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DIY Advice
Sumptuous Sitting Rooms with EASipanel
Create a luxurious sitting room to relax in by teaming deep, complex hues of purple with sumptuous, soft furnishings for a classically inspired use of colour.
EASipanel’s Raised & Fielded panelling in our picture, is the perfect blank canvas for creating a richly traditional look.
Simply attach the panels to existing walls and choose a sophisticated paint tone to enhance the naturalistic wood grain effect.
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Vax Your Carpets Back To Life With The Rapide Carpet Washer
If dusty feet and dirty paws have taken their toll on your carpets this summer, don’t despair as help is at hand. New from the floorcare experts at Vax, the Rapide Ultra carpet washer makes it quicker and easier than ever before to keep your carpets looking spotless.
The Ultra is the latest in Vax’s popular Rapide range of upright carpet washers, which are as simple to use as a regular dry vacuum cleaner.
This new edition combines the Rapide’s trademark ease of use and manoeuvrability, with the very latest deep cleaning, quick drying technologies, giving you Vax’s best ever carpet cleaning performance – so that you can achieve professional results yourself.
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New Dremel 8200 Cordless Multi-Tool Announced
September 2010 sees the introduction of the new Dremel 8200, the company’s best-ever cordless multi-tool.
The 8200 is compatible with all Dremel accessories and attachments, making it a highly versatile tool, offering the power and freedom to tackle any detailed indoor or outdoor project. It can be used to grind, polish, carve, cut, sharpen and sand a wide variety of materials: The Dremel 8200 outperforms all other cordless rotary tools on the market, and even many corded ones, with its advanced motor technology and powerful 10.8V Lithium-ion battery – setting a new standard in cordless multi-tools. The Li-ion battery is 25% smaller and 15% lighter than on previous models and has Electronic Cell Protection for maximum performance and lifespan. It charges in just one hour and holds its charge for up to two years. The Dremel 8200 also comes with a major safety feature: a motor brake which ensures the accessory stops spinning the second the tool is switched off.
Responding to consumer demand, the Dremel 8200 includes a trumpet nosepiece for better pencil grip, easy to use controls that do not interfere with the grip, a narrow barrel design and enhanced comfort during extended use. An LED gauge shows the battery status and the slide switch allows full variable speed control between 5,000 and 30,000 RPM.
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Rejuvenate Your Staircase And Runner Bindings
For those homeowners looking for some fresh ideas and inspiration, as to how to rejuvenate a tired looking staircase, or want to cost effectively add some character to the heart of their home, then the Carpetrunners new online shopping website www.carpetrunners.co.uk is worth a visit.
Easy to use, packed full of great images of other people’s homes and useful blow-ups of the products featured, the website offers a wide selection of quality stair rods for runners and fitted carpets, door cover plates, rug and runner bindings and other innovative flooring accessories.
It also invites customers to send in pictures of their own homes, for other shoppers to appreciate, once they have installed their sparkling new stair rods and other flooring accessories.
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Fully Utilise The Space In Your Home
Summer is the perfect time for taking on those bigger home improvement projects including that long awaited loft conversion.
Loft conversions are one of the most cost effective ways to gain extra space in the home – whether it’s that guest bedroom you’ve always wanted, making room for your family to grow, or simply creating a relaxing haven to get away from it all.
Home offices are also becoming a prominent domestic feature and transforming the loft, means your work won’t spill out on to your dining room table or interfere with family life.
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How To Choose Lighting
The creative potential of good lighting cannot be overestimated, particularly in the darker winter months.
Effective, efficient lighting has the power to transform your home, defining and improving perception of space, highlighting design schemes and creating atmosphere and interest.
“Always use a good mixture of ambient, task and accent lighting and if possible consider your scheme at planning stages to maximise opportunities†comments Peter Bowles, founder and designer, Original BTC.
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Transform Your Shed With Sadolin
If that tired old shed at the bottom of the garden is more eyesore than eye-catching, then it’s time to take action, with a makeover that will restore it to its former glory.
And, no matter what the transformation you have in mind – be it from shed to home office, to den for the kids, or simply a retreat away from the hustle and bustle of the daily grind – Sadolin has a woodstain just perfect for the job.
Shed to Hideout – It’s Child’s Play with Sadolin
Give the kids a treat by creating their very own ‘club house’. Available in a choice of 45 shades from soft pastels through to more vivid hues, Sadolin Superdec (RSP: £14.99/ 1 litre can) gives a stylish opaque, paint-like finish and is a great way to breathe new life back into your old shed.
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B&Q Launches Eco Shops In Store And Online
B&Q has re-launched its One Planet Home pages on diy.com, which will display hundreds of products alongside a wealth of hints and tips, interactive tools and links to useful sites, for those wishing to go green at home.
They have also opened the first ever eco shops in B&Q’s flagship stores
in New Malden and Sutton. The eco shops will enable homeowners to get everything they need all in one place, to live a more sustainable home life and save money whilst doing it.
As part of the company’s bid to help people eco-vate their homes, B&Q is introducing two new roles – Eco Advisors and Eco Experts.
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Kerb Appeal – The Dulux BackPack Roller
They say first impressions count, and that goes for property as well as people. A well presented home is not only more visually appealing, it’s more welcoming too.
So, spare a thought for the outside of your home, as in many ways, its exterior says more about you than the interior, because it’s there for all to see.
Follow the top three tips from Dulux for a quick and easy spring spruce up:
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Homebase Launches New Value Range
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:
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