Home & Garden

What do your wood floors say about you?
Choosing the right type of flooring for your home is important. With the wide range of styles and floors to choose from, it might be quite difficult to decide on what exactly you want, what you need and where to buy.

See blinds in a new light with Controliss
Thought remote controlled blinds were only for the rich and famous? Think again. The newly launched collection of blinds from Controliss is set to make cord blinds a thing of the past with its collection of electrically operated, made-to-measure blinds at affordable prices.

Save hundreds on furniture this Christmas with Harveys
As Christmas approaches, Harveys the furniture store will start their sale early this year with the sale exclusively previewing online from 4pm on Tuesday 21st December allowing customers to preview prices and purchase online before the rush.

Kandabi - Wall lighting to match your New Year resolutions
An Edinburgh based directional lighting design studio helps you stay on track with your New Year resolutions through visually compelling and full of symbolism statement wall luminaires designed to catch the eye, tease the brain and put a smile on your face.

Beat the VAT rise in 2011
VAT rates are due to increase to 20% in January 2011. Online designer window blind retailer tuiss.co.uk will pay the VAT on orders received from 6th - 31st January on a selected range of blinds across their range.
How to protect your home against cold snap damage
With the UK experiencing another extreme cold snap, Sainsbury’s Finance is urging homeowners to ensure that they protect their property against possible damage caused by the cold.
Brits spend a lifetime worrying
Remembering to lock the house, upsetting others and putting on weight are just some of the main worries for Brits.
Festive fire risk warning
There are many potential hazards over the festive season as people let their hair down and relax into the holidays.

Why socialise when you can just stay home and 'sofalise'?
Staying in is the new going out - and it's not just because of the cuts in the household budget.
Bedtime buying on the rise
With less than a week to go until Christmas, the latest insight from Orange customers reveals a new breed of shoppers avoiding the festive rush by shopping from their mobile phones, at night.

Britain braces for next big freeze
With Britain facing another cold snap that looks to last well beyond Christmas, retailers are preparing for a surge in panic buying of those much needed essentials.

Focus DIY kicks off January sales this week
DIY and gardening chain Focus DIY is the first home improvement store to launch its January sale – three weeks early. It kicked off in store and online this Monday 13th December, five days ahead of other DIY chains, which will not launch their sales until Friday 17th December.
Safeguard your home during the festive season
With new research revealing almost one in 10 respondents have been burgled at Christmas, specialist home insurer Hiscox is urging homeowners to implement some basic security measures to help keep their belongings safe.

Balls Park receives prestigious BALI accolade
Explore Living’s Balls Park development in Hertford has been awarded a prestigious British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) Award for the Fountain Courtyard at the heart of the development.

Focus groups shape show home designs in St Neots
South Midlands home buyers have been sharing what makes them tick when it comes to interior design – and it’s helped shape two new show homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.