Life
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What Is Keeping Me Up At Night?*
When you’re a child the last thing you want to be spending half your day doing is sleeping.. but as an adult it can often feel like a rare commodity. I don’t actually remember the last time I got the recommended 8 hours sleep and I have been known to run on as a little as an hour. I’m not alone in this, beds.net have been conducting research on the sleeping habits of us Brits and it turns out a lot of us aren’t getting those precious 8 hours sleep for various reasons. According to the research, people who live in London struggle the most with broken sleep, so at…
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Things You Don’t Want to Forget When Planning Home Renovations*
It’s nice when you find the time, money, and resources to make improvements to your home. Not only do they add significant value, but the right renovations can improve the health, safety, comfort, and functionality of your home. When planning home renovations, however, it can be easy to overlook certain steps in the process. While some can be minimal and easy to resolve, others cause problems that can be costly and uncomfortable for homeowners and their families. To ensure you don’t end up in a serious pickle, remember to add these tasks to your home renovation plans: Creating a Budget There’s more to the cost of a home renovation than…
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Top 3 Home Improvements Worth Investing In*
You’ve bought your house, you’ve done the decorating, now what? If you’re planning on selling to upsize or even if you’re not, there are a few ways to improve your home to increase it’s value that are worth investing in. You might need to save a little bit money or get a loan before starting and you 100% have to ensure you have the right planning permission for some of these, even if you own the grounds your house is standing on. But if you hire an architect they’ll help you every step of the way. So what home improvements are worth investing in? These are my top three; A…
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A Living Room Fit For All The Family*
When it comes to the living room, everyone in the family wants different things. You want to have a room which looks great and can be shared with guests with pride. But, the kids want a room which can be played in. This disharmony can often lead to you giving up on your dreams for this space, letting it succumb to the will of the children. But, it doesn’t have to be this way. Instead, you just need to find some ways to make your living room a little more child-friendly, while maintaining the looks you love. To help you with this, this post will be going through some easy…
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5 Ways to Make Your Home More Eco Friendly*
You must have been living under a rock to have missed the discussion surrounding climate change and the effect it’s having on the environment. It’s finally being recognised as a world wide emergency and although it may seem that it needs to be our government and big companies who need to be making changes. But realistically everyone should be doing a bit to reduce their carbon footprint. Luckily, we live in a world where you can make changes to your lifestyle and your home to help combat climate change and global warming before the damage is irreparable. Here are 5 ways you can make your home more eco friends, from…
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5 Tips for How to Be as Healthy as Possible*
Many people think that it’s difficult to live a healthy lifestyle. No matter where you look, it seems experts and advertisements are giving conflicting advice on the best tips for being healthy. The truth is creating a healthy lifestyle for yourself does not have to be difficult. There are five basic tips to put into action that can help you lose weight, be healthier and feel better every day: 1. Don’t Put Toxic Stuff in Your Body A lot of the things people put into their bodies are toxic. Things such as alcohol, cigarettes and abusive drugs are not only bad for your body, but they are highly addictive and…
