Pantone colour of the year: PANTONE 18-3224 Radiant Orchid
For many years, PANTONE® have produced a colour system widely used by designers and the print industry. Famous for the colour ‘fan’ books, you’ll either know Pantone or not! This year, they’ve...
View ArticleWebsite builder BaseKit rebrands as SiteJam
The popular website building website, BaseKit has announced a rebranding as SiteJam on January 7th. BaseKit is an online visual website builder that enables you to create visually stunning websites...
View ArticleHow Gmail ‘tabs’ affect email marketing opens
Our lovely friends at MailChimp have been doing lots of research into the effect of Gmail’s new ‘tabbed’ layout (where different types of email are automatically sorted into tabs according to content)...
View ArticleWeb design trends for 2014 and beyond
Web design is like any fashion – it changes from year to year. Some people try to predict changes, others try to influence them. A few years ago, following the lead of Apple’s iOS, icons were all 3D...
View ArticleMarch 2014 Voucher Codes from 123-Reg
We work closely with UK-based 123-reg.co.uk for domain name registrations and re-registrations. This March, take a look at these great offers and save. Remember to click one of our links (we are an...
View ArticleHow to setup a Facebook page for your website
Let me start this article with a caveat – depending on your organisation/business/company, Facebook can be a great way to connect with people and project your message, however, Facebook has started to...
View ArticleFree Robot Graphics for your Website
How about some nice ‘robotic’ characters for your website? freepsdfiles.net are giving away a set of 6 scalable vector robots that you can use in your web or print projects! Being fully vector-based...
View ArticleThe Daily Spam
If you’ve got a website and your email address is shown (and in some cases, even if it isn’t…), sooner or later you’ll end up getting spam in your email. I get quite a bit, although my email program is...
View ArticleFree PSD Hand Drawn Icons from FreePSDFiles.net
Want some nice ‘hand drawn’ effect icons for your website? freepsdfiles.net are giving away a bunch of 25 hand drawn icons that you can use in your web or print projects! If you think they’re right for...
View ArticleFree PSD Switch Buttons Template
Another great giveaway from freepsdfiles.net - a gorgeous looking mechanical switch template, available as a layered, high quality PSD file for you to edit and use on your website! If you think they’re...
View ArticleOctober 2014 Voucher Codes from 123-Reg
We work closely with UK-based 123-reg.co.uk for domain name registrations and re-registrations. This October, take a look at these great offers and save. Remember to click one of our links (we are an...
View ArticleHello world!
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
View ArticleBlack Dog Carpentry Tiny Homes & Wagons
Black Dog Carpentry are a small collective of woodworkers and makers based in Devon. They create wagons, furniture, sculpture and other joinery. It was the wagons that first caught my eye, and here...
View ArticleDo you need planning permission for a shed or outbuilding?
Well, it depends… In the UK, usually you don’t need planning permission because putting up a shed or outbuilding is classed as ‘permitted development’ which allows outbuildings up to a certain size to...
View ArticleA playhouse that looks too good for just kids!
Skimming Pinterest recently, looking for inspiration and other ideas, I saw a very neat ‘tiny house’ in my feed, looking rather resplendent and modern in dark blue and white. Usually, I prefer the...
View ArticleAmazing off-grid tiny home on a granite mountain
Mike Basich, based in the USA, is an ex-professional snowboarder turned photographer who fell in love with mountains and snow. Having purchased land, he chose one of the most exposed sites, on the top...
View ArticleWhat’s the best cover material for a compost toilet?
Updated 27th March 2021 – Originally written Oct 2020 In a basic, simple compost toilet your cover material should do several things: adds a source of carbon, which will work with the nitrogen in the...
View ArticleThe cheapest and easiest compost toilet
Maybe you’re thinking about buying or building a compost toilet, but you’re not sure if you’re ready to make the leap and part with a lump of cash or spend a lot of time making something. What if you...
View ArticleHow to choose the right size solar panel and battery
Because of my experience in a previous job and my own ‘experimentation’ over the last 10+ years, I am often asked to help choose the most appropriate size of solar panel and battery to run the fan in...
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