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There is usually one wall in a home that nobody quite knows what to do with. You consider a large print, scroll through framed photographs, maybe think about shelves, and then leave it empty for another six months. The problem is not a lack of wall decor....
Most things we hang on our walls are finished the moment they go up. A framed print looks exactly the same three years later. A painting might still be beautiful, but it does not know that you finally made it to Japan, spent a chaotic weekend...
Owning a pet is full of tiny jobs that barely register when you have plenty of time. Fill the food bowl. Check the water. Wipe up the splash around the fountain. Make sure one cat hasn't eaten the other cat's dinner. Have a quick look around...
Cats have an impressive sense of time, especially when food is involved. Be ten minutes late with breakfast and you may find a very unimpressed face waiting beside the bowl. The problem is that our schedules are rarely as reliable as theirs. Meetings run over, trains get...
Buying a new tool for every home improvement project sounds sensible until the garage starts filling up with equipment you have used exactly once. There are tools worth owning. A decent drill, basic hand tools and a reliable sander can pay for themselves over years of small...
Some home improvement jobs look perfectly reasonable until you actually start them. Sanding a wooden floor sounds like a Saturday project. Removing old tiles seems like a matter of getting underneath them and applying a little force. Even cleaning a patio can feel straightforward until you realise...
Almost everyone who has been into fitness for a while has one. It's the half-used tub of protein powder sitting somewhere at the back of the kitchen cupboard. You bought it with good intentions, made a few shakes, decided the flavour was just about tolerable, and eventually...
There is a particular kind of disappointment that comes with making a protein shake you know you should drink, taking the first sip, and remembering exactly why the tub has been sitting untouched in the cupboard. Too sweet. Too chalky. Strange aftertaste. Somehow thick and watery at...
Small bathrooms have a way of making every object look more important than it really is. Leave two extra bottles beside the sink and suddenly the countertop feels crowded. Add shampoo, conditioner and body wash around the shower, and a perfectly nice bathroom can start looking...
There are plenty of things we think about when decorating a bathroom. Tiles get debated for weeks. Taps have to match. Towels are chosen to suit the colour scheme. Then, after all that effort, a brightly labelled plastic hand wash bottle gets dropped next to the...