Tag: interiors
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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…
