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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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Floral wallpaper is really having a moment - these are the homes doing it right

Channel: Property Property 5 days ago By Saffron Leggatt
Livingroom scene with soft orange painted walls

Decorating gods at Lick launch new 'scrub resistant' paint range

Channel: Shopping Shopping 4 days ago By Maisie Bovingdon
Ann Espley of Longton who has been waiting nearly 3 months to have her skip removed by Staffordshire Recycling

Gran has had full skip on her driveway for three months - and can't do a thing about it

Channel: UK UK June 16, 2025 By Ryan Prosser
I swapped London renting for a narrowboat ? it's a lifestyle of extreme highs and lows

I swapped London renting for a £21,000 narrowboat — it's a life of extreme highs and lows

Channel: Property Property May 19, 2025 By Jessica Lindsay
What I Own. Liv Conlon and her one-year-old son Cash in Holmwood Grove, Glasgow.

What I Own: At 26, I own two homes — I didn't see my flat in person before buying it

Channel: Property Property May 3, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Scallop-edge or trimmed items from Dunelm - including glasses, plant pots, lights and cabinet

These are the stylish scalloped furniture and decor picks from Dunelm we're loving

Channel: Shopping Shopping May 1, 2025 By Georgia Lockstone
Bed, storage unit, coffee table and sofa are put together as top items first-time buyers should have on their shopping list

Top 6 items any first-time buyer should have on their shopping list chosen by an expert

Channel: Shopping Shopping April 28, 2025 By Sarah Bradbury
28/03/25.  Metro Home - How we are DIYing ourselves up the property ladder.  Picture shows Stuart Allen & his wife Rebecca Wilde-Allen photographed with their pet Cavapoo Reggie, 7 at their DIY house in Stamford Brook, West London.  Credit : Daniel Lynch 07941 594 556 www.lynchpix.co.uk

We added almost £1,000,000 to the value of our home — but we'd never do it again

Channel: Property Property April 14, 2025 By Ruth Bloomfield
Dunelm Luxe Gold Indoor Outdoor Wall Art

Dunelm shoppers rush to buy £20 outdoor wall art that’s so good they’ve purchased two

Channel: Shopping Shopping April 8, 2025 By Sarah Bradbury

Inside Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash's £1,200,000 cottage with 'controversial' kitchen

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz April 6, 2025 By Alana Anderson
DIY Property Piece in Kettering for The Metro. Katie Brown and Robin McGill live with their 2 year old son William at their home in Park Avenue. DIY action. February 13 2025. *Collects as they complete the DIY and shots before to compare.*

This couple transformed their
dated old kitchen for less than £1,000

Channel: Property Property March 11, 2025 By Sophie Vening
Kat Sanders stands in the kitchen of her Victorian barn conversion.

We bought my in-laws' house for £350,000 — and spent £130,000 transforming it

Channel: Property Property March 10, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
UFurnish Home Awards

9 homes giving serious interiors inspiration - from backyard bathtubs to whimsical halls

Channel: Property Property March 4, 2025 By Rebecca Sylvestre
Old country house in a field on a warm sunny day, blue sky. Inishmore, Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland. Irish landscape; Shutterstock ID 1994320256; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

You could be paid up to £69,650 to renovate a remote island house — but there's a catch

Channel: Property Property February 28, 2025 By Emily Bashforth

Meet the grandparents who moved to the bottom of their garden

Channel: Families Families February 3, 2025 By Sarah Ingram
Dunelm Cosy & Warm Electric Blanket

Dunelm has launched its sale and there's 30% off Cosy & Warm Electric Blanket

Channel: Shopping Shopping February 5, 2025 By Maisie Bovingdon
The property in Broxburn, West Lothian.Photo released January 15 2025. The UK's 'darkest ever' house is up for auction - with entirely black exterior, ceilings and KITCHEN.The unique property in Broxburn, West Lothian, has an eye-catching theme - black.It has fully black exterior walls as well as a black front door, black fencing and black decking with a black shed in the back garden.The stairs, floors, as well as most of the ceilings and walls are black too.Even the kitchen fridge and bathroom are the same shade.The only variation is dark purple accents - such as curtains, feature walls and sofa cushions, making it a strong contender for the title of the 'UK's darkest home'.

'Disco goth' house on sale for £195,000 divides opinion online

Channel: Property Property January 16, 2025 By Jessica Lindsay

I live in chaos - can decluttering experts really help me?

Channel: Property Property January 7, 2025 By Beatrice Aidin

Our dream doer-upper turned into a £200,000 nightmare

Channel: Property Property November 25, 2024 By Jessica Hamilton

We live in a £69,000 tiny home — but it's not as cheap as it looks

Channel: Property Property November 15, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce