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I was dreaming of cleaning the kitchen floor. There I was, on my hands and knees, scrubbing away till my arms and fingers ached. After finishing the job at hand I would sit back, happy at the sparkling floor in front of me…content.
But this situation is like Steve Carell’s character in Evan Almighty, who upon[...] View full article

Now while many people struggle to get on the property ladder, others are finding it equally difficult to sell homes. Put the two together and you don’t get harmony, more a discordant symphony that would sound better with a bit of fine tuning.
For some of those who cannot push their pad on the property market,[...] View full article

 
We can pretty much say that with all certainty, most people want to own their own home. It’s just one of those things that we aspire to, like securing the dream job, meeting ‘the one’ and owning the biggest library the world has ever seen.
What’s that? The last one isn’t on your wishlist? Oh, that[...] View full article

Carpe diem!
What’s that? You don’t know your Latin? Sacre bleu! Huh? You don’t know your French?!
Carpe diem translates into “seize the day” and indeed, come this bank holiday, Ellie Tennant, an interior design journalist, would like you to grab the weekend by its collar and make it one for DIY.
It’s not simply a matter of[...] View full article

 
Space; the final frontier – indeed it is. If you know a thing or two about the great cosmos, it’s that it’s expanding. Into what, I don’t know, gosh, that’s a question even the greatest minds of yesterday and today can’t really figure out. All I can say for certain is that space is, like[...] View full article

 
Before I start, allow me to say that this is not a joke. Let me repeat, this is no jest. I thought I’d go ahead and make a disclaimer from the get go. This is, despite being April – the month of tomfoolery – oh so real.
Werner Aisslinger, a German furniture designer and artist of[...] View full article

 
One of the great 20th century American novels is the Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald’s story about the lives of the wealthy elite during the Jazz Age. Everything about it exudes a sort of enviable life, the yearning to be part of ‘high society’, and getting there through whatever means are at one’s disposal.
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Many people are often flabbergasted when they first see a proper, first-rate, lavish catwalk show, whether it’s been there in person with the who’s who of the entertainment world, or whether they’re browsing a doorstopper of a glossy magazine.
The gut reaction, for both men and women, is disbelief: “I don’t get it – that ten[...] View full article

There’s a faint echo of a sound building up, slowly, patiently and skilfully. It’s the sound of Great Britain, of history, of defining moments. On the wings of this echo is solidarity, unity, the bringing together of countries, politics and conflict absent. It’s just about human beings pushing themselves to their very limits, dumbfounding us[...] View full article

The idea of adding a basement to a home in the UK is something that most homeowners never think about. If any extension to a home is going to be made, then it has been the case that it occurs on a particular side of the property or up top, in the loft.
However, basements, which[...] View full article