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: How to start painting? Start with our mini guide!
Wall painting
: How to cut round holes and straight edges? Read our guide!
Laying tiles
: What you have to be careful about when you lay the laminate floor?
Laying laminate floor
: Learn everything about the different types of garden paths!
Laying a garden path
: You can install your new washstand! We show you how!
Installing a washstand

Materials & Quantities

Buying guide

: Self-expression with colours? Why not?
"Colour" ideas
: Diagonally or rather shifted? Read our advise!
Floor tile - guide
: Choose the parquet and laminate that suits your home the most.
Parquet and laminate
: Stone, pine bark or gravel? We help you to choose!
Garden path guide
: Everything that you need to know about internal insulation!
Insulating materials

Tips & Tricks

Wall painting using cylinder technique: First apply the base colour chosen then using a leather cylinder apply the next layers the result of which is an interesting surface with structured effect. Tip: cylinder technique making spectacular effect is ideal if you want to highlight on only one wall of the room.
Wallpapering: Always buy wallpaper with the same production number and use special wallpaper glue! When calculating the amount, don't forget that wallpaper with patterns might be deceptive: you have to take more waste into consideration! Our colleagues in our shops are eager to give you advice.
Laminate care: Objects with sharp ends might cause damage to the surface of the laminate floor, but sticking floor protection felts onto the legs of tables and chairs can protect from scratches. Adequate felt can even out the unevenness of the floor and dampen noise. Protection against moisture is just as important.
Is parquet always made of solid wood?: There are parquets made of solid wood and of several layers. The former is made of solid hardwood and can be polished several times preserving its quality for decades. Parquets made of several layers or the ready-made parquet is made of 2-3 glued layers of wood.
Multifunctional blinds: Would you like to draw up or let down the blind sitting in the bed? Nothing is more simple if you have a remote controlled excellent quality blind! Blinds with special coating ensure effective protection against the hot rays of hot sun and the insects. The token of successful purchase if professional advice.

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