Celebrity hairdresser Richard Ward — crimper to both real royalty and the showbiz variety — started to get panic-stricken messages quite soon into lockdown. Even from afar, he could sense that the colour had drained from his loyal clients’ faces, if not yet their hair, as the new reality hit home. ‘Lots of our clients … Read more
My local DIY store has just reopened, so does that mean it’s now safe to enter? B&Q reopened all of its stores last week, having closed them at the start of lockdown. DIY stores were always classed as essential and were not instructed to close by the Government. There are also calls for the opening … Read more
Winemaking couple build their unborn baby a mini cellar door cubby in their vineyards – complete with a fridge, a chic deck and a tiny espresso machine Elise Cook, 29, and her husband Domenic Palumbo, 30, are expecting a child The hardworking couple live and work at their cellar door, Down The Rabbit Hole They … Read more
Chip and Joanna Gaines’ DIY Network makeover is already paying dividends. The TV personality couple, who are at the forefront of the network’s rebranding to Magnolia, scored four out of DIY’s Top 5 all-time ratings spots with their preview programming on Sunday, according to The Wrap on Tuesday. Over 2.3million viewers watched the Fixer Upper stars’ … Read more
Finding the time to eat a decent lunch while you’re working from home can be surprisingly hard. It’s just too easy to graze almost constantly to alleviate boredom — a couple of pieces of toast and a few biscuits here, or a pot of yoghurt there — without ever sitting down to a proper meal. … Read more
Finding the time to eat a decent lunch while you’re working from home can be surprisingly hard. It’s just too easy to graze almost constantly to alleviate boredom — a couple of pieces of toast and a few biscuits here, or a pot of yoghurt there — without ever sitting down to a proper meal. … Read more
Shoppers ignored repeated warnings to stay home as part of ongoing efforts to clamp down on coronavirus by heading to DIY stores. People were seen heading to stores in parts of the country including Edinburgh, Swansea and York on Sunday as latest figures showed Britons are leaving home more and more amid hopes that lockdown restrictions … Read more
Shoppers ignored repeated warnings to stay home as part of ongoing efforts to clamp down on coronavirus by heading to DIY stores. Latest figures collected on Friday showed that driving is up 4 per cent and walking has increased 5 per cent among Britons compared to last week. And there were signs that many were … Read more
More than half of B&Q stores have reopened to DIY enthusiasts looking to spruce up their homes and gardens during the pandemic lockdown. The DIY chain opened 14 stores over the weekend to test the waters, then opened a further 61 on Wednesday and another 80 today. Now, 155 of the retailer’s 297 stores are open … Read more
Should have waited for a professional! People reveal their DIY fails after trying to do home improvements during lockdown People from all over the world are sharing their recent DIY fails on social media Many have started home improvement projects they’d been putting off for ages But it didn’t go too well for some, causing … Read more