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Monthly Archives: March 2009
British Food Is Third Most Missed Home Comfort
Brits can dine on home comforts for 17% less in the USA, but tucking into British nosh in France will cost you 133% more than at home.
British food is the third most missed home comfort, after the NHS and family Christmases, for Brits living abroad, but new research shows that the cost of eating nostalgically overseas, varies significantly depending on where you set up home.
The USA caters most for our tastes, offering British favourites such as baked beans, Heinz Tomato Ketchup and English tea bags, 17 per cent cheaper than at home; however, Brits settling closer to home in France, face a price hike of 133 per cent on home comforts.
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Foster + Partners Design Expresses Transference Of Light
The F+P 550 is the first of a brand new range of lighting fixtures, the result of an exciting and productive partnership between Louis Poulsen and Foster + Partners.
The design teams were convinced that there was a way to use large numbers of LEDs to create a fixture that did not just challenge the technical limits of LEDs, but surpassed the functional, to achieve a fixture appropriate for the Louis Poulsen portfolio.
The optimum lighting effects were the overriding concern during the design process, rather than a need to visually demonstrate the technology – for this reason, the LED light sources are hidden from view.
Read more about : Home Lighting
Designing A Quiet Interior With Suna Interior Design
‘Quiet Corner’ is a new luxury development in Godalming, Surrey. Built by Lusso Homes with the interiors from Suna Interior Design, ‘Quiet Corner’ comprises four “Victorianesque” town houses.
Built over four floors, the properties have stunning views over the Surrey hills; these are maximized via the balconies in each of the master bedrooms. Every property has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and 3 reception rooms.
Designed for contemporary family living, the interior has a flexible layout that has been enhanced by the rich tones of the furnishings.
Read more about : Home Interiors, UK Wide Property
Rococo Chocolates And The Gluttonous Gardener
Rococo Chocolates and The Gluttonous Gardener (Chantal and Ned, have been plotting and come up with some wonderful ideas for sumptuous gifts.
Rococo Chocolates is loved by people who appreciate good quality, real chocolate and who want to enjoy life’s little luxuries, while The Gluttonous Gardener has become well known for their imaginative range of gifts that combine high quality edibles and growables, all beautifully hand packed in wooden crates and delivered next day nationwide.
A Selection:
Read more about : Chocolate, Garden Ornaments, Garden Plants, House Plants
Architect Your Home Announces April Price Promotion
The property market may have slowed during the economic downturn, but for homeowners looking to take advantage of current market conditions, competition amongst builders and VAT reductions, mean that there has never been a better time to renovate.
Now Architect Your Home, Britain’s leading provider of architectural services for homeowners, has announced that they will be running a price promotion during April, which makes starting your renovation project now, even more appealing.
The company is offering a discount of £100 off the cost of their initial kick-start visits, reducing costs to £450 for a half day and £750 for a full day visit; making expert architectural advice more accessible for homeowners.
Read more about : Building Services, UK Wide Property, Web Sites
Aquasoul Bath From The New Jacuzzi Designer Range
Silence, Breathe, Renew and Dream – these are the thoughts that will fill your mind as you slide deeper inside the Aquasoul bath from the new Jacuzzi® Designer Range.
Like having four baths in one, the Aquasoul concept offers a choice of deeply relaxing massages in addition to the traditional massage.
With three bath options available – Double, Single and Offset Corner – the Aquasoul will rejuvenate your body and soul:
Flower Power For A Glamorous Summer From Millets
Founded in 1893, Millets’ core values still hold true today; to offer a comprehensive range of outdoor clothing and equipment at great value for money from friendly, knowledgeable staff.
World-renowned textile designer Celia Birtwell, has developed a new range of distinctive camping gear and accessories, exclusively for Millets.
This year’s collection has been inspired by long hot Indian summers and the prints bring to life everything from tents to wellington boots.
1 Cable Connects Your HDMI A/V Equipment To TV
You have a beautiful flat-screen TV in your lounge, but need numerous cables to connect all your equipment to it, which is not the ideal solution.
Occasionaly it also becomes impossible, due to a lack of sufficient connectors on your TV. So what now? Change cables?
Marmitek is providing a smart solution to this problem, by introducing the Connect410 and 411 HDMI switchers:
Connect410 – Is suitable for simultaneously connecting 4 HDMI devices, including HD set top boxes, Blu-Ray players and game consoles, to every type of HDTV or projector:
Read more about : Home Entertainment
Profit From The Electricity Produced By Your Renewable Technology.
Did you know you could be making money from the electricity generated by your renewable technology installation?
If you have installed, or are thinking about installing, a renewable technology, which produces electricity, such as a Solar Electricity (PV) system, you may be able to receive payment for the electricity produced.
The most common way to do this, is to sign up to a buy back scheme with an energy supplier. There are two main tariffs available to do this:
Read more about : Home Finance, Solar Panels, Wind Turbines
Go Modern To Exhibit At The Ideal Home Show
Go Modern offers an outstanding online collection of contemporary furniture, including garden furniture and accessories, such as living, dining and bedroom furniture, wardrobes, kitchens, mirrors and flueless fires.
Here we present some of the items to be showcased at the Ideal Home Exhibition, on The Smarter Living Futuristic Garden stand and in the Dream Home and Guest House contemporary show garden.
1) The Tower Indoor garden Fire – Winner of international awards, the EcoSmart collection of indoor and outdoor flueless fires, generate significant heat from real flames, yet need no gas supply, electricity or special ventilation.
Read more about : Contemporary Furniture, Dining Chairs, Dining Room Furniture, Garden Furniture, Garden Lights