If you find that your heat or air conditioning doesn’t seem to be working well, the cause may not be your HVAC system but your thermostat. Troubles with your home’s thermostat can prevent your HVAC from regulating the temperature to your liking. Learn about several ways your thermostat could be causing a problem with the…
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The post-Christmas clean: 5 places we always forget to clean!
Read moreWith the gifts and wrapping paper all done, the food eaten, and the spare room finally vacated, it’s time to think about the mammoth task of dealing with the post-Christmas mess. On top of all the sorting, organising and tidying we have to do, ensuring that our homes are spotlessly clean (or clean enough for…
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[AD] Deciding On A Wooden Floor For Your Home
Read moreWhen the time comes to change the flooring in your home there are a lot of factors that you need to take into consideration. If you have small children, as I do, carpets are usually a good solution especially when they have an uncanny habit of spilling drinks. If I’m entirely honest then carpets are…
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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] Global WakeUp Range And A Sustainable Life
Read moreOur children deserve so much more than what we will leave them when it comes to the terrible state of planet earth. If we carry on messing up the environment as we have so far the oceans, rainforests and ice caps won’t exist anymore for our children to enjoy. The human race has dumped far…
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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] The Perfect And Helpful Service For Working Parents
Read moreThe stresses and strains of being a working parent is never ending. Like many other working parents I’m always looking for a solution to lighten the workload. There are so many things that we all need to get done and there simply isn’t enough time in the day to get all the jobs done and…
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A Look At Some Of The World’s Top Sustainable And Environmental Companies
Read moreMore companies than ever are focusing on becoming more sustainable and environmental. They recognise that climate change is real and is already starting to have a detrimental impact on areas around the world. Companies that want to remain relevant in the future incorporate these practices into their corporate responsibility initiative. Here are some of the…
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4 Health Changes You Need To Make When You Become A Parent
Read moreAll parents want their kids to be healthy, but convincing them to follow good habits like eating vegetables or getting outside and staying active can be tough. Sometimes, it seems that the harder you push them to be healthy, the harder they push back, which is why you should take another approach. It’s important to…
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AD: Instilling good money habits into your kids when they are young
Read moreMaking ends meet is one of the biggest challenges families face. Relatively few of us have much cash left at the end of the month. Yet, despite this, very few of us do much about teaching our children good money management habits, until they are teenagers. Why you need to start earlier Waiting this long…
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[AD] Healthy Eating And Outdoor Activity’s Equals Healthy Children
Read moreDisclosure: This Post was commissioned by Every Child Wales The world has moved on since the dark ages of mums being the only full-time carers of children. Nowadays more and more dads are taking on the role of being the principal main carer of children by doing the school runs, cooking, laundry and much more.…
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A Guide To Cleaning Unfinished Wood Floors
Read moreImage Source: Storyblocks If you have solid timber flooring at home, you are the envy of many. Of course, there is a degree of care and attention that wood floors require, in order to maintain that look of character. In this article, we shall examine the best methods for keeping solid timber flooring in pristine…
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Ways to save money on your utility bills
Read moreUtility bills can make a huge dent in our pockets. When winter approaches, bills increase. There are, however, things that you can do to ensure that your bills are kept to a minimum. Here are some ways to save money on your utility bills. Lighting How many times have you gone upstairs to find there…
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Turning Your House Into Your Dream Home
Read moreDo you spend hours flicking through interior design magazines? Do you find yourself scrolling through images of impeccably presented homes on Instagram wishing you lived there? The bottom line is there is nothing to stop you creating your perception of perfection. With some TLC and cleverly considered design, your house can become your dream home.…
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Things to consider when opening a bed & breakfast
Read moreEmbarking on a new venture is always an exciting prospect. Maybe you are the type of person who just can’t do the typical 9 to 5 and wants something of your own. Something managed solely by you, with no one to tell you what you can and can’t do. You love being around people and…
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[AD] Renovating Your Hall/Landing/Stairs With A Bespoke Staircase
Read moreIn the home the one area that so often is forgotten is the hall, landing and stairs. I understand exactly why we tend to ignore this area. It is, after all, just somewhere where we walk through to get to the room we actually want to be in such as the lounge, kitchen or bedroom.…
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AD| Christmas Gift Guide 2019
Read moreIt’s Christmas yay! I do love Christmas. It’s easily my favourite time of the year, with the towns all starting to put up their Christmas decorations and the shops playing those timeless classic Christmas songs and watching my seven year old twin girls start to get excited as they start to think of what they…
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6 Top Tips On How To Make-Over Your Home
Read moreNow and then it becomes time to consider a home make-over as, let’s be honest, we get bored looking at the same old décor month after month, year after year, not mention styles and trends changing over time. Here we are going to look at 6 top tips to getting the best out of making…
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Unique Living Room Ideas That Will Make Your Home Stand Out!
Read moreWhere do you and the family spend most of your time? If you are anything like us at all it’s going to be in the living room, simply put that’s why we call it the living room, it’s for living in. But sometimes we are a bit trapped by convention, scared to break out of…
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Family Finances: Purchasing The Big Ticket Items
Read moreHaving kids is generally seen as one of the most expensive, yet joyous, commitments to make in your life. When you welcome your little bundles of joy into your home, your whole outlook changes. From your general lifestyle to your finances, every decision you make will have your offspring at the centre of every choice.…
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Parents: Simple Ways to Reduce Stress in Your Daily Life
Read moreNone of us enjoy stress but it’s something we all have to deal with from time to time, and is part of the human experience. We tend to think of stress as big things- exams, driving tests, family dramas and illnesses- but actually, for most of us these big events tend to be few and…
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