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6 easy-care perennials you can plant once and ignore – reliable plants that will flourish with next to no effortThese low-effort plants will reward your neglect year after year
By Holly Reaney
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My DIY patio makeover cost me under £100 – how I added colour and energy into my space without breaking the bankIt’s completely changed what was once a drab, unused area
By Hannah Carvell
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I asked the experts and these are the 4 paint colours that work the best to make narrow rooms look bigger, more stylish and less tunnel-like‘Avoid anything that emphasises the long, tunnel-like proportions of the space’
By Sara Hesikova