands Centre has compiled these easy to follow simple tips:

1. Saving water - In a year the roof of a typical house in Britain will collect tens of thousands of litres of rain water. Take advantage of heavy downpours by directing this water into a water butt and using it to water the garden. Rain water is also better for your plants than tap water as it contains no chlorine additives. Also, in an hour, a sprinkler can use up to 1000 litres.

A beautiful leather sofa is the epitome of style and elegance.
 

Here’s a useful article I saw for all you budding home improvers of recent. We all know or should know a little bit of charm goes a long way and when it concerns your tradesmen it could be the difference between an average finish and a great finish. Knowing what a mug of hot tea and some biccies can do, how do you go about saying it in Polish?