Home & Garden
March is National Bed Month
March is National Bed Month, a month long celebration dedicated to the importance of a good night’s rest, which means getting quality sleep is currently a hot health topic.
Spring into new trends for the home
With the New Year comes the urge for many to make a fresh start and a spring clean provides a great opportunity to revamp your home. With gloomy economic times outside, think tank The Future Laboratory predict that this will be the year of staying in. Many people are taking advantage of the sales to bring a bit more life into their living room, and turn over a new leaf in their décor and bring in some new trends for 2009.
Get steamy this Valentines
Ensure your Valentine’s Day is steamy and relaxing with a showering or steam massage before, after - or even as - your romantic date! A regular steam can help to cleanse and clear the pores, giving skin a more radiant appearance - so start now to ensure you look and feel your best this Valentines.
Home office the way forward for Britain
Forget The City, New York, Tokyo and Singapore, SOHO is now the place to be - the ‘Small Or Home Office’. A new poll has revealed that the vast majority of Brits appreciate the potential rewards and benefits of working at home – a staggering 70% would like to work from the comfort of their own home given half the chance.
Cool and edgy wallpapers for children
Design conscious parents will love this edgy and dazzling cool range of wallpapers for children by Mini Moderns now available at Bodie and Fou. We are already converts! Made in the UK, each roll is printed onto paper from sustained and certified forests and will allow parents to revamp their kids’ space in no time.
A very special piece of furniture
Choosing the right furniture for a new home is never easy. Furniture packs go a long way to making things easier and can provide the ideal furnishing solution. But if you want your property to look a little bit different, need a special piece of furniture or have special requirements, bespoke furniture is probably the answer.
More Bright House than White House
Each new President is given significant leeway to put a personal stamp on the White House by redecorating the living quarters and the Oval Office and experts at Crown are offering their tips for how the Obamas can do just that.
House-proud Brits show their true colours
A New Year means a new start - a time to put the colour back in our cheeks, and our lives. That could mean giving our health or careers a proverbial lick of paint or, in many cases, giving our homes an actual one. Brightening the house can be an effective way of brightening our mood. In fact, new research shows that our choice of colours say more about us than we might think.
Ariel Excel lives up to its name
A new laundry detergent from Ariel is so outstanding that it's better than any other that consumer group Which? has ever tested, even when used at a much lower temperature.
The future is in the present at Siemens this Christmas
Siemens has introduced a futuristic looking set of matching kettle, toaster and coffee maker designed by Porsche to make breakfast time a very special time this Christmas morning.
I’m dreaming of a green Christmas
Scented Narcissi are winter-growing British flowers, from the beautiful Isles of Scilly, in bloom from October through to March. Grown outdoors in the open air and shipped just 28 miles to the mainland, these gorgeous, fragrant flowers are an eco-friendly option. They are also one of the few flowers grown commercially with a natural scent.
Focus on festive fireplaces
Fireplaces have a particularly festive connotation in Great Britain, therefore it's perhaps timely that according to a recent survey by the Guardian newspaper, as we rapidly approach the Christmas season, increasing numbers of Britons are turning back to the traditional hearth to warm their homes.
Love is blind at Bodie and Fou
Love is Blind by Bodie and Fou is a unique collection of contemporary and fabulous roller blinds designed to brighten up the exterior as well as the interior of your home and office. From the best-selling Birds on a wire to the contemporary Blue tree and the quirky Bottles, each design adds instant style to a family home, be it a kitchen, bathroom or kid’s room.
Women’s Institute charity drive cooks up interest
An exclusive diamond-mounted cooker, which has been produced to celebrate the diamond anniversary of Denman College – the Women’s Institute-owned Residential Adult Education College – is to be raffled online for charity.
An easier way for interior design!
Dulux know that choosing the perfect paint colour is an important decision, which can sometimes be daunting, especially as it’s difficult to visualise what the colour might look like in your own home. While they can’t make the actual decision for you, they can help make the process a little easier.