There are plenty of ways you can redecorate a bedroom so that it is perfect for children to occupy! Whether it be, adding new furniture, fitting new lighting or redecorating the walls, the following short guide will help you revitalise the look of your child’s bedroom. Firstly, you should think about if you need to…
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4 DIY Home Repair Projects for Dads
Read moreBeing a dad means that you do not only have to get things from high shelves, but you are also the first one anyone comes to when something needs fixing around the house. Although you are not a professional, you can consider some of these repairs done as DIY projects to undertake. To help you,…
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Great Things You Can Do With Pallets Around The Home
Read moreAs of writing, the world may be on a halt. Almost everyone around the world is still encouraged to stay home. So, by now, as you’ve spent so much time at home, you may have come across certain DIY projects that you can make, with materials that you have lying around, waiting to be used. …
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[AD] Spruce Up Your Garden Campaign With Bosch Home & Garden
Read moreI have teamed up with Bosch Home & Garden for their campaign, ‘Spruce Up Your Garden’. Let’s be fair, this is something that we have definitely had plenty of time to do with the lockdown that we have been experiencing in the country. Improving your garden can happen in many ways. It could be that…
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[AD] 6 DIY Projects You Can Sell Online
Read moreHaving difficulty with organisation, storage space, a somewhat-lackluster house-room design that needs upgrading? Or perhaps stuck indoors for some time and need something to do with the hands? This happens. The benefit of being holed up is that there is plenty of time to kill—and that blank wall staring back is begging for the revamp…
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[ad] When Shouldn’t You DIY? 3 Things to Know
Read moreUsually, when something breaks in your home or office, it can be fun to remedy the issue with DIY repair. “Do-It-Yourself” jobs are a great way to to save money and put some skills to use. But for some projects, it’s just a better idea to call in a professional. It’s hard to know when…
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[AD] Making A Jewellery Box For A Special Gift This Christmas With Bosch Part 2
Read moreThis is the second of my projects in which I have teamed up with Bosch Home and Garden. The first project was making a clock from wood using some old skirting board. You can take a read here. My second project is making a jewellery box from some old hardwood that I found in my…
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[AD] Making Special Handmade Gifts For Christmas With Bosch: Part 1
Read moreI’ve teamed up with Bosch Home and Garden this Christmas to show how easy and simple it is to make handmade gifts for Christmas. More often than not this can be done using materials that you already have in your home so why not make a special Christmas gift for someone special in your life,…
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AD| How to Plan for Safe DIY Work
Read moreThere are many reasons why we do a bit of DIY, such as to save a few quid or just for the fact that we love to do a job ourselves. Some us of us find it is irresistible and it can be very rewarding. This is fine, but we must be able to know…
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The Top Home Improvement Jobs AD
Read moreRemodelling your home can appear to be intimidating at first glance. Who doesn’t watch home improvement shows or flip through a magazine and then look around their house and notice small things that could be fixed or altered? In this day and age there is a wealth of helpful resources and information on the internet…
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Help Yourself Become More Confident With DIY
Read moreAs a man, it’s taken as a given that you will know how to do things around the house. But if you’ve never had to do some things before, or you’re not qualified in a trade, then DIY chores can be something of a mystery, and make your break out in a cold sweat! The…
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Chocolate Tool Box Awards 2019 Funny DIY Disasters With Hoppy At Home Competition #AD
Read moreWhen you buy your first home it’s an expensive time. If you’re anything like me you’ll try to do all those DIY jobs around the home yourself. This can so often end in disaster because you don’t have the right tools or quite honestly the ability or experience to complete a particular DIY job. This…
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Safety Gear Every DIY Enthusiast Must Own
Read moreThe DIY community has got a lot of new members over the past couple of years. There are more DIY projects to try thanks to websites like Instructables and getting started with them keeps getting easier. You also have more tools and materials to work with, including advanced ones like 3D printers and ABS plastic.…
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Decorating A Child’s Bedroom With A Twist
Read moreDecorating a children’s bedroom can be very difficult, especially if you have twin girls as I do. Their characters, personalities and tastes are polar opposites. That means somehow we have to find a theme that both the girls are happy with, and believe me that is something that is incredibly difficult. You would think with…
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5 Simple DIY Ideas For Busy Dads
Read moreAah, DIY. As a Dad, you just get used to your kids shouting you, pointing at something that is broken, and waiting for you to work your Dad magic to fix it. In fact, your kids think that you can do pretty much anything, and whilst this is obviously very sweet, it’s a lot of…
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Essential Daddy DIY Skills
Read moreBeing good at DIY is sort of in the daddy rule book. Well, it’s sort of in the man’s rule book as well. Most women will expect the man they’re with to know a bit of handy skills around the home. Perhaps changing a door handle, being able to redecorate, and really fixing anything that…
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I Had A Go At Repairing My Sash Windows
Read moreI’ve had a look at the outside wooden sills on my sash windows and I really think that it might be a job for a DIY enthusiast. Sash window repair doesn’t seem all that complicated, to my understanding we simply cut out all rotten section of timber, treat it, splice the timber back as neatly…
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Preventing DIY Disasters: A Guide To Getting It Right
Read moreDIY is a very popular hobby. If you’re handy around the home, you can save yourself a fortune at the same time as taking great satisfaction from the fact that you’ve fixed that leaking tap or put a shelf up in a matter of minutes. While DIYing can be hugely enjoyable, there are risks involved.…
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Outdoor DIYs: Fun Projects For The Backyard
Read moreIt might not be the right time of year to be outside in the garden, but spring will roll back around before we know it. If you’re planning ahead and thinking of projects you can complete next year, these three ideas will help to keep you busy! A garden shed A garden shed can be…
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How to Get Your House Ready for the Winter
Read moreAs the nights get longer, we tend to spend more time at home, and want it to be as supportive and comfortable as possible. You will need to winterise the home to avoid paying an arm and a leg for heating your house. At the same time, you need to make your rooms more comfortable…
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Top DIY Jobs that Anybody Can Do
Read moreHaving DIY skills is always a good thing. In fact, when you are able to get jobs done around the house yourself, you will soon see how easy it is for you to save time and money. If you are not good at DIY and if you want to try and expands your skill set…
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