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Couple bond over ‘worst house in best street’ renovation
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Couple bond over ‘worst house in best street’ renovation

A full-on renovation – regarded as stressful by most – has been the perfect project over which to bond for young Wellington couple Tu Greenland and Natalie Hone.

Both painters, furniture upcycling enthusiasts and homeowners in their own right before they met, Greenland, 31, an IT manager, and Hone, 30, a police detective, turned out to be just the right fit for each other.

The pair met on Tinder – Greenland’s first ever online-derived date – and took each other off the market after that first meeting.

“I deleted Tinder after 24 hours and the rest is history,” Greenland says.

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Mother’s Day gift ideas – the snuggle edit
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Mother’s Day gift ideas – the snuggle edit

March 14, 2023

It’s a bit of a chilly Mother’s Day this year with snow, cold rain and a lot of wind flying around the UK. So, what better way to pamper your mum than with something deliciously snuggly to give her all the feels. Here are ours Mother’s Day gift ideas – the snuggle edit! *so you can put in your orders… I mean, get something for your mum hehe!

Super-sweet Valentine's Day gift ideas from Moonpig

Mother’s Day gift ideas – the snuggle edit

Wonder women Oodie – currently £69

Mother's Day gift ideas - Oodie

Photo credit: Oodies

How gorgeous is this wonder woman Oodie! At the beginning of

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Spring is Scam Season for the Latest No. 1 Scams
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Spring is Scam Season for the Latest No. 1 Scams

Fraudsters can arrive in any form; at your door, on the phone, or via email, online ad or even text message.

Published March 13, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 5 minute read

The importance of doing thorough research about a company before undertaking home renovations or repairs can't be understated. Take the time to look at reviews about any company that offers its services.
The importance of doing thorough research about a company before undertaking home renovations or repairs can’t be understated. Take the time to look at reviews about any company that offers its services. Photo by monkeybusinessimages /Getty Images/iStockphoto

Q: My wife and I bought our first house last year. It needs some fixing up but the price is right

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Joanna Gaines Goes Candid About Daunting Home Renovation
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Joanna Gaines Goes Candid About Daunting Home Renovation

Fixer Upper star Joanna Gaines is known for her enthusiasm when it comes to home renovation, but some projects are just a tough nut to crack as the star admitted in her latest edition of The Magnolia Journal. The interior designer weighed in on one of her latest projects in the release, detailing how it took a toll on her and husband Chip Gaines.

The journal featured an essay Joanna penned about renovating a 1913 castle her husband bought in their hometown. She also highlighted these renovations in the latest season of her spin-off, Fixer Upper: The Castle.

Joanna recalled

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Discover Thanksgiving Traditions in America
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Discover Thanksgiving Traditions in America

November is for being grateful and celebrating the uniquely American holiday, Thanksgiving!

A bunch of fun ‘did you know?’ and Thanksgiving Fun Facts. Have your A-HA moment and then pass it on. (The more you know…)

Because, sharing is caring… Sharable quotes from the woman who was the first lady editor in America and the driving force behind making Thanksgiving a National Holiday.

Sarah Josepha Hale was sassy and tenacious and she changed the world. She wrote Mary Had a Little Lamb, brought you the ‘white wedding dress’, and campaigned to make Thanksgiving a National Holiday.

Discover Thanksgiving Traditions in America

You can’t talk Thanksgiving

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What did people wear in the 1700’s?
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What did people wear in the 1700’s?

Otherwise titles Colonial Clothing 101.

What DID people wear in the 1700’s? Do we even know? The answer is YES! We actually know quite a lot about what our forefolk (forefathers and foremothers) were wearing.

Colonial clothing is interesting. It is fashionable and functional. What’s interesting is that different social status is displayed not in different fashion choices but the quality of the fabric. It gets even more interesting because you might think silk would be an indication of wealth but a fine printed cotton might be worth more.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. Colonial clothing is

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7 Items of Recommendation for Constructing Your Dream House
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7 Items of Recommendation for Constructing Your Dream House

2. Draw out all ground plans earlier than you begin the work, and remember about particulars like electrical retailers and lighting fixtures.

Fisher putting up the walls of the wagon

On this picture, Stefanie Fisher, one other house proprietor I spoke to, is placing up the partitions of her wagon.

Stefanie Fisher/My Tiny Wagon


A number of of the householders I interviewed harassed the significance of getting a plan that outlines the place the whole lot goes.

Stefanie Fisher, a former realtor who spent $15,000 constructing an 84-square-foot tiny cell house, advised me a ground plan allowed her to construct furnishings with out losing area.

Primarily based on

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Make Your Personal Whirlig Toy
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Make Your Personal Whirlig Toy

What’s a Whirligig Toy?

The phrase whirligig derives from two Center English phrases: whirlen (to whirl) and gigg (prime), or actually “to whirl a prime”. So the gist of the whirligig toy then is principally to make use of a scientific power (in our case we create it) to get the factor whirling after which we search to maintain it going.

That is all fairly fancy to say a disk on a string. This straightforward pleasure of each making and enjoying with whirligigs supplied hours of leisure for the youngsters of early America and nonetheless does immediately.

Native American whirligig

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