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All the latest stories on home renovations and celebrity DIY projects. Here you'll find exclusive before-and-after pictures of amazing transformations, the best expert tips to revamp your house or garden on a budget, and a peek into the homes of your favourite stars.

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Enjoy the summer sunshine with Dunelm and save up to 30% off garden furniture and more

Channel: Shopping Shopping June 17, 2024 By Sarah Bradbury
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These hidden house buying fees could end up costing you up to £6,000

Channel: Property Property May 31, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
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Not spotting these common property issues could end up costing you £40,000

Channel: Property Property May 28, 2024 By Gregory Robinson
Story from Jam Press (Off The Grid) Pictured: Ashley. Mum tired of 'soul-sucking' grind quits job, sells her house and becomes homesteader ??? moving into 'Amish-built shed' A mum-of-four has shared why she took her children out of school and ditched the 9-to-5 lifestyle to take her family off-grid. Former teacher and single mum, Ashley, 32, has always had a deep love for ???Mother Earth??? ??? finding herself longing to live at one with nature from a young age. After divorcing her children???s father and feeling stressed of daily life ??? including managing mortgage payments, chores, school activities and making healthy meals ??? she finally realised she???d had enough. So Ashley put her house on the market and moved into a tent for the summer with her children Helen, 17, Olivia, 15, Adelaide, 14, and Arabella, 12. Soon after, they found the perfect piece of land to build a home in upstate rural New York, US ?????which the mum refers to as their ???witches lair???. From carrying water from a creek to using a composting toilet, Ashley and her children???s lives are far from the norm. But the mum wholeheartedly believes in the alternative approach. ???Since childhood, I have always wanted to live close to the land,??? Ashley told What's The Jam. ???I have a passion for living in a way that is sustainable, environmentally conscious and in alignment and balance with nature. ???I would like to live a life that does no harm to the earth and instead nurtures her back for the gifts she so freely gives us.??? Where the family get their food from was another motivation for Ashley when they upped sticks in 2022. ???With commercial food-growing practices so wildly out of balance with nature, destroying our soil health and ecosystems, and crops so heavily laden with toxins, I feel the only way to ensure my food is safe and being grown sustainably is to grow it myself! ???Prior to my homesteading venture, I had the average life of rushed mornings doing chores, pac

I uprooted my family and took my kids out of school to live in a tent

Channel: Families Families May 24, 2024 By Gregory Robinson
Georgina Burnett Garage Conversion - Before/During

I turned a derelict garage that was being used as a toilet into a two-bed home

Channel: Property Property May 2, 2024 By Oliver Stallwood
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‘Soft’ gingham duvet set from Dunelm surprises shoppers for being ‘great value for money’

Channel: Shopping Shopping April 3, 2024 By Sarah Bradbury
The living room before the renovation. See SWNS story SWSMtransformation. A woman who rented a run-down council house has renovated her home using bargains from Primark and B&M - saving ?10k doing it. Celene Francis, 25, started renting her council house in 2020 and has renovated the property to make it more of a home. When she moved in, the mum of one, said the house was in such a dire condition with plaster all over the floor, yellow ceilings and wallpaper peeling off the wall. But that didn't stop Celene from gutting the house and putting her own stamp on her new home.

I renovated my council house myself — it cost just £150 to transform my kitchen

Channel: Property Property March 28, 2024 By Gregory Robinson
Dunelm - Shop Front

Fancy redecorating? A little-known Dunelm hack secures non-sale items at a heavily reduced

Channel: Shopping Shopping March 19, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce
PROPERTY & HOME : SPAN HOUSE IN TWICKENHAM

This 1960s housing estate is the utopian living we all deserve

Channel: Property Property March 18, 2024 By Emma Wells
Image of new John Lewis 'Easy Klix' furniture for the home

John Lewis launch collection of furniture that can be built 10 times faster than flatpack

Channel: Shopping Shopping February 15, 2024 By Sarah Bradbury

We spent £300,000 transforming this pigsty into a perfect family home

Channel: Property Property February 14, 2024 By Oliver Stallwood
Image of new spring collection from Dunelm

Our shopping expert picks out her favourite Dunelm items for spring – including £20 throw

Channel: Shopping Shopping February 8, 2024 By Sarah Bradbury
Ikea furniture store in Sunrise Florida near Fort Lauderdale

IKEA is making all our DIY dreams come true by slashing price of 1,500 best-selling items

Channel: Money Money January 17, 2024 By Courtney Pochin
Sick young Asian woman headache fever cough cold sneezing sitting under the blanket on sofa in living room at home.

This common heating mistake is costing you a fortune

Channel: Property Property January 17, 2024 By Gregory Robinson
COMMISSIONED BY TOBY MEYJES FOR MAIL ONLINEPictured: Paul on the tank parked in front of the Wicks store.Paul Gibbons had a kitchen that was badly installed by Wickes so he parked a tank outside their Basingstoke store.SEE OUR COPY FOR DETAILS.? Solent News & Photo AgencyUK +44 (0) 2380 458800

Man brings tank to kitchen war with Basingstoke Wickes

Channel: UK UK December 29, 2023 By Sam Courtney-Guy
Inside a foreclosed house

Tenants trashed my house while I was on holiday and left dirty knickers everywhere

Channel: Property Property December 25, 2023 By Jen Sizeland
Story from Jam Press (Mansion Renovation) Pictured: Abby and Trey. 'We bought and transformed a run-down mansion that had been abandoned for 30 YEARS ??? now it's worth $745,000 more'. A couple has transformed an abandoned mansion into an incredible, modern home ??? adding ??588,100 ($745,000) to the property value in the process. Abby Brothers, 33, and husband Trey, 35, purchased the rundown property in June 2018 after spotting it online, having sat untouched for over 30 years. Snapping up the home, built in 1913, for ??122,399 ($155,000), they knew the property would be a full-scale renovation project. Sharing their DIY journey on Instagram (@turningthepagemansion ), the duo have quickly gained over 26,000 views. "When we saw the home in person we knew it was our home, but it looked so sad and dilapidated,??? Abby, a registered nurse, told http://NeedToKnow.co.uk . ???Many people told us we were crazy for buying a home of this size that needed that much work.??? Measuring 6,000 sq ft, the colonial revival brick manor in the Aberdeen, North Carolina, boasts six bedrooms, four bathrooms, a large foyer with a grand staircase, a kitchen which opens up to the dining room, a study, a living room, and a large attic. She said: "We wanted to restore our home into just that ??? a home. "It was originally built for a family and we wanted to keep her that way, it is our forever home. "Everything needed to be updated, everything was original, the plumbing, electricity, windows, walls, were all from 1913. "There was no central air conditioning, which is crucial for the hot North Carolina summers, there was radiator heat, but it was extremely difficult to heat the home, so this was also replaced and the radiators removed. "Our home had sat abandoned for a long time, estimated over 30 years, and had many leaks in the roof which led to serious water damage, the worst being in the dining room. "We couldn't walk into the dining room completely because the floor had g

We bought a run-down abandoned mansion – and added £580,000 in value

Channel: Property Property December 16, 2023 By Charlotte Colombo
Athelhampton Hall and House taken in Puddletown, Dorset, UK on 10 June 2018; Shutterstock ID 1109553560; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

This £15,000,000 seven-bed stately home has zero energy bill costs

Channel: Property Property December 13, 2023 By Charlotte Colombo
Sarah Yak inside he converted Ford transit van. Release date November 24 2023. See SWNS story SWSMvansafety. A woman has revealed how she stays safe while living alone in her van - by installing secret hiding places and taking self-defence classes. Sarah Yak, 26, has been travelling around America since 2018 and has so far visited 16 states. After realising that university wasn't for her, Sarah dropped out and started working as a carer to save up for a van.

I stay safe living in my van with secret hiding places and self-defence classes

Channel: Travel Travel November 25, 2023 By Faima Bakar
Transformer Table

This table can transform into a 10ft dining table perfect for Christmas dinner

Channel: Shopping Shopping November 22, 2023 By Kat Romero

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