Tag: interiors
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Grey Out. Sage In. Most Popular Paint Colours of 2025.
There has always been a bit of grey in the world. Grey clouds. Grey Elephants. Birmingham. But all of a sudden, about ten years ago, grey started to appear in other places. On things like walls. And sofa throws. Fuelled by the queens of Instagram, grey began to spread as the nation’s favourite neutral. Footballers…
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Best Products to Babyproof and Toddlerproof Your Home
You’ve got a beautiful house. Full of things like furniture and carpets and kitchen units, some of which you’ve chosen and purchased at great cost. Well, that’s not how a toddler sees it. A toddler sees all of that and thinks: ‘can I hit it? Climb it? Leak onto it? Infiltrate it and drink the…
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What is Artex, and What Should You Do About It?
Artex ceilings are everywhere. Of all the things we’ve inherited from the 1970s – disco, prawn cocktails, dysfunctional railway administration – Artex might be the most enduring. Across the UK, you’ll find Artex, clinging to the ceilings like Gollum. Happy. Undisturbed. But now, as another generation (i.e. my one) has started to buy houses, we’ve been…
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Soft or Firm? How to Pick Your Mattress
When it comes to buying a mattress, there are really only two things* to consider: how big, and how soft? How big is easy. Pick based on room size, and how far away you want to be from your partner. How soft… now that’s more difficult. And it makes a huge difference. A mattress is…
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Fitted Wardrobes: Costs, Benefits, and Best UK Installers
When we moved in 2023, the new house came with a welcome gift. Fitted wardrobes. I’d never thought about fitted wardrobes before. But since then I’ve thought about them a lot. Good thoughts. Warm thoughts. In fact, I think I love them. I then started wondering: how much did these cost? I started reading. One…
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Frog Tape Review
My first meeting with Frog Tape started like many an adventure story: by the checkouts at B&Q. It was in those wire bins by the till. An upsell. You know, ‘chuck it in, it might work’. So I did. And let me tell you, it has changed my life*. *(At least, the bits of my…
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How To Divide a Room in Two
Ok, it’s decision time. The kids are now too old to share a bunk bed. They’re certainly too old to share a room. One of them is a maniac, and the other is worse. They need their own space. So now what? Move house? Or… that bedroom is looking quite roomy, isn’t it? Could it…
