Home & Interiors
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Thinking About Starting a New Life Abroad*
There’s a lot of pressure on young people these days. Get the right job, the right partner, the right house. The list seems absolutely never ending. However, for some of us, we want more. We may already have the killer career and all of that, and there’s no knocking it if we have. But for loads of us, we want to see the world instead, or in fact, some of us even want it all. No longer content with a two week holiday to Ibiza or even Italy – as fun as that might be – we want to take the plunge, and become a world citizen, not just a…
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Things To Consider Before Buying A Period Property*
When you’re house hunting, there are a lot of different things that you’ve got to look out for. You need to consider the space that you and your family need, the location of the house and the amenities that are nearby, and the running costs of the home. But it’s important that you don’t get too caught up in all of that stuff and forget about the character of the house. You need to find somewhere that feels like home, not just somewhere that you go to sleep at night. That’s why a lot of people prefer period properties to new houses. They tend to be more unique and have…
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How to Make Visitors Feel Welcome in Your Garden*
For some people their garden is their own space, a place that they are not always happy to share. However. for others, the garden becomes a social space, a place that you want to welcome friends and family, spending time together. If you like the sound of having a garden that is always full of people coming and going, chatting and relaxing, then you are going to want to make sure that you create a space that will welcome your visitors and make them feel, well at home. Make It Comfortable One of the most important things for any guests in your garden is that they are comfortable. After all,…
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How to Deal with the Stress of a Move*
When the stress of a move really starts to hit you, it can be pretty overwhelming and difficult to deal with. But you shouldn’t allow yourself to get too stressed out over all this. Yes, it can be difficult to cope, but you can certainly make it to the end of the process if you take the right steps and don’t allow yourself to get too overwhelmed by it all. Here are some tips that will help you to deal with the stress of a home move a little better. Prepare Yourself in Advance First of all, you should try to make sure that you’re as prepared as you can…
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Things to Consider Before Buying a Hot Tub
If you’ve got it into your head that your life will be meaningless and incomplete until you own a hot tub, you might have looked online and been quickly overwhelmed by all the talk about jets, pumps, hydrotherapy and a whole bunch of other stuff you didn’t understand. Or maybe you were interested in the technical features but got distracted by hot tubs with flashy lights and fancy music systems. These are all important features and, of course, you need to be happy with your purchase and make sure it has all the bells and whistles you want (if indeed bells and whistles are your thing), but there are a…
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How Will a Hybrid Schedule Shape Real Estate and Home Life?*
Whether you’re a parent who has dealt with a variety of challenges to your ability to get work done this year, or a career-focused family where the pandemic brought huge chaos to your work life, it’s been a weird year for balancing work and life. One way that companies are finding a new kind of balance for their employees is the idea of a hybrid schedule. After seeing many workers keep their productivity or experience gains from work-from-home, the companies are aiming for the best of both worlds. In many cases, this looks like a few days of in-office work when there are in-person meetings needed, and otherwise allowing individual…
