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PROPERTY ADVICE INTERIORS INSIDER
Light up your life

Candles are a staple interior design trend and are here to stay.
When it comes to entertaining, these glass candle holders and
candlesticks can be used to create a beautiful table setting or
themed tablescape for an evening meal.

Balcony gardens space with your very own garden bar to serve
No matter what size your outdoor space, you refreshing cocktails and mocktails. A clever
can still enjoy the benefits of growing your own and inexpensive hack to save on a customised
herbs and flowers. Potted plants are a great bar is to give a simple wooden potting table
way to bring some life to balconies. a crafty makeover. Requiring minimum DIY
skills, simply choose your paint colour and grab
Why not play around with some brightly your paintbrush. Be sure to give it a couple of
coloured pots to add a dash of colour, or you coats and check the type of paint is suitable for
could experiment at growing some vegetables outdoor use.
in a pot? Kitchen herbs grown close to the back
door or kitchen window can be easily picked
to add flavour to home cooking, while also
enhancing the aroma of your garden. Mint,
rosemary, sage and thyme can be grown all
year round in British gardens. April is a good
month to plant perennials, sow hardy annuals
like marigolds and plant summer flowering
bulbs like lilies and gladioli.

You could also experiment with upcycling
things you already have in your home to be
used as plant pots such as old plastic bottles
or large jars.

Create a DIY garden bar
It’s important that potential buyers can
visualise themselves living in your home –
making memories with friends and family
in the garden and soaking up the summer
sun. Add a new dimension to your outdoor
Glass Candle Holders, £11.50, Talking Tables, talkingtables.co.uk
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