Keeping romance alive even with teenage offspring

Keeping romance alive even with teenage offspring

Valentines day makes you think. Remember the days when the feet of your little ones went pitter-pat, often at 5am, and exhaustion dulled your libidinous tendencies into submission? How you looked forward to the teenage years, long lazy lie-ins and a reconnection in...
Energy Efficient Buildings

Energy Efficient Buildings

I think most of us are resigned to the notion that our energy bills are only going in one direction. And maybe you are reading this because you would dearly love to build a room in your garden (whether it be as an office, a gym or purely for pleasure) but are holding...
Commuting makes us out of control and out of sorts

Commuting makes us out of control and out of sorts

Anyone who commutes knows well the sinking feeling that settles upon them when the traffic, train, tube or bus grinds to a halt. As time stretches out, the sense of unease grows. In a vacuum of useful information, a sensation of helplessness starts to swell and slowly...
Rain and Rain and Rain; but spring is around the corner

Rain and Rain and Rain; but spring is around the corner

Is it just me or do you also feel like the sky has been an endless rainy grey since November and that birdsong is a distant memory. The notion of venturing out holds little more promise than cracked lips and knuckles or a thorough drenching. It is hard to resist the...
How to Make the Most of your Garden in All Weathers

How to Make the Most of your Garden in All Weathers

Guest article from Mark Enright of regalawnings.co.uk In summer, making the most of your garden is easy. Besides just doing work such as planting, mowing and weeding; there are plenty of fun activities you can use your garden for. Here are just a few of them: Patios A...
Be inspired by an inspiring space

Be inspired by an inspiring space

Where do you go for inspiration?  Maybe to a favourite place, somewhere you can escape the chaos of everyday life and relax and concentrate on your artist project or hobby. But what if this haven of creativity was no further away than the bottom of your garden…...