**In Collaboration** Privacy can be very important for many people, but it’s not always a given depending on where we live. Furthermore, sometimes privacy is a more abstract idea, such as dealing with how your in-home devices track your activity. If privacy is important to you and your family, how can you add it to your home without curating a […]
** In Collaboration ** Energy efficiency is something that we’re all growing more concerned about. An inefficient home can be bad for the environment, it can be cold, and it can mean that your energy bills are much higher than they need to be. On the other hand, an efficient home is comfortable, often happier and more relaxed, with far more reasonable energy bills and is significantly more environmentally friendly. You may worry that creating a more efficient home will be costly, time-consuming, or that it will uproot your home life. Fortunately, many of the changes are small, easy, and quick to implement. Let’s take a look at some of them. Look at Your Heating Old heating systems can be poor quality, expensive, and especially wasteful. If your bills are very high, but your home never seems to be a comfortable temperature, start by looking into more efficient gas heating systems. Make Some Repairs Often, our homes become more inefficient over time. If your radiators need bleeding, they may be less effective. If your window seals are damaged, they may be letting heat out in the winter, and warm air in during the summer months. Damaged windows and doors can also lead to a wasteful loss of energy. Walk around your home and make a list of anything that needs repairing. Change Your Habits Another very common cause of loss of heat and wasted energy at home is our own […]
** In Collaboration ** There’s nothing worse than feeling cold in your home over Winter. Whether there’s a draft getting in or your heating just isn’t doing the job, feeling the cold can be miserable. You’ll feel much better if your home is warm and cosy. Here are some ways to help make your house much warmer through the cold […]
**In Collaboration** Moving into a new house is always exciting, but to make it your safe haven in the shortest amount of time possible, you’re going to need to work towards making it safe and secure. Doing this early on will give you peace of mind, so read on for 8 ways you can make your new home as safe […]
**In Collaboration** If you work from home or are a student studying from home, then it means that you will have a space in the home where you do your work. It could be a big challenge in your home if you are short on space, but just sitting in bed to do your work isn’t conducive to working or […]
I love my houseplants, so much so I even dedicated a whole blog to them. One of my favourite plant is the Devil’s Ivy because these are easy to grow, they grow really quick, and can grow in most rooms! Another great thing about these plants is they grow really well in water. I love putting them in wine bottles!
The dining room may just be my favourite room in the house. The character of the fire place and size of the bookshelves are reasons that I fell in love with this city cottage. So I wanted to share some specific details from this room. One side of the bookshelves is basically completely full of books (aside from a little […]
** In Collaboration ** When it comes to selling our home or moving on, we hope to gain the most amount of value we can. This is because the price we sell for will immediately dictate just where and how we can finance the upcoming move, as well as the new home we hope to acquire. This is an exciting […]
** In Collaboration ** There is nothing like a new year to do new things to your home. You have twelve months to make changes before the Christmas decorations go up once more, and whether you are aiming to sell your house or just do things to make it feel better, you have the time now for a home makeover. […]
**In Collaboration** The home is where we the majority of us spend most of our time. Whether it be to sleep, relax, socialise, and bring up a family. It is a fundamentally important place. A lot of us are fed up of looking at the same four walls and old furniture, that when we go home, instead of feeling upbeat, […]