Home & Garden

A Girls Guide to DIY during the bank holiday weekend

With the biggest DIY weekend of the year approaching, it doesn’t have to be about power tools, hammers and spirit levels. Interiors Stylist, Jane Molloy shares her insider secrets to ‘A Girls Guide To DIY’.

Sliderobes’ new mock croc, for snappy style

It’s flirty; it’s fun and it’s irresistibly feminine. It’s the brand new, magenta pink mock croc from Sliderobes, perfect for bringing girlie glamour into the bedroom.

Check your pipes, but watch the DIY!

Brits are being urged to check their water works this Easter to help prevent a future household disaster.

Kinedo shower range - Elegant, efficient and fast to fit

The Kinedo range of shower products has been refined for 2010 with a range of minimalist enclosures, wet room panels and self-contained cubicles to suit the modern mood.

BRITA’s new range of vibrant water filter jugs

New from BRITA and exclusive for 2010, is the launch of exciting, fresh colour ways to the popular “Marella” collection.

Garden thefts increase as clocks go forward

After the coldest winter in decades many of us are looking forward to March 28th when the clocks go forward and the evenings finally get lighter. However, it seems that opportunistic thieves also eagerly anticipate this time of year too.

Make garden security a priority this spring

As the clocks go forward this weekend and many Brits look forward to getting back out into the garden, M&S Home Insurance is reminding householders about the importance of garden security.

Rogue workmen costing homeowners £6.8 billion

New research from Santander Insurance UK has shown that nearly one in five (18 per cent) of British homeowners has fallen victim to ‘Bodger the Builder'- sloppy workmen who are causing significant amounts of damage to peoples homes.

Sony gives you more in the morning

It’s so much more than just a clock radio. The new ICF-C717PJ from Sony is packed with great features to help you wake up and drift off in even greater comfort.

Brits losing sleep over bed bugs

Figures released today show that, despite spending a third of our lives in bed, most Brits change their pillows so infrequently that 70 per cent of our bedding is filled with excrement from thousands of dust mites*.

Charlie Dimmock’s top tips for a glorious garden in the city

Living in the city doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice being green. New research shows that half of the people living in towns and cities in the UK want to grow their own vegetable patches or herb gardens and live greener lives but they don’t believe they have enough time or money to do so.