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Children Just Love A Playhouse
Children love a garden playhouse. It’s their own space where their creativity and imagination can be released and enjoyed.
The Playhouse Company have specialised in designing and building children’s play houses for 20 years and have extensive experience in building a large range, from a kid’s tree house, or a large garden play house, to a small Wendy house.
All of their playhouses, tree houses and play equipment are built to a very high standard; they are always supplied fully treated in the client’s choice of colours and are installed by The Playhouse Company.
Read more about : Building Services, Garden Rooms
Frustrated Homeowners Become Homebuilders
Britain’s housing market is one of the biggest casualties of the economic turmoil, plagued with falling house prices, repossessions, a collapsed house-building industry, mass redundancies and restricted mortgage lending.
In the face of such problems, self-build and renovation specialist BuildStore is reporting a huge rise in demand for its services, as the nation’s frustrated homeowners take matters into their own hands.
BuildStore has noted a significant increase in demand for self-build land and renovation properties through its land database, PlotSearch; current subscription levels to the online service are up over 140% on levels six months ago; in the last three months, since January 2009, subscription levels are up almost 50%.
Read more about : Building Services, DIY Advice, UK Wide Property
White Rabbit Company’s Bunny Rabbit Night Light
Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with the gorgeous white rabbit night light, from children’s company, White Rabbit England.
The White Rabbit England was started by two sisters, who as children had loved their hand painted earthenware nightlights, yet were unable to find anything similar, when they tried to look for their own children.
So the White Rabbit England was born and they have now launched their White Rabbit Night Light modelled on their adorable rabbit logo:
Read more about : Home Lighting
Haddonstone’s Cost Effective Improvement To Any Home
Current economic conditions in the housing market have meant that many people are looking at simple and cost effective ways to improve their homes, to give it that something extra – either to create the perfect home or make it stand out to house buyers.
An entrance is arguably the most important feature, as this is the first impression a potential buyer will have.
One of the simplest but most effective ways in which to improve an entranceway is to build a portico on the front of the house; whilst obviously providing shelter from the elements, porticos can also be used to embellish an otherwise dull and uninspiring entrance.
Read more about : Building Services, Garden Ornaments, Planters
Lutron’s Dimmers Offer Greater Control And Sleeker Looks
A room can be completely transformed by lighting, yet the control of it via dimmers remains one of the most overlooked and underused aspects of home interior design.
Quality dimmers – such as those from Lutron, whose founder invented the electronic dimmer in 1961 – can be used in rooms to create dramatic or subtle changes of ambience, to suit both mood and occasion.
Dimmer switches also help save energy, as dimming a bulb’s light output will normally reduce its energy consumption and extend its life, whilst having only a minimal change in perceived light levels. By dimming lights by 10%, it is possible to save around 10% of energy.
What makes Lutron’s dimmers stand out, is an over-riding commitment to technology and design – which results in a significant ‘step-up’ from the usual dimmer experience.
This is because Lutron’s dimmers are designed by some of America’s best engineers, are made using top-quality materials and finally are tested far above industry standards.
Read more about : Home Automation, Home Entertainment, Home Lighting, Light Switches
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
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
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
Grand Designs Live Show 2009 At ExCeL London.
Looking for design, innovation and inspiration for your home? Then a visit to the Grand Designs Live Show, from the 25th April to 4th May, 2009 at ExCeL London, is a must for you.
Grand Designs Live offers Six Separate Shows from Design, Interiors, Building, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Gardens and also the Grand Village and brings together over 500 exhibitors.
For example there is the Grand Interiors — a cutting-edge, contemporary interior designs collection from the world of furnishing, accessories and decoration, offering the ultimate in home design to suit all tastes.
Read more about : Building Services, DIY Advice, Shows and Events
Retreat Home’s Gifts From The Heart, Made With Love
Retreat Home’s online gift collection is just right, when any time for giving arrives – what better way to show your loved ones or friends how much you care, than by giving a present of timeless beauty?
To make the collection easy to shop, it is split into sections:
Enlightening – lovely things to light up your life; beautiful hand finished crystal table lamps, hurricane lamps and candlesticks.
Read more about : Cushions, Home Interiors, Home Lighting, Kitchen Accessories, Ornaments, Table Lamps