Category Archives: Home Tips & Tricks

How to make your new house feel like home

Moving house is an exciting time, but it’s also daunting. There’s a lot of disruption and then it can take a while to feel at home in your new place. Here are 7 tips to help you feel instantly at home. 1. Hang up your pictures Hang your favourite pictures on any left over hooks. […]

How To Hygge!

Hygge (pronounced “hoo-gah”) has been arguably the biggest lifestyle trend of 2016. Originating in Denmark, there is no literal English translation of the word, but hygge – to the Danish – conjures feelings of cosiness and contentment, happiness and wellbeing. We don’t know about you, but we think that sounds ideal for getting through this […]

Nine ways to make small rooms look bigger

Maybe you live in a studio apartment or you just don’t know what to do with that box room. Whichever your decorating challenge, here are a few tips to make those small places appear bigger and those box rooms less boxed in. Paint smaller rooms in softer, lighter colours to help give a feeling of […]

Five Quick Fixes Around The Home

Squeaky Door Hinges Wd-40 is the go-to solution for this problem. Spray a little onto the hinges and move the door back and forward to work the lubricant into the mechanism. If you don’t have any, try rubbing the hinges with petroleum jelly. If that doesn’t work, you can lift the hinge pins about halfway […]