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If you’re lucky enough to have a spare room, it’s well worth making sure it isn’t a junk room and it is ready for guests at the drop of a hat. Having guests to stay shouldn’t be a hassle, it shouldn’t mean spending 2 days finding the spare duvet or decluttering a room – having…

Advent is a really special period of time and marking it is important here at Thrifty Towers and for a long time we've wanted to invest in an advent calendar we could use year after year - saving us money in the long run and having less of an impact on the planet.  This christmas…

After renovation comes decoration and my friends, it has been a slow process and will continue to be for a time to come. Finally after months of trawling for the perfect (the copper dining room light of dreams) over head lighting for our dining room we stumbled upon this beautiful light fitting in Sainsbury’s. I…

This is the Wednesday task from which, by the way, is a weekly post here on A Thrifty Mrs aiming to help you keep your home ticking over with minimal decor ideas and effort. I’m lazy and you are too, admit it. I don’t know about you but my bedside nightstands table keeps my life…

Finding a perfect wall cladding idea for your house requires as many efforts as you had put in while building it. While you have worked upon your house’s exterior to make it look impressive, do not forget the interior. The house’s interior should be such that it complements the external beauty and building of the…

Expert home stylists know how to emphasize your place’s assets, skin its imperfections, and make it tempting to pretty nearly everyone. No matter what your home is for you, the outcome of your lifelong savings or your major investment, you deserve to have the best of it. It’s time to get the most out of…

Water meters are creeping into homes with a tidal like surge, we have one here at Thrifty Towers and apparently most houses will be fitted with one going forward. There are myriad ways one can save water at home and cut down on water bills but this particular way is seen as fairly extreme to…

Most of the people opine that lighting should be done where it is dark and ignore the frameworks and decorative items that need emphasis. Light is a fantastic décor tool that can illuminate the complete room and create a vibrant, exotic atmosphere.  So, if your living room or bedroom is still in the dark, get…

Paying someone to change or fit your locks is expensive business. So after shelling out a hefty amount for a few doors worth of new locks and seeing what was involved, we hit the internet to look up tutorials and videos so we could do it ourselves. First off we started with our back gate…

Are Command Strips any good? Hm, I have to say no. You have all the free will in the world and this is my opinion but it would be my recommendation not to waste your money on these things. Command Strips and Hooks are designed to allow you to hang up pictures and other bits…