Fireplace Mantels: Three Ways to Add Value to Your Home

There are few things that can add beauty and interest to a room quite as easily as a fireplace mantel. Fireplaces themselves are very valuable and are preferred by home buyers, but a fireplace becomes even more attractive and desirable when paired with the perfect mantel. Trying to figure out what type of mantel to […]

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Seven Tips to increase the re-sale value of your home

A loft extension is the easiest way to create an extra bedroom and bathroom and the least disruptive way of doing so, as most of the work can be done from outside.  Make sure you strengthen the floor joists and that the extension looks in keeping with the rest of your house and doesn’t look […]

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Decorating Tips and Design Ideas for Small Rooms

It can often be difficult deciding how to make the most of a small room and how to decorate it so that it gives the illusion of having more space than is actually available. The first tip is to make sure you use brilliant white or light colours for paintwork, walls and flooring.  Dark colours […]

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Maintaining your wood burning stove

Now that Spring has finally arrived and the weather has turned much warmer, this is the time of year to carry out maintenance on your wood burning stove whilst it is no longer in use.  In order to keep you stove working well and efficiently, it is important to check for problems. If there are […]

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