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Making wooden garden furniture as a hobby
March 16, 2021
As we hear that there may be a shortage of garden furniture this summer having a hobby building wooden garden furniture may be a good plan. The beauty of designing and building your own pieces is that they will be unique and can be constructed to suit your needs. Probably the most common piece that people new to this hobby will build will be a wooden bench. The simplest design to start with is probably a back less version of…
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Renovating floorboards in an older property
February 17, 2021
If you live in a property that was built prior to the 1930s the chances are that the flooring throughout the house will be wooden floorboards. Before the advent of fitted carpets in our homes, most people had wooden floorboards that were polished and then covered with a rug. The rug was periodically taken outside and shaken or beaten to remove any dirt that had been brought into the house. These floorboards could be made out of oak and were…
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Is it time to replace your wooden garden shed?
January 28, 2021
A garden shed is such a useful addition to any garden as it can be used to store garden tools, pots and lawnmowers throughout the year and garden furniture through the winter months if the shed is large enough but is your shed in need of some TLC? Most sheds over time develop a leaky roof as the felt on the roof deteriorates due to the elements. This is easy to fix as a roll of felt and felting nails…
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Building a wooden playhouse for the children
December 16, 2020
For many families with children the garden is used frequently as a playground as we try to encourage our offspring to play outside but also want to know where they are and that they are safe. Our gardens are becoming full of trampolines and other play equipment such as slides and swings, but an increasingly common sight is a playhouse of some sort. This may be just a moulded plastic one or a more expensive version constructed from wood. If…
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Is it time to replace your doors in your home?
November 5, 2020
The interior doors in our properties is not something that many of us pay much attention to. It is very easy to decorate a room and just give the door a new coat of gloss but doors really can change the appearance of a room. Doors that have no detailing to them and are often just painted plain white can look dated. You may be surprised as to what a different a timber shaped door can do. If you are…