All content Archive | May 2019

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May 31st
- See your home featured in Real Homes magazine
- You could rent in Liverpool for 4 years for the price of going to the Champions League Final
May 30th
- Amazon's summer trend report reveals what we're REALLY buying online
- Plaster repair: how to fix cracks, bulges, loose plaster and damp
- How to make a spring wreath
- Bigger house extensions to be allowed without planning permission, but only in England
- Save £100s on furniture and create a luxury shower room – just watch the Real Homes Show
- Why it's so important to buy British flowers
May 29th
- Case Study 1 – Carmarthan House
- Floating Timber Stairs
- Spiral Staircases
- Metal Open Staircases
- Complete Stair System
- Smart Home
- Sockets and Switches
- Lighting
- Virtual reality: these simulated home and garden makeovers give renovators confidence and control
May 28th
- Moving house AGAIN? One in eight of us have already bought three 'forever homes'
- 5 reasons to swap to a bamboo duvet
- Cardiff is the city with the friendliest neighbours
May 26th
- Buying to let? These are the property features renters will happily pay more for
- Feeling tired all the time? A Bank Holiday lie in might be bad for you
May 25th
- Female AI voices on smart speakers reinforce gender stereotypes, says study
May 24th
- Botanical wallpapers: 22 fabulous floral, leaf and plant-inspired designs
- How to make bunting
- The best May Bank Holiday deals from your favourite retailers
- 1 in 5 renters has fallen ill due to poor quality accommodation
- Wedding gift ideas: 51 wedding presents for every budget
- Real home: a transformation of a Georgian farmhouse
May 23rd
- Best outdoor plant pots: stylish, yet functional pots to provide the perfect home for your greenery
- Can I replace windows in a Conservation area?
- Tenant fee ban is coming on June 1 2019 – but will it reduce costs for renters?
- Get £50 cash back on a pressure washer – and find out why it could rescue your Bank Holiday weekend
- How to replace or reinstate exterior metalwork in a period home
- B&Q launches two new lust-worthy homeware collections
May 22nd
- 8 of the best ironing boards to whizz through post-holiday laundry
- Quit the gym: gardening is better for you – and here's why
May 21st
- These are the best 3 BBQs you can buy this summer
- Jo Thompson Wedgwood Garden scoops silver at the Chelsea Flower Show
- Chelsea Flower Show 2019 highlights the importance of sustainable gardening
- Best cots and cot beds: 11 brilliant buys to complete your baby's nursery
May 20th
- 8 of the best mini fridges for keeping sodas, snacks and skincare cool AF
- Get 50% off homewares at Cuckooland's spring sale
- Floral wallpapers: 24 ideas to brighten your home
- Real home: a Swedish home full of colour and pattern
- Real home: a renovated seaside Arts and Crafts home
- Real home: an ancient Dorset farm becomes a romantic dream home
- B&Q is coming to a high street near you
- Speaker lamps and speaker shelves: it's Ikea's stylish collaboration with audio experts Sonos
May 19th
- Huge Bee Pit Stop to encourage bee conservation unveiled in London
May 18th
- This is why you should get your home tested for Radon
- Two thirds of us sleep in dirty night clothes – and poor quality sleep is the least gross of the downsides
May 17th
- Game of Thrones interiors: Stark, dark and right on the mark
- Best gardening books
- Lack of reliable builders to blame for half of home renovators putting off work
- H&M opens a flagship home store – and these are the best buys for summer
- Duchess of Cambridge garden to be shown at the Chelsea Flower Show – here's a sneak peek
May 16th
- Anthropologie sale: save 40% off homeware (including the $25-dollar item Taylor Swift has in her home)
- Feng Shui: 10 tips for making every room in your home a happier space
- These are the chicest bath mats out there — little wonder shoppers *ADORE* them
- The best Champagne glasses: from flutes to coupes
- The Attenborough effect could be helping reduce the waste produced when decorating
- Time-saving technology from Bosch
- Convert your loft for under £25,000 and link your home and garden – just watch the Real Homes Show
May 15th
- Real home: a loving restoration of a 19th century rectory
- How to upgrade to a cleaner, greener wash cycle
- Sustainable furniture is a top priority for shoppers but better regulation is needed
- Otty Hybrid mattress review
- Best daybeds: daybeds with trundles, daybeds with storage, playhouse daybeds and more
- Making your bedroom eco-friendly can improve sleep quality (and your sex life)
May 14th
- Best knife sharpeners: keep your kitchen knives sharp as a chef's
- Best table lamps: 9 lovely lights to brighten your rooms
- Smart facts at a glance
- How to get rid of Japanese knotweed
- This fitness app could revolutionise your at home workouts for free
- The best pet tracker: effective GPS pet tracking for your furry friends
- These are the 5 costly house repairs homeowners should save for
May 13th
- A quick guide to buying the best kitchen appliances
- Best laptop stands: 5 adjustable laptop stands for comfortable desktop use
- Thousands of HMO landlords still operate without licences and provide poor living conditions
- 10 most Instagrammed flowers
- These are the things YOU need to be doing to get your builder to do a cracking job
May 12th
- A million plan to self build in 2020
May 10th
- 5 reasons why a dog DNA test could lead to a happier home
- Royal baby: Archie starts his first trend – the gender-neutral, smart nursery
- Greenhouse gardening: how to garden under glass
- Storage jars: 10 handy storage solutions for small spaces
- How to build a timber frame extension
- Buying a mattress online: 10 reasons to shop online for a mattress
May 9th
- The best paints for kids' rooms
- Working from home is the biggest motivator behind building an extension
- Help the bees this May – stop mowing your lawn
May 8th
- Wildflower seeds: mixes and Beebombs for a bee friendly garden
- Do you really need smart pet tech?
- The pros and cons of boiling water taps: are they worth the cost?
- London property prices mean you can buy eight houses in Scotland at the same cost of one flat in the capital
- Extending for under £100,000: 6 tips for getting it right
- Best baby monitor: keep your baby safe at nap time
May 7th
- 10 reasons why you need a smart streamer
- Jewellery storage: 9 ways to store and display your valuables
- How to clean a house for a new baby: 10 easy jobs new parents can fit in between naps
- 15 period home kitchen extensions
May 6th
- 40 million British birds lost in 50 years – RSPB launches awareness campaign
May 5th
- Complete this survey for a chance to win £500 of John Lewis vouchers
- Wall planters: how to DIY an indoor plant wall
May 4th
- Cheap BBQ alert: this £30 grill is the must-have buy for the summer
May 3rd
- 20 weird ways to use a dishwasher to speed up cleaning
- Best drills: tackle those DIY tasks with ease
- Best power tools: get those DIY jobs sorted
- The best electric chainsaws: mains and cordless
- Cottage living rooms: 11 rustic decorating ideas
- Social care reform proposals include voluntary payments of up to £30,000
- The true cost of DIY: £31 billion a year and 63,000 hospital admissions
May 2nd
- Grey paint: 10 of the best colours and how to use them
- 15 tips for successful kitchen planning
- How to repair wooden floors
- Best ways to clean up after dogs
- How to remove urine smells and stains from around your home — cleaning pros to the rescue for human and animal spills
- How to repair stone floors
- How to stencil: upcycle furniture for a Mid-century look
- Still buying cleaning products? You could save over £200 a year by going eco-friendly
- Money saving cleaning tips and a £1,000 washing machine giveaway – watch the Real Homes Show
May 1st
- 16 best stoves: woodburning and multi-fuel
- The best Wickes deals for November 2019