Home & Garden

18 April 2008

Prtoect Your Home Against Floods

With climate change likely to increase the risk of extreme weather events it's time we all took action to protect our homes from floods. To help us out The ...

18 April 2008

YouTube Fuels New Threat To Household Security

Social networking sites such as YouTube are fuelling home burglaries across the UK as they feature detailed footage of how to break into a property in seconds, using the new 'bumping' and ...

4 April 2008

Grand Designs Live London 2008

Based on Channel 4's hugely successful Grand Designs series, presented by design guru Kevin McCloud, Grand Designs Live London is the UK's No.1 consumer show for designs and innovation. With ...

25 March 2008

Don't Move, Improve with property expert Alison Cork

"Despite homeowners’ very real concerns about the current economic situation, 62% of those questioned still believed that their home was a very good investment and will continue to invest in ...

19 March 2008

Determined DIYers- A Disaster Waiting To Happen?

Yellow Pages study reveals £11.3 billion is spent rectifying DIY mistakes A new study by Yellow Pages has revealed that UK adults spend on average one year of their lives ...

14 March 2008

Stop Being Bugged by the Pesky Dust Mite

Many of us who suffer the misery of Asthma, Hayfever and allergic Rhinitis will be all too aware that the invisible house dust mite can aggravate symptoms causing those susceptible ...

12 March 2008

The World’s Largest Plasma at the Ideal Home Show 2008

This year’s Ideal Home Show will display the revolutionary 103” Panasonic Plasma as part of their ‘Dream House’ exhibition feature, designed to showcase the very best in interior design. ...

20 February 2008

Celeb Builder Tommy Walsh Top Tips On Coping With Building Stress

"The days of spiralling house prices appear to be over, which means that 2008 looks set to be the year to improve, not move.But it would seem that pressure from ...

15 February 2008

Urban gardening brings outside in

New exhibition at Urbis, Manchester from April 26 to September 7 2008Possibly Britain's finest contribution to the visual arts and certainly the most absorbing of British pastimes, gardening is ...

13 February 2008

Not so sci-fi future?

Top ten worst predications for 21st century living revealedFood bombarded with gamma rays, space-age suits, self-cleaning baths and a shower that dries you are just a few of the far-fetched ...

13 February 2008

Touch the Leaf™ light

Herman Miller, the makers of some of the most iconic furniture of the past 100 years, have worked with designer Yves Behar to create the Leaf light, a new LED ...

16 January 2008

Not Sure Which Sofa To Buy? British families let there pets decide

15 January 2008, London: Decisions about holidays, home furnishings and cars have always been tricky for British families, but, to complicate matters further, another factor is increasingly being taken into ...

21 December 2007

Santa Left Out In Cold?

New Government plans to build ten ‘eco-towns’ across the UK reveal 100,000 new homes will be heated by central, bio-mass generators - marking the beginning of the end for the ...

18 December 2007

Lighten up this Christmas with Recycle Now

Byrne has created a short, witty comedy sketch about recycling - to be released exclusively as an online viral clip - to encourage us to think about the three quarters ...

8 December 2007

Coping with cold weather

Cold weather and particularly frost, causes the water in plant cells to freeze, damaging the cell wall. Frost-damaged plants are easy to spot, their growth becomes limp, blackened and distorted. ...

7 December 2007

One Million Brits Snuggle Up Under The Tree

Ideal Home Show finds British homes bursting this Christmas. Over one million Brits will snuggle up under the Christmas tree this year as homes are packed full of Yuletide guests, ...

2 November 2007

Owl Looks Out For You

Simple new gadget helps UK consumers save the planet and their pocketKeeping an eye on your electrical usage has never been easier with the launch of the new OWL wireless ...

26 October 2007

Elderly no longer safe in their homes

Over 65> '> s shown as the most susceptible to injury and death in the homeAn astonishing number of elderly people are accidentally injured or killed in their own home ...

26 October 2007

Fantastic Floors For Christmas

Question: It’s my turn to have the rest of the family over for Christmas and as it’s the first time that many of them will have seen my new ...
26 October 2007

Vow To Wow This Christmas

If the year so far has taken its toll on your wooden floor, why not vow to spruce it up now before the chaos of Christmas kicks in, so you ...
19 October 2007

A cracking solution from Sandtex

Much like you wouldn’t ice an uneven cake without smoothing it with a layer of marzipan, masonry paint shouldn’t be applied without dealing with any cracks that have appeared in ...

5 October 2007

New research that proves we fall into four disctinct 'tribes' when it comes to interior design

What do you have in common with Lily Allen, Madonna, Stella and Gwyneth?While it may not be singing ability or mass tabloid appeal it may be an approach to home ...
22 September 2007

Add A Touch Of Autumn Chic To The Garden

If you’ve a favourite garden chair or bench, why not give it a quick Autumn spruce up? That way you can enjoy the last of the sunshine in style, ...

31 August 2007

Pimp Your Shed

The shed.Usually a simple wooden box at the bottom of the garden where grandad sneaks off for 40 winks.However, things are changing.In these days where space is at a premium, ...