Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Did you know that there are more than 11 million people in the UK with a limiting long-term illness, impairment or disability, according to the Family Resources Survey 2011/12? What is accessible for one disabled person, may not necessarily be accessible for others. Take, for example, Ms C who is visually impaired, her needs are different to others with a physical disability.
If you are finding that your walls or window seals have mould spots, musty smells or condensation on the windows in the morning, then you will need to get a dehumidifier to get rid of the dampness around the house. Mould and allergen growth will lead to risks of health problems and can cause damage to the house. Hence it is important to get a dehumidifier to remove the moisture from the interior air of a room. It will also maintain the room’s humidity levels through a humidistat as too dry or too wet are both not great.
In a week’s time commencing on Monday 4th March 2019, we will be celebrating the National Spring Cleaning Week. This campaign is to inspire and educate everyone to spring clean not just their homes but their lives as well! You may also hear this campaign called the ‘KonMari’ style where you choose joy and complete your tidying adventures!
Cleaning can seem like a mammoth task, but there is nothing better than a clean, streamlined and harmonious home. So let us embrace this annual spring clean with wide open arms!
Whether you have limited floor space or not, nothing can prevent you from feeling Zen in your bathroom. On the contrary, you can now transform your bathroom into your sophisticated, everyday spa and create luxury, serenity, ambience, and cleanliness without needing a major remodel or huge time-demanding undertakings. Below are some ideas to help give the room that was made for self-pampering an enticing spa-like sensation.
This new year, if you are after the increasingly popular industrial-style theme, then look no further! The iconic housewares specialist Wesco has recently launched this exciting new collection “Loft” that give kitchen and bathroom accessories a matt-powder-coating finish to give a modern, edgy look.
Clean lines, simple forms and stark contrasts are a must for this minimalist look. The collection’s colour palette of black, white, cool grey and graphite captures this perfectly and add an industrial sharpness.
These days we understand that there’s much more to being healthy than how much we weigh and to help us to get on track and more detailed health statistics, the eufy BodySense Smart Scale is the way to go. I know that smart scales with Bluetooth are not a new thing in the market, but what I love about this scale is how affordable it is and how smart it looks!
Killer Hacks For Busy Bathrooms
Every room in the house has its own quirk. The living room is where you chill, the kitchen is where you socialise, and the garage is the place to workout when you can’t be bothered going to the gym. The bathroom’s thing is that it’s busy, like super-busy. Whether it’s 8:30 am or 8:30 pm, it’s either occupied or someone is knocking on the door waiting to get in. Where’s the peace people, where’s the peace?
Families tend to have huge arguments because it’s annoying being late for work when your husband is taking a shower. He knows you need to leave the house before 9:00 am yet he decided to go in anyway. And, let’s not get started on the kids who have no understanding of being on time for anything.
One of the most common plumbing problems in our home is slow drainage in our shower. As this is the main shower unit that serves our family of four, the bathroom plughole frequently builds up with long human hairs, shampoo solution, toothpaste and other grime inside the pipes! If not dealt with regularly, it will eventually lead to that dreaded full blockage. I don’t think I can handle that!
Insignia, the UK’s premier brand for luxury steam and hydro massage showers, has launched a digital LED Shower Head, powered by dynamo technology, to help prevent scalding in the shower. This innovative gadget measures the temperature of the water and displays it through a digital read out and coloured safety lights, giving exact control of the heat of the water.
I was asked to come up with some ideas on what my dream bathroom would look like, so I’m sharing them with you if you’d like a little inspiration. I’m keen on incorporating my background into this room, as an Asian themed space is ideal for creating a calming and inviting atmosphere – while incorporating all the serenity of the most luxurious spa. It’s all about clean lines and minimalism – I love the soothing nature of this kind of look.
3 creative ways to improve your bathroom for cheap
Remodeling projects are exciting. They bring out your creative side and get you to come up with ideas on how to improve your home. Although a major concern is the amount that you have to spend, you can remodel and redesign even while on a budget. The bathroom, for example, is one of the rooms that you can improve without spending much.
As Chinese New Year is drawing near, we have been busy decluttering and spring cleaning around the house. Thanks to these Kilrock cleaning products, a tough job was made simpler. Kilrock have a huge range of household products to keep your home in tip-top condition and make life easier for you while saving money on your energy bills and effort on your chores.
Our Family Bathroom Ideabook. We have been living in our home for eight years. We were really happy with the finish of our new build home, but over time, things began to look old and tired. We enjoy home improvement and in these eight years we have redecorated all the downstairs rooms by repainting the walls, including wallpapering some feature walls, and we also had a conservatory built. Upstairs, we repainted our bedroom and added wall murals for the kids. We have also changed various furnishings and accessories for a different look and feel to each of the rooms and also to reflect the fact that the children are growing up.
Before we had our children, Mr C and I were in the market of buying a new house (our present house) and we had the chance to pick the flooring and the finishing touches as it was a new build house. After living with a young dog, which behaved like a child in many ways, we both understood that having carpet for the whole house is not ideal. There are so many factors to consider when picking the right floor for each room. Carpetright contacted me to discuss how to pick the right floor. These are our thoughts and considerations.
The bathroom is one of the more common renovations in a home. For it’s relatively small size, it can get more than it’s fair share of use by the average family so careful consideration is required when you are considering a new bathroom suite. These are some of the things I would consider if I was redesigning our bathroom.
