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IKEA office ideas – 10 ways to create a functional work-from-home space

If you need to create a work-from-home set-up quickly, IKEA office ideas are brilliant for fast, budget-friendly spaces that you'll actually want to work in. With remote working the new norm, many of us are having to adapt our living quarters not just for rest and relaxation, but to allow for productivity to flourish.

The beauty of working from home is you don't have to bring the office's cold, clinical feeling desks, wheeled chairs and bulky filing cabinets back into your space with you. You c
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Rented garden ideas – 10 temporary ways to make your backyard your own

With the right rented garden ideas, you can still make an outdoor space enjoyable to use, even if you can't make big changes. Renting your home doesn’t mean you can’t truly make it your own – you just need to get creative with how you go about it. It’s easy to add personal touches to your outdoor space without upsetting your landlord.

From potted plants to outdoor lighting, here’s 10 to spruce up a tired-looking rented space into somewhere you’ll want to spend time this summer.

Rented garden i
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How to paint a checkerboard floor – a step-by-step guide to putting a classic twist on your space

If you want to introduce more timeless interior trends into your home, our tutorial on how to paint a checkerboard floor will help you do just that. A checkerboard floor can add a sleek and stylish feel to a multitude of spaces, and you don't necessarily have to rip up your current floors to achieve the look.

'Creating a feature of your floor is an easy yet impactful way to immediately and dramatically change the look and feel of a space,' says Ruth Mottershead, creative director of Little Gree
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IKEA pegboard ideas – 10 ways to use the SKÅDIS pegboard around your home

Utilize the space on your walls with these IKEA pegboard ideas to create not only another functional space, but also a unique, aesthetic piece of decor in your home. Organizers aren’t just limited to boxes and containers for your drawers, after all.

The SKÅDIS pegboard is yet another of IKEA's versatile accessories to add to your home that can be adapted to any space. Easy to use and functional, you can style the pegboard to blend in seamlessly to your taste.

'SKÅDIS pegboards are super versat
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Window box ideas – 8 ways to style and maintain your arrangements for every season

Window box ideas are a beautiful way to boost your home's curb appeal and breathe life back into any property all year round without breaking the bank. Window boxes are also an ideal solution for urban gardening, where your apartment might not have any green space to experiment with but you still want to use plants to spruce up your exterior.

Steph Green, garden designer and founder of Contained Creations, explains that creating a show-stopping window box is all about the right composition, sug

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