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Land ahoy! Jack Sparrow would be proud of one adventurous Cambridgeshire landlubber who has built his own pirate island complete with pub, beach hut and sun deck
Parents are bank rolling the next generation of homeowners with an average contribution of £17,000 towards their children's property
The luxury Japanese Satis toilet uses an app to control functions such as flushing, bidet spray, music and fragrance release... but it looks as though some cheeky hackers may have thrown a spanner in the (water) works
Top of this week's TV homes show highlights include a visit to Jonathan Belsey's fabulous Radian House in Grand Designs, and Kirstie doing interior design the old-fashioned way in Kirstie's Homemade Home
Don't miss the latest issue of Style at Home, which includes a fabulous Bathroom Special packed with ideas for revamping your space
Always multi-tasking? You're not the only one. New research reveals us Brits eat, drink, exercise and even give our pets a wash whilst we're having our daily shower. Phew, we're a busy lot!
En pointe! This week we've been inspired by the swirling drama and intrigue of the Bolshoi Ballet and the graceful elegance of our very own Darcey Bussell
This award-winning pebble-shaped crofthouse would not be out of place on TV show Grand Designs, but while it may be a world away from the cottages of the Highlands, we think it's a thing of beauty
The Royal baby wait had us all guessing. But not so one Dorset company that rolled out 5,000 commemorative 'Princess' plates following a mysterious 'insider' tip-off
This week's TV homes show highlights include the couple who swap the estate agent for a PR man in Phil Spencer: Secret Agent, and the modest little pad in Marbella Mansions that rents for £16,000 - a day
Enjoy the therapeutic qualities that cats can offer as the first ever feline-dedicated cafe opens in Totnes, Devon - it's a cat lover's haven!
Dreaming of life on the open road? Head for the sunset in one of these teeny-tiny homes on wheels (warning, you'll need to travel light)
New research shows that while most of us drink only two glasses of water a day - well below the recommended six - us Brits also avoid making drinks for colleagues as it takes us away from work for too long... tsk tsk
Metro Central Heights in Elephant and Castle is thought to be the finest example of architect Erno Goldfinger's brutalist buildings - but do we really want to preserve it... forever?
Can you ever have enough of Kirstie Allsopp? Apparently not, especially when her new TV show tells us how to furnish our homes without spending any cash - or resorting to burglary
Spooky: do they know something we don't? The Hosanna China Company has already produced a royal baby mug declaring 'Glory be to God' and celebrating the arrival of a royal baby... boy!
Research reveals that Brits are reluctant to pop on a pair of gloves when doing the household chores - even when it comes to cleaning the loo. Yuck
Copper Beech Farm is nestled amid 50 acres of land in exclusive Greenwich, Connecticut, but while the views are undeniably out of this world, it could do with a bit of updating...
Celebrity chef Simon Rimmer's new limited edition cat food, created by More Than Pet Insurance to raise money for the RSPCA, sold out within an hour of going on sale
We'll celebrate anything at Housetohome, so when we discovered it was the humble sliced loaf's 85th birthday we thought we'd raise a toast (ta da!) to its lesser-known inventor Otto Frederick Rohwedder
