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Small Changes To Your Home That Will Make A Big Difference!
Source When most of us think of changes that we could make to our home, the first things that come to mind are the really big projects. Things, like putting in an extension or converting a space into a more useable room, are the obvious choices for interior design alterations but they’re also incredibly time-consuming, difficult, and expensive. The truth is that there are plenty of things that you can do in your home that are a whole lot less intensive but that make just as much of a difference overall. With that in mind, here are some small things that will make a big difference in your home. …
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No More Kitchen SOS With This Safety Advice
Pexels Did you know that the kitchen can be the most dangerous room in the house? Recent statistics show that this is where the majority of household accidents and injuries occur. Most of the time, these accidents occur because the individual who is cooking isn’t paying enough attention to what they are doing or their kitchen isn’t set up for optimum safety. Obviously, this needs to change if you have young children in your household who could be injured next time they are in the kitchen. To make sure you don’t have to worry about a potential kitchen SOS, here are some great safety tips you should follow when preparing…
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The Breath Of Fresh Air Your Home Needs!
Do you ever feel cramped up in your home? Like you’ve been looking at the same things for too long now, and you’ve been doing the same things for too long now? Your home life can get so repetitive when you’re always keeping things the same, and in fact you can feel like it goes a little stale. You might feel like everything has lost its touch a little bit, and when you get this feeling, it’s time for your home to have the breath of fresh air that it’s been looking for. Whether it’s because your lovely white paint has began to naturally fade a little bit in colour,…
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The Easy Way To Modernize A Period Property
Period properties are very much in fashion now. Even though they usually need a bit of work doing to them, especially if the previous owners haven’t kept their home in a good condition, it’s usually worth it as investing well into the home can help push its value up. When you do buy a period property, you will have two main choices: do you stick to a vintage style and bring it back to its original former glory, or should you revamp it and bring it into the 21st century? Most homeowners decide to go with the latter option. This is usually the most favorable option as period properties that…
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Making Your Home’s Protection Into A Design Statement
(Image Source) No one likes the idea of letting their home get damaged. Whether you are worried about the weather, time, or the threat which other people can pose, keeping your property safe is a goal which almost everyone shares. Of course, though, achieving this isn’t always easy. If you don’t put the time into the right areas, you can easily find yourself in a bad spot. To help you out with this, this post will be exploring these three threats, giving you an idea of what you can do to protect yourself from them while also making your home look great in the process. The Weather The weather…
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5 Ways To Make Your Home More Efficient
https://unsplash.com/photos/FBXuXp57eM0 When you’re thinking about creating the perfect home, more often than not, you’re going to be focusing on the look of the place. Because interior design is a lot of fun. And when you’re thinking about all of the home changes you need to make, most of the time they are design lead, rather than function. And this can be great because your home will look the part. But at the same time, you just cannot ignore the more practical aspects. Because your home is for living in and that needs to be a priority. In order for you to make this happen, it can be handy to focus…
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The Top Changes Your Home Needs Today
Making sure your home is as great as possible is so important for quality of life, as well as improving the quality of the asset you have to work with. There are a lot of things that have to play a part in helping you achieve this, and it is important to consider what changes you need to make to the home in order to improve it moving forward. This is why you have to make sure you are as focused as possible on improving the way the home looks, as well as trying to make it much more practical. This is something you have got to keep in mind…
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Home Projects That Will Protect The Planet And Your Bank Account
Picture Source If you want to take more of an eco-friendly approach to running your household then you’ll be benefitting more than just the environment. These are the home projects that will protect the planet and your bank account. Make changes to your energy usage. Your first project should be to reduce your monthly electricity bill. There might be several smaller projects to tackle in order to achieve this objective, but the point is that making changes to your energy usage could protect the planet and your bank account. You’d have a less costly electricity bill every month and you’d be generating less electricity. In turn, less coal, gas,…
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Implementing The Finishing Touches Of Your Home
Pexels There’s much argument regarding what makes a house a home out there. Countless articles, opinion pieces, some designed to inform and some designed to sell populate blog after blog. But this question isn’t routinely asked and read about for a marketed, artificial reason. Our homes are the one place on Earth we can feel the most safe, the most ownership, and the most sense of individuality. It’s no wonder people want to optimize them to remain as comfortable and nourishing as possible. Making a house into a home can happen through various means, but often all of them must be applied for success. Living there for a time is…
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4 Golden Rules Of Home Energy Efficiency
Pixabay (CC0 Licence) Most people are well aware of the importance of energy efficiency in their home, both for the sake of the environment and in order to keep household bills reasonable. However, there is a vast amount of advice regarding energy efficiency, which can make it difficult to know what the priorities should be. So, let’s keep things simple, and focus on four “golden rules” that form the foundation of any energy-efficient home. Rule #1: Service your temperature control systems regularly By temperature controls, we mean whatever systems or devices you use to control the temperature of your home; for example, your central AC, boiler, radiators, and so…
