Homebase has launched a new value range - a collection of budget DIY essentials to help keep the costs down.

This collection of over 300 everyday essentials, including 150 for under £5, offers exceptional prices on the products.

From decorating and DIY, to home furnishings and finishing touches, the Value Range has everything you need for a home makeover:

“For the DIY enthusiast” Affordable hand tools including a 3m tape measure (99p), a 16oz hammer (£3.99), 6in junior hacksaw (£1.99) and a slotted screwdriver (99p).

“For keen decorators” Choose from a range of decorating essentials, including plain white wall tiles (£4.49 for a pack of 44), white matt paint (£5.99 for five litres) and lining paper (£2.24, to cover 5.6sq/m).

There is a choice of accessories including, a 500-watt floodlight (£4.99) basic roller kit (£2.49), step stool (£11.99) and paintbrushes from 49p

Other finishing touches for the home include beech laminate flooring (£10.61 for 2.66sq/m), polished brass internal door pack (£8.99) and a silver spotlight – pictured here. (£6.99).

“The new homeowner” Decorate in style for less with home essentials including a paper light shade (£2.49), beech bookcase (£12.99), toilet seat (£8.99) and a coir doormat (£3.99). You can even pick up a double duvet for £7.99 for the first night in your new bed.

“The kitchen connoisseur” With a great range of cookshop products on offer, there’s no excuse to keep out of the kitchen. Pick up a a 16-piece cutlery set (£2.99 and a 12-piece white porcelain dinner set (£5.99).

“The gardening guru” Get into your garden this summer with a range of gardening products including seeds (from 39p), terracotta pots (from 49p) and plants (from 99p).

Homebase is the UK’s second largest home improvement retailer and is recognised for choice, style and customer service.

Visit the Homebase website to view the whole Value range.

If you think a paint brush is just a paint brush, it’s time to think again - Anza have just launched a new range of paint brushes with several features that make them unique:

Unlike most domestic paint brushes, these are round, like an artist’s brush. The round brushes are especially suited to shaped profiles and edging work, such as skirting, banisters and pipes - as they follow the profile being painted, rather than splitting like a flat brush.

Anza claim that the long bristles allow the brush to hold 25% more paint per dip in the can - which should result in faster decorating.

Painting has to stop occasionally, if only for coffee - and you’ll see from the photo that each brush includes an integral brush rest - so you can hang the brushes from the tin, or stand them on a flat surface. They also boast soft-feel ergonomic handles for those long decorating sessions.

With several sizes of paint brushes to choose from, as well as brushes designed for woodstain, varnish and even for painting masonry - painting & decorating might be about to get easier.

Anza’s marketing slogan is “Decorating Made Easy” - if you want to find out if it’s true, the new Anza round paint brushes are available exclusively at B&Q.

web: http://www.decoratingmadeeasy.co.uk
tel: (01953) 453 899