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5 Signs Your Home Could Be Making You Unhealthy

When you’re feeling run down, it sucks. You feel achy and you sneeze a lot, you might even be coughing. Given the pandemic we’re in right now, any of the above signs is never good but if you can’t seem to get away from it and it’s all year around, you might need to consider whether it’s your environment that’s making you feel bad. There is more than enough awareness out there about the importance of a healthy environment, but if it’s not something you’ve considered then perhaps the time is now to do so.

Updating Your Home? What Can Be DIY And What Needs An Expert

Completing home improvements sounds like a satisfying job. Being able to transform a room in your home into your dream space not only provides you with pride in completing the task but also saves you money. Over the past year, there was a rise in the total of people completing DIY projects within their home.

As this total is showing no signs of slowing down soon, it is important to know which jobs within your home can be done yourself and which ones require an expert. In reality, whilst completing a job yourself is both satisfying and cost-effective, certain jobs are better left, or require, an expert to complete.

Why renting as a family can be a good thing

Raising children and renting is perhaps not something that people consider a good match. However, in today’s climate, it’s not unusual at all to find a family of renters. In fact, more and more people are renting well into their 30s as the housing ladder becomes out of reach for many.

Renting as a family is certainly nothing to be scoffed at, however. There are plenty of benefits to renting as a family that people just don’t shout about! Here are a few of the main ones…

12 Excellent Ways To Make Your Home A Healthier, Happier Place To Be

Our home environment can have a massive impact on our health and happiness. Many of us appreciate the need for a healthy diet, regular exercise and hobbies for our wellbeing, but our home is often one area that is neglected. If you’re looking to improve your health and mood, then starting with your home is essential.

Here are some of the best ways to improve your home and feel the benefits on your mood, creativity and productivity.

Keeping Your Home Clean When You’re Busy All Week

Maintaining order in your home should be one of the main things you focus on. As a result, you need to keep your house as clean and tidy as possible, all the time. When you stay at home, you’ve got plenty of time to do all of the regular cleaning tasks. In fact, it becomes part of your daily schedule, so home maintenance isn’t a big problem.

Bedsure Large Dog Sofa Bed Review

Don’t you find it hard to buy the perfect bed for your pooch, especially if they can’t communicate with you what are their favourite type of bed is? It could be either a plastic bed, nest, donut dog bed or a firm mattress.

How to Make Private Belongings Secure in Your Home

With gadgets, smart devices and home tech as well as jewellery, electronics and personal valuables to name just a few, we all have precious belongings in our homes. And we should all be proactive in keeping them protected.

It is estimated that a house burglary takes place every 106 seconds in the UK, and many are opportunistic thefts that could be prevented. We put together our top seven tips on how to make private belongings secure in your home and make it harder for someone to steal your valuables.

Ways To Style Your Dresser

Your chest of drawers plays a really big role in the aesthetic and decor of your room. If your dresser is in your bedroom it is probably the biggest piece of furniture aside from your bed. In the living room or the entryway, it may be an added touch to the decor already in the room. The great thing about dressers is that they are multifunctional. They can serve as great storage space as well as a way to add detail and eccentricity to the room it is in. Here are some steps you can take to style your dresser.

3 Main things to consider when reviewing your homeowner insurance

With the current economic situation, most people are eager to save more wherever they can, be it on groceries, car maintenance, housing, etc. That is why whenever there’s a price slash on any product, more people are likely to buy that product- even when it’s not a pressing need.

If your goal is to have sufficient coverage and the most affordable rate of home insurance, then you’re reading this article just in time because what you will have to do is a home insurance review.

4 Mistakes to Avoid at all Costs When You Buy Your First Family Home

Buying your first home is one of the most important moments in your life, and a dream come true for many. However, it is an area in which relatively few of us are prepared, and mistakes can cost us in a variety of ways. Here are 4 mistakes people make when buying their first family home. We’ll also explain how to avoid making these mistakes yourself.

Innovative Ways to Keep Your Furniture

Innovative Ways to Keep Your Furniture Looking Fresh and Interesting

Furniture is expensive, so unsurprisingly most people find themselves unable to renew it as often as they would like. As a result, many homeowners struggle to keep their home looking as fresh and modern as they would like to. Fortunately, if you think outside of the box there are actually quite a few affordable ways for you to update the furniture in your home.

Epson ET-4550 EcoTank Printer Review

Looking for a low cost to run printer with ink that could last you for at least two years? Then check out this Epson ET-4550 EcoTank printer! This is Epson’s new EcoTank series printers that break new ground with their ultra-low cost per page and ease of use. They are designed for homes, home offices and small offices where low-cost printing is the number one priority. As a SAHM, I love saving so I regularly print vouchers/coupons to save on my groceries and other items! Also with blogging, I often have to print documents to sign, so this is definitely great for me.

Chinese interior tips for your UK home

Although living in the UK can be a lot of fun, sometimes the fusty old British interior design scheme can leave a little to be desired. So for anyone who’s looking to update their interiors with a few Chinese themes, here are some ideas.

HOME Digital HD Release & Printables

Did you know that HOME Digital HD has been available to download since 13th July? We were so excited and have download it. This will be great to watch on iPad/tablet especially we are out and about to keep the children entertain!

To celebrate the release of HOME, we have launched our HOME-themed party at home! Both of my children were very busy decorating their ‘hovercar’ with lots of stickers, balloons and even install a slushy machine in it!

DreamWorks’ HOME Toy & Movie Review

This coming 20^th March 2015, prepare for a cute alien invasion coming to the big screen in the UK! In celebration of the animated DreamWorks Movie release of HOME, Flair have release a huge range of toys to bring the magic to your home. The toy collection features all the recognisable characters such as Oh, Tip and Captain Smek, helping your little one to create their very own magical BOOV story!

We had all watched the trailer at the cinema and have been eagerly anticipating this! If you haven’t seen the trailer, watch it here.

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