Living
Fashioning a home interior or living space is an art, so you may need a helping hand with decorating rooms, designing interiors, choosing furniture and deciding on colours and furnishings. We offer secrets and tips for happy home interior design for houses and apartments, large and small.
Insulation options: what you need to know
It's not something we tend to think about much. Insulation just sits up there above our heads, keeping us cool in summer and warm in winter, helping to keep our energy bills down and doing its bit to help preserve the environment.
Seasonal flowers for your interior design
Blooming roses, bunches of long stems and delicate posies provide a simple and relatively cost-effective way of decorating a room. Integrate seasonal flowers in your home.
How to hang a picture and show off your art
Don't hammer that nail in just yet - here's how to hang a picture the easy way. Cable, hook and clear-tape picture hanging systems are good alternatives for hanging pictures, and won't damage your walls.
Choosing the perfect bedroom chair
Whether your personal style is old-world charm or new-world comfort, there's a bedroom chair just right for you.
The Fujitsu airconditioner range
With summer on the horizon, it's time to start thinking about the best way to cool your home. The Fujitsu airconditioner range is a good place to start, given the variety of systems available from the brand.
Decorating ideas for teen rooms
Who knows what teenagers want? But before you throw your hands in the air in frustration, there are lots of great and affordable things you can do for teen rooms.
Organic cotton textiles
If minimising the amount of chemicals in your home is important to you, then organic cotton for your sheets, baby bedding and other linens should be high on your list of must-haves. And as a sustainable alternative to standard cotton, it is also a better choice for the environment.
Getting good digital reception
Home entertainment is a big part of modern life, and technology-savvy home owners are getting used to demanding the best from their home entertainment equipment. Good television reception could be seen as fundamental to a properly functioning home entertainment system. The good news is that, in this day and age, there's no need to suffer through fuzzy faces and ghastly ghosting; today, perfect digital reception is easy.
How to improve the star energy rating of your home
Anyone who has made a trip to a contemporary display home in recent times will know contemporary, eco-friendly home design is all about reaching for the stars – six stars, that is. Indeed, a six star energy rating is the way of the future as energy efficiency in homes becomes a priority.
The benefits of an ironing station
If the thought of doing the ironing in your home causes a feeling of dread in your heart, then streamline your laundry design with an ironing station. Not only will it keep the laundry looking neat and tidy, but it will take some of the hassle out of this arduous task.
