Homestyle Gossip

Fashion and Function is not always a trade-off when it comes to double glazing your home. UK leading windows and doors manufacturer offers a good range of window designs that can brighten up your home without putting the heater on high this winter. Let’s have a look what’s out there

Lead Designs
Old fashioned? I say not! Nothing beats these timeless classic styles, normally available in diamond or square shapes, it is a great look for both modern and traditional homes. That’s not all, patterns now comes in Gold or White fret leaded, it surely can bring a different buzz to your home.

Coloured Glass
Don’t be shocked, it’s not having the entire window colour tainted or painted like the Sistine Chapel. Incorporating a nice design with coloured glass can make your home stand out from the rest. Coloured glass are normally found on windows and doors, door in particular can really highlight your home and make a great first impression.

Bevelled Glass
This glass-on-glass decorative design not only looks sophisticated but also brings our different colour diffraction which highlights the glasswork. The designs and textures on bevelled glass windows can bring out different effects through sunlight, that’s if we get any of that this winter!

Obscure Glass
Obscure glass gives you privacy where you need them. It is ideal for throughout the house especially for toilet and bathrooms. It is a great choice if you still want natural light but also want a bit of privacy.

Visualize the style in your home

Having a hard time visualizing what styled windows is suitable for your home? Here’s a handy tool from Safestyle UK that gives you a glimpse of what it might look like.

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So, whoever has the time to clean their house as much as they’d want to these days say I…… no? noone?

GOOD! Thanks. You’ve made my feel a bit better about my party stained carpets that I promised I’d clean oh I don’t know.. 3 weeks ago.

So when you’re house is smelling a bit worse-for-wear, there’s a quick and easy solution for our senses  – Febreze. It is one of the only air fresheners that cover up those over-due cleaning odours.

Or is it?

For those of you who’ve been buying Sainsbury’s own air freshener and going through a bottle a day but just can’t justify the price of a better one, fear not – There’s some sites out there that teach you how to create your own Febreze with some household items.

The following are 4 recipes found on TipNut.com -

Recipe #1
1 cup fabric softener
1 cup white vinegar
2 cups water

Recipe #2
2 cups water
1 cup fabric softener

Recipe #3
3 cups water
3 TBS fabric softener
3 TBS rubbing alcohol

Recipe #4
2 cups water (warm)
1/4 cup fabric softener
1 TBS baking soda

Now, I haven’t tried any of these myself, but if you do, please leave some comments about whether they work or not – I am a sucker for homemade ANYTHING