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
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
Radiators, on the John McCririck Scale of Hideous Things to Behold, score a solid nine or ten. They sit there in the corner of the room, gridded, metal, barely warm. And although they are essential for the heating of your home, they're not ...
Tags: LED, Energy, Lighting, Radiator Grilles
Those doom-mongering Nostradamuses over at uSwitch.com this week revealed their consumer forecasts anticipate average household energy bills will top the£1,500 mark annually within the next three years-but it's not just the Big Six ...
Tags: Lights, LED, Energy Cost, Low Voltage
What do you look for when you first take a property in for viewing? How nice the schools are? Whether or not the schools perform well? If the whole property is tilting on a foundation of damp? Well, no, you're doing it wrong. If you're ...
Tags: Sustainable, Issues, investment decisions