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Does hay fever affect your sleep in Spring?

While most of us love Spring, including the fresh flowers, pretty butterflies and warmer weather, for some people who suffer from hay fever it’s the worst time of the year. Hay fever, or allergic rhinitis, means an allergy that affects the nose. The symptoms are similar to having a cold including sneezing and itching, runny nose, sinus pressure and watery eyes. However unlike a cold, which is caused by a virus, hay fever is caused by a reaction to an allergen. Hay fever often occurs in Spring, a .....

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Even small bedrooms can be grand!

If you love the idea of having a grand bedroom but have a smallish room, don’t worry, you can still go grand! With these 5 tips, you can turn your small bedroom into the grandest bedroom in the house. 1. Think big If you have a small bedroom don’t settle for small furniture. Think big with a high bed and a tall headboard. Your room will instantly grow and become grander! And make sure you have a bed with storage as you don’t want any other furniture in a small room, except, perhaps, for a tall .....

How to sleep on a plane

Whether you take one flight a year or one a week, you’ve probably discovered how tough it can be to get a decent sleep on a plane. The seats are narrow, there’s not a lot of leg room and the people sitting next to you are often all elbows, peanuts and screeching headphones. As you toss and turn, lift up your legs to let people pass, and wonder if your neck will ever recover, the plane flies on to your business or holiday destination. So when you arrive, looking a little like Keith Richards, all .....

Escape Winter With The Perfect Bedroom Retreat

Winter is the perfect excuse to snuggle down, escape the cold and spend more time in our favourite place, bed. 
To make sure your bedroom is winter ready, we interviewed stylist Debra Bowen for her expert tips on creating the perfect winter bedroom. 1. Three ways to dial-up the cosy factor? Don’t limit the hides to the floor, a beautiful sheepskin or reindeer hide looks so lush on the bed, imagine a cabin by the Fiords or in the highlands. 
If you have hard floors lay few more rugs and don’t he .....