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20/08/2008
Ikea Hack. Spend Your Weekend Saving & Making Money

6. Give Your Old Furniture A Revamp

Got an old Ikea chair or sofa? Who hasn’t… Give yours an update with new covers - Bemz sells covers in a range of great patterns and shades solely for Ikea furniture. Or, you could buy something from the bargain basement and give it a unique look all of its own, with the latest craze - Ikea hacks. Or, why not just find out how to paint old furniture to make it as good as new?

7. Discover Your Inner Designer

So, you want to give your home an expensive new look, but you don’t really want to spend any money? So, check out our interior design secrets. They’ll help you re-organise your rooms perfectly at zero outlay and maximum impact.

8. Redesign Your Bathroom

Okay, so this isn’t free, but if you give your bathroom a makeover, you could add value to your home. You needn’t splash out and replace it completely to reap the rewards – simply retiling, installing a new sink or updating the bathroom lighting will do the trick.

Cleaning. How To Spend Your Weekend Making & Saving Money

9. Clean Your Bathroom

It won’t even take an afternoon to finish this job off, and it won’t make you rich, but it will make you feel good about yourself to give your bathroom a good clean – and you might find, if you put in enough elbow grease, it doesn’t need a revamp after all…

10. Got The Cleaning Bug?

So you’ve cleaned your bathroom, why not carry right on through and complete all those cleaning jobs you’ve been putting off? Got a tricky cleaning job you can’t solve? Swap cleaning tips with other 4Homes users or leave your questions for us to answer…

11. Need More Ideas For Improving Your Home?

Check out our guide to selling your home in a flat market – there are tons of ideas to guide and inspire you into improving your home (and making it worth more), whether you’re selling it or not.

12. Get Expert Advice

Okay, so most of the 4Homes expert panel will be taking time off over the weekend, but if you come up against a problem you can’t solve, get in touch with us and we’ll try to solve it for you as soon as we can (once we’re back…).

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  1. I have bought a one bed Victorian flat with single glazed sash windows.I would like to double glaze them to retain heat and reduce noise. Would it be possible to do, would it be expensive and how would I find a glazier that could supply and fit the windows?
    Posted by maxwell on 07/12/2008 22:12:07
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