At some indiscernible point in the recent past,there was a sea change in the way Brits think about energy efficiency measures around the home.Before this ethereal moment,those who made their houses more sustainable were often doing so ...
Tags: LED, Economic Climate, Energy
Many of us have heard the words 'carbon' and 'footprint' together in a sentence before, but that doesn't mean the vogue eco-friendly concept has quite ground its way into our day-to-day lives. And while we are all a little more aware of how ...
Tags: Houses, Contributor, Carbon Footprint Spend
If you're looking to save money around the home, create pools of clean, natural-seeming ambient light and make a significant cut back on your net energy spend, you could do a lot worse that install LED lighting in your home. Since the EU ...
There are two kinds of property owners in the UK:there are those who love their homes,who lavish attention upon them,who ensure every nook is exquisitely highlighted and every mirror polished to a high shine,and then there are landlords.And ...
Tags: interior design, property owner, UK, LED lighting
Spare a moment,please,for the incandescent bulb.Across Europe,the flickering,energy-hogging lighting source was finally turned off this weekend,as a multi-stage EU directive phasing out sale of the bulbs finally banned retailers from ...
Leaps and bounds have been made in LED lighting technology in recent years, with the long-life bulbs running up to 25,000 hours over the duration of their lifetime - around 15 years with normal householder use - and being more energy ...
Tags: LED Light
When renovating a bathroom, many homeowners take the 'splash and dash' approach: a quick coat of white paint, a few new tiles, then move out to somewhere bigger and better. However, with the game of 'climb the property ladder' less and ...
Tags: Bathroom Accessories on Rise, luxurious room, Tim Wood
From the monolithic attractions of Stone Henge to the first fleeting sparks of man's red fire,since time immemorial stone has been at the centre of what we do.But you needn't strap a flint to a stick and start javelining it around the local ...
Tags: interior decor, Cochrane Design, BIID, Bathroom Design, Stone
Homeowners are spending up to 86 Euros a year on overcharging mobiles and powering televisions on standby,according to an investigation into UK energy consumption by the Energy Saving Trust(EST). The research,on behalf of the EST and in ...
Tags: Energy, Dormant Gadgets, EST, energy consumption, Homeowners
There's that old adage about sometimes having to spend a penny to save a penny and it certainly rings true where LED lighting is concerned. Without question fitting LED bathroom lights will cost you a little bit more than if you installed ...
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Minimalism is Yoko Ono stood in a white room being artistic;it's chrome handles on pale wooden cupboards;it's men in frameless glasses wearing polo-necked jumpers. And,according to Dulux colour and design manager Rebecca Thompson,it's ...
Tags: Lights, LED, Minimalist, Natural Light
If you're renovating your bathroom chances are some brand new tiles will be featuring in the design somewhere,whether inside your shower cubicle or forming a backsplash above your sink. Tiles are very functional in the bathroom,since ...
Tags: Tile, Bathroom, Decoration, Patterns
Working from home can be tough."I'll just check Twitter,"you think,checking Twitter."I'll just make some toast,"you go,forgetting your gluten intolerance."I'll just sit on the sofa in my pants for a bit and watch Jeremy Kyle."You laugh,but ...
There's a lot of hype around LED lighting for the home,and rightly so,since it can provide year after year of energy efficient illumination for an affordable cost. In fact,would you believe that after you've installed an LED bulb,you ...
Mixing apps and decorating may sound like a surefire shortcut to getting paint all over your iPad,but according to one interiors design journalist,the use of programs and apps on portable gadgets could be the future for redesigning your ...
Tags: Apps, home decorators, DIY, Mixing apps