Increase Your Home’s Value with these 10 Outdoor Upgrades

Collaborative Post¦ A major kitchen renovation or garage addition may be too expensive to tackle now. But you can make your home more enjoyable and more valuable with some less expensive outdoor upgrades. You will find some improvements such as a new decked patio (with butyl tape to protect your investment) giving you more living space, while others elevate your aesthetic, such as bifold doors or the addition of some lovely new bushes in the garden.

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Creating the perfect gallery wall with Desenio

Gifted & Sponsored ¦ For years, I’ve been toying with the idea of a gallery wall. Done right, they look amazing. Yet I’ve always shied away from it for the fear of putting holes in the wall only for it to end up looking cluttered and not as I envisioned. Last November, we moved house and we’ve just got to the point where we can actually start decorating soon (hooray!) Ahead of this, I’ve been using Desenio’s fantastic gallery wall tool to collate some of their beautiful prints into the perfect gallery wall for my bedroom.

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House renovation so far and aims for the rest of 2021!

Sponsored Post¦ We moved house last November, as we wanted more room due to our impending arrival. I’ve written about some of my ideas on here already, actually! Baby Reuben is now 8 months old and we have been busier than ever. As such, it sometimes feels like we haven’t got much done. I still keep referring to it as our ‘new house’ although we’ve actually been here for 10 months now. I think it’s probably due to the fact that absolutely nothing is decorated, let alone decorated to our taste yet. Although it doesn’t feel like we’ve accomplished much, we actually have done quite a bit when I look back over the year!

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Finding Your Dream Moving Company

Collaborative Post¦ Whether you’re a seasoned mover or newbie, moving is always a stressful, horrifying couple of months. Moving locally may be something you’ve done before, but cross-country is another kettle of fish. It’s a much longer, more involved process that will probably strip you of your will to live by the end of it. Jokes aside, you’ll want to make it as easy as possible on yourself, and that’s where the professionals come in.

Finding the right company can seem like a nightmare on its own, but if you just put a little time and effort into it at the beginning, the rest will be smooth sailing. Here’s how to make it as easy as possible.

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How to make your home accessible for older relatives

Sponsored Post¦ It’s always a concern when relatives are getting older. Many of us will want to continue to care for our family ourselves for as long as possible. After all, love and familiarity are so important! However, whether our home is actually suitable or not is a worry too as they become less able. Here are some things that you can do to make your home more accessible and suitable for older relatives, whether you intend for them to live with you or just visit a couple of times a week.

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