Our 7 Steps to a ‘Stress Free’ Move
We will move house several times during our lives and it is often ranked as one of the most stressful thing we can do. In a poll of 2,000 adults who had moved house within the past three years, almost two in three placed it at the top of their stress list, above divorce and starting a new job! Much of the stress on moving day comes from misplaced possessions and realising furniture does not fit. But, if you are currently planning to...
Dyson V8 Absolute cordless vacuum cleaner | Review
I have a large hairy hound who sheds everywhere, plus four children who seem to shed on the carpets more than the dog does. I also home educate three of the four – which means the house literally gets no respite. They’re on the flippin floors all. day. every. day. Woe are my floors. So when we vacuum (I use the ‘we’ royally here – clearly vacuuming is not *my* job. It’s a child job. A quick schwizz...
In-Depth Review of the Teeter EP-560: Best Inversion Table for Back Pain?
Age is a funny thing. You skip through your days quite happily and, as long as your health isn’t disastrous, I don’t think you give the mechanics of your body a second thought, do you? Then one day you notice you’ve started to “ooh!” when you sit down suddenly. You gather yourself before standing up from a low seat. You think twice about carbs in the evening (and Gaviscon mysteriously appears in your medicine cabinet). Climbing...
Three Kitchen gadgets you *need* in your life
We all know that there’s loads of useless gadgets helping you do things that you weren’t tricky until someone told you they had a solution for that problem you weren’t having. But sometimes one comes along that is an actual little piece of genius. Here’s my recently discovered top 3 kitchen gadgets that I really love… 1 – Pizza Scissors. Yes – I said pizza scissors. No more rolling back and...
7 Ways to Stay Cool When You Sleep
We’ve all been guilty of complaining about the long winter, only for summer to come and us to start to protest that it is in fact, too hot. Us Brits aren’t great with the heat, it’s no secret. We become so used to the cold that once it peaks 14 degrees the shorts are on, the barbecue is fired up and the suntan lotion comes out. During the day the extra heat certainly doesn’t go amiss, however, when you’re trying to sleep, it can get a...
How to Make a Modern Home Feel More Traditional
Although our hearts may desire a traditional home, with an open fireplace and original wooden features, our bank balance and saved deposit may only stretch to a new build. Buying a new property isn’t all bad; often you can choose the fittings and colour schemes prior to completion, the deposit required can be as low as 5%, and they’re usually fitted as standard with fire doors and other great features. That being said, if you’ve...