Renovation
Everything you need to know about renovating your home. Whether you’re transforming your extension or designing one from scratch, starting a new project can be overwhelming. We have budget guides and essential checklists for all your renovation and design work
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Renovation
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Hello Yellow
From ochre to canary, these sunshine shades are all the rage.
By Stephanie Hendries
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8 arty walls for your country home
Get creative and add visual drama with large-scale wallpaper panels, murals and photography
By Thea Babington-Stitt
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5 ways to use colour and pattern on walls from Tricia Guild
Afraid to use colour and pattern on your walls? Style guru Tricia Guild shares her top tips ...
By Stephanie Hendries
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These key carpet trends for autumn will make you rethink your bare floorboards
They'll have you wanting to keep cosy and cover up
By Amy Cutmore
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How many spotlights do I need? How to calculate the perfect number
We've asked experts how to find the right number of spotlights to illuminate your space
By Millie Hurst
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DIY-er reveals smart hack to get the on-trend Scandi wood panelling look for under £120
Get the look with iron-on, wood veneer, edging tape
By Rachel Homer
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Kirstie Allsopp designs new wallpaper range for B&Q
We asked Kirstie Allsopp what inspired her new wallpaper collection
By Elizabeth Ransome
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The first thing you must do after Storm Eunice to protect your home from further damage
A property and construction expert reveals the first thing you should check in the wake of a storm
By Rebecca Knight
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Easy flooring ideas - 10 of the best
Need easy flooring solutions? Take a look at our pick of the best flooring arond. From carpet and rugs, to rubber and vinyl - we've got plenty of decorating ideas. For more decorating ideas visit housetohome.co.uk
By Stephanie Hendries
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Storm damage - how to minimise the impact on your home
Protect your home from storm damage with these top tips on prevention and repairs
By Thea Babington-Stitt
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How to remove a chimney – and create much needed space in your home
Claw back extra space by getting shot of an unused chimney-breast
By Linda Clayton
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Permitted development – 15 home additions you can build without planning permission
You'll be surprised what you're permitted to do, to improve your property...
By Tamara Kelly
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Carpet planks – is this the next big trend in flooring?
If floorboards and carpet had a baby, this is what it would look like!
By Amy Cutmore
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Make a celebrity entrance – Holly Willoughby leads the way with her Christmas door decorations
Forget celebrity Christmas trees, this year is all about their front doors
By Tamara Kelly
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How to paint floorboards – advice for sanding, painting and stencilling wooden floors
Discover how to paint a wooden floor that's damaged or dull, to transform your home
By Amy Cutmore
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Fans go wild for Helen Skelton's wallpaper, as seen on Lorraine – and we've hunted down the design!
The TV presenter shared a glimpse of her home with fans
By Tamara Kelly
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How to replace front door glass
Follow this step-by-step guide to upgrading and replacing front door glass
By Rhoda Parry
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Join Phil Spencer for a Twitter Q&A with Housetohome and Rated People
Phil is here to help with your property dilemmas – so what are you waiting for? It’s time to #AskPhil!
By Ginevra Benedetti
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Join the green party
Do the greens get your vote? These decorating ideas may make you think again about spring's freshest shade
By Thea Babington-Stitt
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Celia Rufey answers your lighting questions
Looking for lighting ideas and advice? Flick through this gallery of lighting FAQs. Updating your light fittings? Decorating expert Celia Rufey answers your niggling lighting decorating questions on everything from wall lights to chandeliers.
By Thea Babington-Stitt
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The most popular paint colours of the summer on Instagram revealed
It's not just the weather that's hotting up – these colours are sizzling this season
By Laurie Davidson
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Indigo blue colour schemes 2013 - 10 of the best
Love rich blue colour schemes? Check out these 10 gorgeous design ideas for decorating with indigo blue. For more decorating design ideas and design inspiration, visit housetohome.co.uk
By Thea Babington-Stitt
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Nine lighting solutions for tricky spaces
Have a light-bulb moment! Highlighting the lovable quirks of a country home with beautiful lighting is all that’s needed to turn them to advantage.
By Thea Babington-Stitt
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Dulux has launched a new luxury paint range that feels like 'velvet'
Delve into this new palette of sumptuous paints
By Michela Colling
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This is the paint colour we're all dying to paint our homes, according to Dulux
Chic Shadow has been replaced by a softer grey
By Tamara Kelly
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Love Mad Men and Pan Am? The swinging sixties voted most influential decade for interiors by ladies of a certain age...
It was the decade that brought us the mini skirt, bobbed hair and yes, the shag pile rug - our love affair with the 1960s looks set to continue as research by online retailer Isme reveals it's the most iconic decade yet when it comes to interiors
By Caroline Keenan