Home & Interiors
What To Plant In Your Garden Each Month: A Complete UK Guide To Fruit, Veg & Herbs
Growing your own food in the UK is one of the most rewarding things you can do with a patch of outdoor space, however small. But knowing what to plant and...
How To Upgrade Your Home’s Security in 2026
Ideal for keeping your castle that little bit more fortified...
There's a peculiar irony to home security. We'll...
How To Bring Cottagecore Charm To Your City Home
Ideal for channelling the countryside without a change of postcode...
There's something faintly absurd about romanticising rural life...
From Biophilic Design To Blonde Wood: 2026’s Top Bathroom...
As we step into the new year, the world of interior design continues to evolve, bringing forward...
7 Smart Ways To Clear Out Your London Home...
The great British clearout is a rite of passage that most of us undergo at least once...
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How To Create The Perfect Outdoor Kitchen For Year-Round Entertaining, With Suns Lifestyle
This feature is a sponsored collaboration with Suns Lifestyle, a premium, family-run British brand dedicated to luxury outdoor living.
There's a certain optimism required to...
15 Rare & Exotic Flowers For A Truly Unique Christmas Display
Ideal for bringing vibrancy to your Christmas decorations this festive season...
When it comes to decorating our homes for the festive season, many of us...
7 Ways To Incorporate Music Into Your Interior Design
In the same way that personality can be conveyed through our clothing preferences, so it can be shown through our taste in music and...
More Than Just Storage: 8 Loft Conversion Ideas For The New Year
Spare a thought for the lonesome loft. Crammed with junk, coated in dust and crying out for attention, who’d want to be the loftiest...
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How To Jazz Up Your Driveway To Make The Best First Impression
Ideal for maximising your home’s kerb appeal...
First impressions count. Whilst we’d love to play the long game and get to know a property...
10 Practical Applications Of Biophilic Design: Maximising Functionality For A Greener Home
Ideal for a natural, verdant home that doesn't sacrifice on functionality...
In the realm of contemporary design, the integration of nature into our living spaces...
9 Home Improvement Hacks To Make Yours More Energy Efficient
Are you paying attention yet? Recent harrowing pictures of the Earth’s lungs should have had you sitting up, taking note and hopefully, switching off....
How To Boost The Natural Light In Your Home Office: 9 Top Tips
Did you know that potential homebuyers would willingly pay a whopping £20’000 above the asking price for a property bathed in natural light?
It’s easy...
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How To Make Fake Flowers Look Real, According To Florists
In an era of increasing concern about sustainability and affordability, faux flowers have well and truly shaken off their naff reputation. Once the preserve...
How To Transform Your Garden Into A Winter Living Space
Most British gardens get abandoned somewhere around October. The furniture goes into storage, the cushions come inside, and the space you spent all summer...
How Long Does It Take To Build A Garden Room In The UK & What Planning Permission Is Required?
Ideal for making the most out of garden this summer and beyond...
The garden room – a personal oasis in your backyard, a space for...
7 Kitchen Maintenance Jobs You’re Ignoring (& The Damage They’re Causing)
Your kitchen is probably the hardest-working room in your home. It's also the one most likely to be quietly falling apart while you focus...
How To Hang Artwork To Catch The Attention Of Your Guests
We don’t think it’s much of an understatement to say that ‘adulting’ can be tough. There are bills to pay that we hadn’t even...
How To Keep Your Kitchen Smelling Clean, Whatever You’ve Been Cooking
Ideal for maintaining a beautiful smelling kitchen, whatever's on the stovetop...
Have you ever noticed how scents linger in your kitchen, both good and, erm,...
The Best Ways To Allow More Natural Light Into Your Home In Winter
We all know how important it is to allow as much natural light into the home as possible.
Homes with inadequate natural light can pose...
8 Ideal Ways To Upgrade & Modernise Your Home
The Great British interior design aesthetic represents something of a gift and a curse. Whilst heritage, homeliness and a clear identity are easy to...
Cosying Up Your Home For Autumn? Try These 11 Simple Home Decor Tricks
Here at IDEAL, we’re huge fans of the seasonal decor that defines the transition from summer to autumn, when the onset of cooler, darker...
Why Herringbone Flooring Is Making A Comeback In UK Homes
"There’s something timeless about a well-laid herringbone floor. It’s like a fine tailored suit – classic, elegant, and forever in style." – Interior Designer...
8 Kitchen Renovations To Add Value To Your Home In 2026
Today’s modern kitchen does so much more than simply serve as a place to prepare meals. Functionality plays a part, sure, but so does fun and...
7 Purchases To Bring Both Functionality & Flair To Your Driveway
Roll out the red carpet, form a guard of honour, turn your theme music all the way up… Who wouldn’t want to arrive home...
How To Create A Zen Office Space To Improve Workplace Wellbeing
Ideal for upping productivity and peacefulness, equally...
A busy entrepreneur is constantly juggling tasks and deadlines, but for many, this doesn’t actually represent the most...
9 Of The Best Storage Solutions For Small Houses
'Storage solutions', hey? It's a phrase that the youthful and innocent are totally unaware of, its ubiquity in later life a vague concept at...
How To Breathe New Life Into Your Garden Patio
If you love to spend time in your garden, then you’ll know that there is nothing worse than looking at all your hard work...
Make Your New House Feel Like A Home In 7 Simple Steps
Look up the difference in definition between ‘house’ and ‘home’ in the dictionary, and the divergence in description is telling. The former is defined,...
2025’s Top Wedding Suit Trends: A Groom’s Guide To Getting It Right
This year has brought an exciting evolution in wedding fashion, with men’s trends bringing about bold, innovative tailoring and fresh colours that allow grooms...
Can I Pour Cooking Oil Down The Toilet? Do Egg Shells Go In The Compost? Your Food Waste Questions Answered
Ideal for safe, sustainable food waste disposal...
We’ve all been there; frying pan in one hand, a Google search in the other, desperately asking whether...
Soundproofing Vs. Sound Absorption: Know The Difference
In today’s ‘always on’ world, where noise pollution is an ever-growing concern, creating a serene and sound-managed environment has become a necessity for many....
10 Interior Design Trends For Autumn 2025
Ideal for making that seasonal shift into comforting cosiness...
It’s been a long year and here at IDEAL, we’re actually rather looking forward to the...
How To Make Fake Flowers Look Real, According To...
In an era of increasing concern about sustainability and affordability, faux flowers have well and truly shaken...
How To Transform Your Garden Into A Winter Living...
Most British gardens get abandoned somewhere around October. The furniture goes into storage, the cushions come inside,...
How Long Does It Take To Build A Garden...
Ideal for making the most out of garden this summer and beyond...
The garden room – a personal...
7 Kitchen Maintenance Jobs You’re Ignoring (& The Damage...
Your kitchen is probably the hardest-working room in your home. It's also the one most likely to...