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How to Create a Beautiful Balcony Space

Gardening requires a large area of fertile land with the ideal balance of sunlight and shade, good drainage, enough rain and little chance of frost. Right? No! Of course not! Gardening requires two things to succeed: a small space and enough patience to see the possibilities available. Even a window box is enough space to grow a few herbs or flowers.

With a balcony, you may only have a couple of square meters but there are lots of ways to create a fun outdoor space. Adding some colour is always a good start to any outdoor space and even with a small space, you can create a spectacular display. You don’t even have to be into gardening!

How to Keep your House Secure

Keeping your house secure is an important topic to address, not just because burglaries can happen to anyone, it also helps to keep yourself and your family safe. To prevent break-ins, it is vital for people to spend a bit of their time to learn how to protect their homes and be aware of their neighbourhood.

These days anyone who has access to the internet can easily search for any personal information, such as how your house looks on Google Map, your Facebook account for your personal photos, LinkedIn for your work experience etc. As technology advances, at the same time, we open up our world for everyone to access. In the same way that you don’t want to be a victim, of course, you won’t want any people to break into your house too.

Improving Your Home And Garden

Sometimes a home and garden can need a little pick me up. We don’t realize it until we take a good hard look at our surroundings. A busy lifestyle means we tend to neglect to look after the home and when you’ve lived in your home for a few years, there always tends to be a bit of wear and tear. So here are a few ways of improving your home and garden.

How To Create A Guest Room

How To Create A Guest Room Your Family And Friends Will Thank You For!

Whether it’s a special occasion, or you simply haven’t seen each other in a while, there’s something very exciting about having family and friends to stay overnight. Being able to share that amount of time with those you love the most and inviting them into your personal family time is a luxury that not many people experience these days. One problem you may face as host, is wanting to impress your family and friends when they come to stay, so we’ve come up with some ideas on how to create a guest room your family and friends will thank you for. Check it out:

Making The First Impression of Your House

The first impression of your home can be absolutely vital if you are looking to sell. When we first put our house on the market, we were unable to attract as many viewers as we would have liked. After much thought and discussion, we decided to repaint our children’s bedrooms and declutter as much as we could to make the room look cleaner and brighter.

Many buyers will judge your home by the photos of the house either on property search websites or the estate agent’s brochure, and it can be very difficult to turn around a first impression! There is a lot to be said for a neat and appealing appearance to your home, whether it is a small change or something a little bigger. After we repainted their rooms, it made such a huge difference! We got more viewers to view the house and we were sold within two months.

Five Tips Make Bedroom The Sanctuary You Dreamed

These Five Tips Can Make Your Bedroom The Sanctuary You Always Dreamed To Have!

The bedroom is the one place in the home that you should be able to relax and sleep without much interruption. It’s the place we retire to at the end of the day, and regardless of whether our eyes are closed when we set foot inside the room, you should still enjoy a bedroom that looks beautiful if it’s what you want. If your bedroom is not your happy place, then there is a problem that needs fixing. Sleep is the one thing that we need to have in spades in a life that is as busy as it is. It’s vital for optimal health and it should be a totally tranquil getaway from all the stresses that you encounter on a daily basis.

Bring The Outdoors In: Home Improvements To Help You Feel At One With Nature

Spending time outdoors is so beneficial. It can promote a sense of calm and wellbeing, boost mood and help us to feel refreshed- so what better way to improve your home than by bringing the outside in? Creating the same light, airy and fresh sense that you get while you’re outdoors, but inside. Here’s how you can go about it!

How to Make Your Home Brighter without Spending a Fortune

If you would like to make your home look brighter, larger, and more modern, you will need to think smarter than simply knocking down walls. There are certain trade tricks that you can use, even if you are not a DIY king to enjoy natural light in your home more in the future without having to spend thousands of pounds. Below you will find a few tips on how to get started.

Innolux Bright Light Therapy Lamp Review

Many people suffer from lethargy and depression during the dark winter season and this condition is know as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Research shows that light can influence how someone feels, their productivity and even what they choose to eat, proving that how we use light in our home can have a huge impact on our lifestyles and health. However with only 5% of natural light filtering into the average home, most of us are severely light deprived.

Ryobi Area Light Review

As winter draws upon us and the days are getting darker, keep illuminated with these Ryobi Area Light; the 18V Cordless Folding Area Light and 18V Cordless Area Light. They are not only portable and lightweight, they are so powerful and can light up the darkest corner of your house!

Harry Potter Hogwarts Crest Light

This Christmas, we have this stunning Harry Potter Hogwarts Crest Light from Paladone which now shines a little magic on our desk. We are huge fans of Harry Potter and this beautiful Crest Light makes the perfect gift for all Harry Potter fans!

Philips Post Twitter Party Winners Announcement

Many thanks to Philips for giving me the chance to co-host this Twitter party along with two fellow bloggers Lilinha from Lilinha Angel’s World and Sabina from Mummy Matters to chat about Christmas traditions, festive games, how you use lighting and many more.

Yesterday, we all had such a great #MakeItMagic party with our Twitter followers. It was very manic with such a huge response. My laptop was struggling to cope and also my iPad was constantly sending me notifications. Our party had reached thousands of social media followers, sharing so many great Christmas tips.

Lite Brix Lite Wars Review

This autumn, let Lite Brix light up by using this illuminating brick building concept to shine the world with beautiful colours. This Character Online Lite Wars Slayer Jet vs Captain Bolt’s bunker construction set enables your child to build a slayer jet with 2 cannons using Lite Brix lighted building bricks, which feature four colour LEDs that come to life when connected to the mini LED battery power pack.

Philips My Den Competition & Hangout

Philips know lighting plays a vital role in creating spaces that feed their creativity hence they are all about encouraging kids’ imaginations through Imaginative Lighting.

The Philips and Disney Imaginative Lighting range is a simple, magical way to bring their environment and imagination alive. The range includes products that inspire them in their bedrooms whether playing, sleeping, or reading. Recently, Mr K received the Spider-Man’s reading light to go along with his Avengers Mural bedroom which helps create a magical atmosphere in his bedroom! He was so exhilarated by it!

Now Philips are inviting parents and their children to create #MyDen using the simplest tools like blankets, cardboard boxes, pillows, chairs, torches etc. You could video it, take a photo or even draw a den and post it via Twitter or Philips Facebook using the hashtag #MyDen to enter the competition. Read the terms and conditions here: http://philips.to/1olsVqR. There are a lot of fantastic prizes up for grabs!

Warm our rooms this Winter

I always like a challenge especially with home improvement, interior design and all sorts of DIY. This past year, I had set myself the goal to learn how to wallpaper, paint, and get creative with making a DIY picture using leftover wallpaper and all sorts.

This time around, I used a £50 B&Q voucher to tackle two cold-looking corners of my house. I gave it a makeover to make it feel warm and snug just in time for Christmas. Thanks to HomeServe for this Winter Blogger Challenge. In addition to affecting the ambience, I wanted to also reduce actual heat loss by using radiator reflectors. This is a thin sheet of foil applied to the wall behind the radiator to reduce heat loss into the wall. This increases the effective heating power of the radiator and so reduces fuel expenditure.

Our conservatory gets very cold during winter time. So we want to welcome Father Christmas into this room with a rattan star light (Half price £9.50) in the corner of the room. We have decorated with Poinsettia (£12) and a golden candle with wreath (£1.50) too to make it more welcoming. Also, we mustn’t forget to leave a cup of milk and cookie for Santa!