DIY & Decor

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  • Essential cleaning tools

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    Housework is certainly not fun but it can be made easier if you have the right cleaning tools and materials. If you’ve just moved into your first home, these are the items you’re most likely to be needing on a regular basis:.. Vacuum cleaner It is the most effective tool to remove dust. You can…

  • Bamboo floor

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    Why use bamboo? Because bamboo is one of the most environmentally friendly materials we can use for building, furniture making and floor covering. Bamboo is not a tree – it’s a grass. It grows very fast and matures in five years. Comparatively, hardwoods grow slowly and take from 30 to 100 years to mature. Also,…

  • Budget face-lifts

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    Sometimes we just don’t have the time or the money to remodel our homes completely but there are some cheap and cheerful face-lifts we can use to update a soggy look.  Here are a few ideas.. Freshening up your home is especially useful when you want to sell your home – particularly the bathrooms and…

  • Fixings

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    If you’re not sure which fixings to use for certain jobs, this guide could come very handy to you. Screws There are flat head, round head and countersink screws. Cross head -Phillips or Posidrive – screws are now the most common and the easiest to work with but there are also a lot of single…

  • Spare room

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    When we are lucky enough to have a spare room in our home, most of us turn it into a guest bedroom. We place a double bed and some undesired furniture into the room and wait for the guests arrive. This is all very well if you have regular guests or run a B&B. But…

  • Essential Power tools

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    In the previous article we summed up the 10 most important hand tools you should have in your toolbox. Let’s see what power tools are the most useful for a starter kit.. Electric Drill/Screwdriver For most jobs a battery-powered drill/driver is best. This is probably the most useful power tool of all, so it makes…

  • Basic hand tools

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    This series of articles will help those who are new to DIY. There are hundreds of tools available to buy in the stores, yet most basic DIY jobs can be done with just a few. These are the tools that you will most likely need:. Tape measure It’s an essential tool for planning and measuring…

  • Spring remodeling

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    If you have a remodeling project, spring time is probably the best time to do it. By now you should have thought about what you need to remodel rather than just redecorate. Remodeling requires the revamping of a space, so it’s normally a more time-consuming and expensive project..   Nevertheless you should also think about…

  • Spring Decorating

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    Sunshine now glares through our windows, highlighting faded fabrics, stained paint work & damaged surfaces to remind us that these need to be dealt with. Instead of looking at them as hassles you should feel enthusiastic about the idea of redecoration! You now have a good excuse to change the color scheme of a particular…

  • DIY Fixing

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    Yet another bank holiday weekend, yet more DIY tasks around the house. But things have to be done, and this is the ideal time to get on with them. In the previous article you’ve read about the usual spring cleaning tasks. If you haven’t done them yet, perhaps you should start with them – whilst…