Category: Featured
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10 stars facing thousands in mansion tax payments
With the government announcing a Mansion Tax, many high-value homeowners are set to pay a heavy price for their super homes. All homes over the value of £2 million will be forced to pay the surcharge, amounting to thousands in extra payments for each property. We’ve rounded up some of the most expensive celebrity homes…
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Construction Industry Adds 19,000 Jobs in September as Unemployment Ticks Up
The construction industry added a net 19,000 jobs in September, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Industry employment is up 38,000 jobs over the past year, a 0.5% increase. Nonresidential construction added 16,300 positions, with gains across all subcategories. Nonresidential specialty trade contractors…
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The Link Up: Em’s Go-To Stocking Stuffers, The Tights Cailtin Swears By, And A Great Gift Idea For The Chef In Your Life
Happy First Sunday of DECEMBER! We first want to commemorate this past Monday, which was World AIDS Day. Making sure we never forget such a devastating time when no one had answers, and we lost so many beautiful lives, is so important. So is continuing to have awareness, as well as continuing to fund research.…
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Turning a dining room into a home office
The dining room may be enjoying a quiet revival in interior design, but in many homes it remains one of the least-used spaces during daylight hours. And with hybrid working now firmly part of modern life, it makes perfect sense to put that overlooked square footage to better use. Transforming a dining room into a…
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A unique self-build plot in a quiet Suffolk village
In the quiet corner of Cambridgeshire known as Westley Waterless, a small rural settlement of around 150 residents, a new planning-approved site has appeared that’s attracting attention among self-build enthusiasts. The village, tucked between Cambridge, Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds, rarely sees development opportunities emerge, and Plotfinder has unearthed this gem of a plot. Its…
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12 things to know before you buy and fit a Wickes kitchen
When my partner and I decided to replace our tired galley kitchen with a new Wickes design, I assumed it would be fairly straightforward. We’d start with a bit of measuring, spend an hour or so making colour and unit choices at the showroom, and then after a couple of flat-pack building sessions (one of…
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Kitchen island regrets: 5 things I wish I’d known beforehand
If there’s one thing Pinterest hadn’t prepared me for, it was how dramatically a kitchen island would change the way I moved around my home. When I renovated my kitchen, I was convinced an island was the pièce de résistance the whole space needed. But in all honesty, my island and I have a slightly…
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ABC Elects Thomas “Murph” Murphy as 2026 National Chair
Associated Builders and Contractors has elected Thomas “Murph” Murphy, vice president of Power & Construction Group in Scottsville, New York, as its 2026 national chair. The vote took place during the association’s annual Leadership Institute in Marco Island, Florida. Murphy, who began his career in the field, said he aims to support ABC’s advocacy efforts…
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What Are Your Simple And Memorable Family Christmas Traditions (Especially For Tweens/Teens Especially After The “Santa” Years…)
I had a dumb panic last week. I feel like I haven’t been the best at keeping to “family Christmas traditions,” instead trying new things every year, which is all fine and good, but is it less memorable? And now that Santa is behind us, will the kids even look forward to Christmas morning? We…
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Is carpet in a dining area ever a good idea?
Choosing the right flooring for a dining room isn’t always straightforward. Carpet might sound appealing – it’s soft underfoot and instantly makes the space feel warm and inviting – but the dining area sits right at the crossroads of spills, crumbs and constant footfall, which can make it feel like a risky choice. If you’ve…