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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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Meet “The Hengelings”*
As a parent it’s easy to get bogged down with mindless kids tv shows. I used to be THAT mother who didn’t want my little one to watch much TV, but after parenting for 7 years, it’s inevitable even if it’s just to give yourself 5 minutes peace (and trust me, you’ll be craving it!) I have to admit that I actually credit LM’s speech from a young age to watching TV while I tried to work in the background. I also think it helped with her development emotionally and I have some fond memories of shows we used to watch together when she was young that are no longer…
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3 Steps for Editing My DSLR Photos*
I like taking photographs, I always have done. I don’t know why but I value capturing a moment so I can remember it forever. When I was a teen I was always the one taking my camera out for nights on the town. Once upon a time it was a disposible camera, I’d buy one for each night out and I’d always get the photos printed. Then it was a digital camera, I would carry it around in my handbag and capture everything. I knew exactly how to get my photos from my camera to my computer, before the time of apps on you phone. If you’re unsure these days…
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3 Ways to Have a Low Maintenance Garden*
Some people are born with a green thumb, some people aren’t, I fall into that second category. I want to garden, I do. I want to have beds of beautiful flowers, grow my own veg and herbs, sit outside and enjoy the fruits of my labour.. but no matter how hard I try, it’s just not me. So my mum looks after my garden, and she enjoys it as she only has a small patch in the back to look after at her house (it’s too dark in the front so it’s just gravel as nothing would grow for her). Not everyone is lucky enough to have someone like my…
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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…
