How To Make Radiator Reflectors In 3 Simple Steps
Radiator Reflectors are a simple way to help your radiator heat your rooms better. Here’s how you can make radiator reflectors in three simple steps using household items you probably already have.
Get The Hotel Room Look For Your Bedroom
This is a sponsored post If you get hotel room blues, you can make the glorious sensation of a clean, fresh hotel room last forever by replicating it at home with a few simple tweaks. The key is upgrading everything you see and touch to create a sense of luxury and class.
Repainting An Old Metal Bed
When we were offered the exact type of bed we’d been about to buy for free, I couldn’t pass up the offer! Here’s how we got on repainting an old metal bed frame to fit in with our decor and saved ourselves hundreds in the process.
10 Ways To Spruce Up Your Living Room
This is a sponsored post Completely redecorating any room in your home can be expensive. As we tend to spend a lot of time in our living rooms, they can often be the first room to start to look a little worn, especially if you have small children. This post takes a look at some ideas to spruce up your […]
Upcycling Gu Ramekins: Creative Ways to Repurpose Glass Pots
If you love Gu puddings as much as we do, you’ve probably ended up with a cupboard full of empty little glass pots.
Is Skip Diving Illegal?
I recently wrote a post about finding free furniture and other items for your garden. One of the things I mentioned in that post was Skip Diving and it’s a concept that I thought was worth exploring further. Is Skip Diving illegal? And could you be arrested for doing it?
How To Get Free Garden Furniture
As spring approaches, you may be thinking about sprucing up your garden ready for the warmer weather. However, this past year has been tough on a lot of people finances so I am going to take a look at a few ways you may be able to find free garden furniture.
Thrifty Tips: Using Up Paint Samples
When redecorating, it’s fairly common to buy a few paint samples to try out different colours and figure out which ones you like best. However, if you’ve sampled lots of colours you may be left with a fair few pots of paint. Most of us only paint a small area to sample the colour, so often there is a fair […]
Budget Bedroom Makeover Ideas
This is a sponsored post To help you get a good night’s sleep, your bedroom should be a calm and relaxing space with dark or muted colours and plenty of storage to help avoid clutter building up. If you’re thinking of re-doing your bedroom, this post is full of tips and tricks to help you completely redecorate without blowing your […]
£3 Ikea Spice Rack Bookshelves
£3 Ikea Spice Rack Bookshelves I love coming up with thrifty ideas for around our home and these Ikea bookshelves, which are actually made from ‘Bekvam’ spice racks are a perfect example of that. We’ve used them in our daughter’s bedroom to display some of her books and this means they are easily accessible to her whenever she wants to […]
Super Thrifty Candle Hack
I love candles and although I now use them rather less than I did pre-toddler, I do love the ambience they bring to a room, especially in the evening. I also like to use them to get rid of particularly strong cooking smells or when I’ve finished cleaning to give the room a nice fresh scent.
Make Your Living Room Look Expensive – 6 Top Tips
This is a sponsored post Your living room is one of the main rooms in your home where where style is important. Here are six ways to make your living room look expensive without needing to spend a fortune.
6 Best Flooring Options When Renovating On A Budget
This is a sponsored post When buying a home, especially as a first-time buyer, most people want to make their money stretch as far as possible. This post takes a look at the best flooring options for those on a budget.
Best Options For Budget Flooring
This is a collaborative post We all know how hard it can be to get on the property ladder nowadays – the average age of first-time buyers has risen steeply and many are choosing to buy a property that needs a large amount of work to keep the mortgage down. Of course, this then brings its own round of money […]
Where To Find Second Hand Furniture Online
When buying furniture brand new can so often be our go-to. With places like Wilkos offering lots of great budget pieces and Ikea with all their awesome storage solutions, it’s can seem like the easiest option. However, there are plenty of reasons to look to for second-hand furniture online when giving your home a makeover or when you’re starting out […]
How To Do Up Your Home On A Budget
This is a sponsored post Buying a house is probably one of the most expensive things you will ever do. After years of saving for a deposit, house hunting and possibly quite a long time from having an offer accepted to finally getting the keys, you may now find you want to make a start on decorating and updating your property. […]
5 Ways To Furnish Your Home On A Budget
This post comes to you from Laura who writes over at ThriftyLondoner.com. If you’d like to see more of her awesome budgeting tips you can follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Home furnishings and appliances can often come with an expensive price tag, and the cost of furnishing a house can easily snowball when you first move into a new home- […]
The Story of Our First House Purchase
One of the things we found when buying our first house was that everyone encouraged us to spend as much as we could possibly could.
