Category: Home Improvements

A Buying Guide to Purchasing Patio Furniture Online

By : Lyndsey OHalloran

AD | Collaborative post Patio furniture is made for outdoor occasions such as having a barbecue party at the poolside or having dinner outdoors. This outdoor item is great for springtime and summer periods. Therefore during these periods, purchasing quality patio furniture might be expensive. This is because the demand is high, thereby, reducing supply. As a result of this market inflation, if you want to get patio furniture online at a low price, buy it after summer or before spring comes. It is normally on sale from August till late October. This is because

Back area with table

Home Improvements We’ve Achieved This Year

By : Lyndsey OHalloran

John and I bought our house back in 2014 so we’ve lived here for quite some time now. When we moved in we got a couple of big jobs done but since I was pregnant in 2015 it’s been really slow going. 2020 was the first year in a while where I feel like we actually achieved something with the house and ticked off a couple of home improvement  jobs. Living room/ dining room carpet Right at the beginning of the year we decided to get a big job done in the living room and

Large electric radiator

Replacing Storage Heaters With Electric Radiators

By : Lyndsey OHalloran

When we moved into this house in 2014 we knew that there was quite a lot about it that we wanted to change. Actually, thinking about it, we probably wanted to change most of the house in some way or another. It definitely wasn’t ‘our’ house when we bought it. One of the worst things about the house though was the water and heating system. The boiler is one of those old massive tanks that need to heat up before you can use the hot water and the heating was all night storage heaters, something

Living room with new carpet

A Mini Living Room Makeover

By : Lyndsey OHalloran

There aren’t many rooms of our house that I actually like, due to there being work that needs doing in all of them. However, one of my most hated rooms is the living room/ dining room/ play area. It’s a pretty big room at 25ft (with an L shape coming off the side too) and it’s really just not very nice. The walls are white but a bit grubby looking, the dining room floor has gaps in the wood so it’s really cold, there is a bit of stone floor and the living room carpet

Steps We're Taking To Afford Home Improvements

Steps We’re Taking To Afford Home Improvements

By : Lyndsey OHalloran

AD | Paid collaboration We bought our home in April 2014 and since then we haven’t really done a lot to it. Between buying the house and having Erin we managed to re-do two bedrooms completely and some work to the garden but that’s it. We unfortunately came into financial difficulty for various reasons and have spent a few years now budgeting every penny and money being used for other things. Now though things have sorted themselves out a bit and we’re getting back on our feet again. The thing is, home improvements, especially in

Living room before picture

What We’d Like To Do Around The House In 2020

By : Lyndsey OHalloran

AD | Collaborative post Our house isn’t in the best condition. In fact, it’s in pretty bad condition although definitely not as bad as it could be I guess. We bought our house in 2014 and we haven’t really been able to do much to it. We started off well, having a new garden fence and turf as well as having 2 bedrooms re-plastered with new skirting boards and doors. When I found out I was pregnant with Erin everything stopped. We ran out of money so we have had absolutely nothing else done since

Specialist tradesperson or jack-of-all-trades? Choosing the right trade company for you

By : Lyndsey OHalloran

AD | Collaborative post You may already know someone who can always ‘fix that’. The handyman is still very much an occupation, and a multi-skilled one at that. But if you do know someone who seems to just do a bit of everything, would you want the same person who hangs your wallpaper to move a radiator? Or the person that mows your lawn to fix your roof?  So when it comes to actually getting out there and looking for a tradesperson yourself, how are you supposed to know what skills to look for? Here’s

Get Ready For Winter With These Home Improvements

By : Lyndsey OHalloran

AD | Collaborative post Winter is on the horizon, and whether it turns out to be wet and muddy or freezing and snowy, you’ll want your home to be a warm, dry haven from the outside elements. Last year was both wet and cold, and the last thing you want to deal with during a long hard winter is a draughty home, damp problems, or heating issues. Before the weather gets any worse, have a look around your house and see where there are potential problems so that you can attend to them in good