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There’s nothing quite like a festively decorated front door at Christmas. Gorgeous holly and ivy wreaths always look spectacular with their mix of red, gold and green. In pagan times holly, ivy and mistletoe were used to ward off evil spirits and celebrate Winter Solstice. The onset of Christianity borrowed these fertile symbols and holly was used to represent a crown of thorns, while Ivy was a reminder to cling to God in times of trouble.

A step by step guide to installing or replacing guttering in your home. This helpful guide makes installing new or replacing old guttering easy. It will give you advice on what you need to by in order to install your guttering and gives you tips on safety and what type of guttering you will need. 

Christmas may be fast approaching, but you still have time to complete or even start those small home improvement jobs before the holidays. It always pays to get them out of the way before the holidays begin – so you’ll have a home you can be proud of when your guests arrive for turkey and trimmings.

Heavy rainfall and flow can leave to clogged gutters, and this sometimes leads to breakages - meaning you have to go and fix them in the cold and rain.  Read on to find out your winter solution to clogged gutters.  

We were recently posed this question by one of our customers -  “We recently moved into a new build apartment. Knowing very little about DIY we were very drawn to the idea of having everything ready-made which would save us time and effort.  Could you please suggest a few looks that we can create using splashbacks/wall panels?”  Read our advice to Helen in this blog post.