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Gone are the days of tearing off wallpaper swatches and holding them up to walls, straining to imagine how the design on this scrap would look in part or all of the room. Now, there is an app for it.

Are you designing a kitchen and want to achieve the look and feel of bespoke plywood units, while working from a flatpack budget? Or are you stuck with an outdated Ikea kitchen that needs an update?

It's Earth Day, which gives us all a chance to consider our impact on the environment. Composting is one of the best and easiest ways to make a sustainable change to your lifestyle. Compost returns ...

What's on your list when you're searching for a new home? For many, space, light and a distinct lack of mould is well up there, but topping many people's priorities now is sustainability. More and ...

When it comes to looking for a new home on the rental market, a decent-sized room and friendly housemates usually comes top of the list of requirements. But what happens if you're vegetarian or vegan?

When it comes to planning home renovations, it's easy to get carried away with dreaming of that extra bedroom, bold makeover or open-plan kitchen diner. Before you launch into your newest project, ...

Maybe at some point in the not so distant past our idea of a great night involved a pub, a few too many Sauvignons and the inevitable box of chicken nuggets. But new statistics have shown that these ...

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Back in 2015, the Town and Country Planning General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) meant that permitted development rules were relaxed to allow homeowners to bypass the red tape associated with ...

There was once a time when the first thing people did when they moved into a new place was to rip out the kitchen, chuck it in a skip and buy a new one. Thankfully, we seem to be realising how ...