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Tattoo shop gets an unusual new floor
Tweet When most people want to retile a floor or a wall, they’ll draw up a plan, contact some suppliers and finally begin the job. Not so Mel Angst, proprietor of the Artisan tattoo gallery in Garfield, Pennsylvania. Instead, she took a novel approach by decorating the floor of her business entirely in money –… Read more
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Charles Dickens’ former room available for hire
Tweet If you’ve ever wanted to get closer to the literary greats, here’s your chance! Guests at the Bleak House Broadstairs hotel in Kent have been invited to stay the night in a room once used by Victorian author Charles Dickens, the Sun reports. And with 2012 marking two hundred years since Dickens’ birth, the… Read more
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More downsizers seeking to save cash
Tweet More than half of potential home-movers are looking to downsize their homes within the next three years, compared with just over a fifth who plan to be trading up, a new survey from Lloyds TSB has revealed. The poll revealed that 51 per cent of people expect to be living in a smaller property… Read more
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Kitchen and bathroom refits on the up in US
Tweet Kitchen and bathroom remodelling projects are among the top priorities for homeowners in the US considering renovations to their properties, a new survey has revealed. The country’s National Association of Home Builders said the amount of kitchen and bathroom projects was up by 17 per cent compared with two years ago, indicating that more… Read more
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Opt for self-catered to save cash
Tweet Holiday habits are changing in the downturn – not only are holidaymakers lowering the number of holidays they take, but they are also looking to stay closer to home. The popularity of the staycation has gone from strength-to-strength with Brits looking to get more from their buck. While some are opting for back-to-basic camping… Read more
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Scottish property prices will take two years to recover
Tweet The Scottish housing market is around two years away from recovering, due to a new report published by Savills this month. It predicted that house prices in Scotland will fall by 2.5 per cent, before stabilising in 2012 and coming out strong by 2015. House prices plunged by more than half in Scotland over… Read more