Home & Interiors

Whether working or staying at home, your home is where you spend much time. That’s why it’s a reflection of you. This section will focus on creating interiors that suit you, bring you happiness and joy. While interior decorating on a budget, prioritizing is key. With less money come fewer choices. Selecting important rooms, elements and themes that are most significant to you and your family are the keys to saving a lot of time and money. Analyze your current home, furnishing and decorations. By improving what you already have, instead of completely starting over, interior decorating on a budget comes together in a simple process with an elegant finish.

How To Plan Your Ideal Christmas

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Make A List, Check It Twice!

List all the jobs you need to get done and all the things that must be bought for the big day. Not only will it free up some room for non-Christmas thoughts, it will give you a quick reference guide to refer to. Try to prioritise your list so you tackle the most important jobs first. It can also help to allocate a deadline and associated cost beside each task so you can keep track of your time and money.

Jobs For The Boys (And Girls)

If your list is longer than Santa’s, allow yourself a little help. Delegate the smaller jobs to your partner and children so you can concentrate on the larger, more important tasks. If necessary rope your friends in too: together you could have a good giggle wrapping up presents, making the Christmas cake and putting up decorations. ...

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Display Table

If you're bored with putting photographs in frames, why not try a coffee table instead? Low-level tables with removable glass tops can be used as an original way to display family pictures. Simply slip the photos under the glass and you have an instant gallery that can be updated regularly.

The Liatorp is great for showing off pictures. It has a box-frame top with easily accessible drawer, which means that it's really easy to change your display without having to clear away any items from the glass top.

Ikea

£169

T: 0845 358 3363

W: www.ikea.com

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12 Tools Every Single Mom Should Own

Whether you own your own home or rent, having a few tools on hand for a quick fix can save you time and money you would otherwise have to spend hiring a handyman. And as any single mom knows, whether you’re putting together a crib for the first time or trying to take the batteries out of a toy, you will always need a screw driver. Here’s what else you should also have in your tool kit.

Hammer with Claw: Besides using this tool for the obvious nail pounding and removing, it also doubles as a weapon, although I don’t recommend sleeping with it under your pillow.
Needle Nose Pliers: Your home’s equivalent to a good pair of tweezers. These pliers are ideal for grabbing and fishing out small objects and for pulling wire and cables through small holes.
Utility Knife: This tool I use to slice open packages and ...

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7 Stress-Free Home Maintenance Tips for Single Women

From one single woman homeowner to another, here's 7 tips for stress-free home maintenance:

1. Accept your limitations. You’re learning enough every day without having to learn how to measure for window blinds, too.

2. Get referrals from neighborhood hardware stores, Home Depot, and paint stores. Make sure they know you’re a customer – and will come back and complain if they steered you wrong.

3. Don’t skimp on service contracts, appliance warrantee extension plans, sewer line protection plans and the like. You’ll sleep better.

4. Don’t rely on advertising circulars to find trustworthy repair professionals. The best ones don’t have to advertise. Instead, call your neighbors for referrals. (If you don’t know your neighbors, it’s a nice way to meet them.)

5. Get an estimate before the work begins. Ask about hourly labor rate, markup on supplies, and whether there is a "trip ...

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