Posts Tagged“home improvement”

Frugal furnishing – easy tips to save money on interior design

Are you putting together a new interior design scheme? Not a lot of spare cash lying around? Don’t worry, there are ways of achieving fresh and contemporary interiors without going bankrupt. That’s right, frugal is the new fashionable, and nobody wants to spend more than they need to on creating a vibrant new scheme at home. Read on for easy tips on how to save money on interior design so you can transform that dull interior into a low-cost luxury delight. There are so many things to consider when designing a new interior; the costs can quickly spiral out of…

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Tips for saving money on your monthly bills

When it comes to reining in spending, you might find it hard to realize further gains after picking the low hanging fruit in your financial outgo (i.e. discretionary spending). However, your monthly expenses (utilities, mortgage payments, etc) has more wriggle room than you might give them credit for. Below, we will show that saving money on your monthly bills is not the impossible task that you’ve made it out to be in the past… Upgrade your current windows to save on heating In places like Western Canada, the potential savings from installing proper windows can be enormous, as winters in…

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5 reasons to hire an interior designer

Did you recently notice that the kitchen could do with a revamp, or that you haven’t given your bedroom the makeover in deserves in over 10 years? If so, now’s the time. Maybe you’ve been putting it off because you lack the creativity and don’t know if stripes would look good on the walls, or can’t decide between carpet or wooden floors. Well, there’s no need to panic because help is at hand! Why do all the hard work yourself when you can have someone else come in and think up all the ideas for you in the form of the…

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Housework made simple

Owning a home should be about the pleasure of living in it. The last thing you want is to do is to become a slave to maintaining it. You don’t want to spend all your weekends and spare time on maintaining your house. So if you building a house, or renovating it, plan to make it low maintenance. Here are some easy solutions if you want housework made simple… Fiber cement sidings: Fiber-cement siding is the champion when it comes to curb appeal and maintenance time and cost. It comes in a variety of shapes and forms and doesn’t age…

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