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What are the Biggest Causes of Heat Loss in the Home?*
When your home is losing heat, it isn’t just getting cold that you need to worry about, you also need to worry about the inflated heating bills that you could have avoided. Energy charges are notoriously always increasing, as energy supply companies continually raise fees so the best place to start when it comes to reducing energy costs, is by understanding where your heat is being lost. The next step is then to introduce energy saving solutions such as insulation or looking at a wide range of underfloor heating kits. Credit Where is heat lost in the home? In terms of percentages, the average home loses heat through the following…
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Home Content // Getting Crafty: How Ready Is Your Home For Creative Fun?*
Whatever it is that you are keen to craft, whether you are looking to make your own beer or even start to make arts and crafts with your little ones, you need to make sure that your home is actually ready for all that activity to take place in the first place. That itself is surprisingly hard to achieve, and often it means that you will need to change things around in the home a fair bit in order to ensure that you can get crafting – in whatever way you want to – without disrupting the rest of your home or anyone else who lives in it. In this…
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4 Ways to Take the Stress Out of Moving*
There is no denying that moving house is stressful. It’s probably up there as one of the most stressful times of a persons life, especially if they’re buying. But once all the papers are through and keys exchanged you have the act of moving in itself to face. Whether you have one day or one week to move, you will find it exhausting but here are four ways in which you can reduce the stress of moving into a new home, and perhaps even enjoy the process! Ask for Help Don’t think you have to face this monumental task alone, utilise social media! Post a shout out to your friends…
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Home Content // In The Kitchen, It’s All About The Details*
The kitchen is one of the most commonly revamped rooms in homes, and it’s not hard to see why that might be. After all, it holds much of the value of the property itself, so if you are thinking about possibly selling it on at any point, then updating the kitchen is going to be a must. It is also one of the main communal areas in many homes, making is a centre and focal point which can help to tie the many motifs and themes of the home together. What’s more, the kitchen is somewhere you spend a surprising amount of time, and the happier you are with how…
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The Funny Things About Learning to Drive…
Firstly, I want to clear something up.. I cannot drive. But that doesn’t mean that I haven’t tried to learn to drive in the past. I have, at 17, when all the money I was earning was my own, I didn’t have a child to support or even my self to support. However, due to some mishaps and then university, I never passed my test.. in fact I only managed a grand total of five lessons. My provisional has long expired a for the time being I’ve put the learning to drive thing on hold until I’m a bit more financially stable.. and once you hear these two stories i’m…
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Fashion Content // Creating A DIY Backless Bra*
Imagine the scenario. You just bought yourself a stunning backless dress online and you can’t wait to wear it for your birthday this evening. As you are getting ready you put on your bra and the dress over the top as normal, but then you realise your mistake. Your dress is no longer backless and instead you can see the boring straps and clasps of your supportive bra… It’s a nightmare which a lot of us go through when picking out outfits for events and the idea of not being able to wear backless numbers is a little saddening. But don’t fret because we have the ideal solution for you-…