Designing Happiness Podcast

🖍Are you making home design changes? Learn industry secrets, hint & tips here. ✏️Presented by Technical Design Expert @AbigailHallDesign

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Are you seriously enjoying your refurb or extension project and would you do it for a living?

I’ve had several people contact to ask about making a change into the interior, fit out, construction world. So I made a podcast to answer how.

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Candles are one of my favorite things and I am fuss-yyy. So I was lit up ( get it?!?!) to find https://t.co/PJ3TffUjQr they are local ✔️they use soy wax ✔️run by women ✔️& the candles smell beyond amazing 👏👏👏
#MakeLentLocal #LondonCandles #BuyLocal #SupportLocal #LocalLent2021

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There are so many choices when it comes to window dressings and finials on poles (if poles are technically right for you) are just one of the many choices.

But don’t stress, the #EveryDayDesign podcast has got your back with top intel https://t.co/v3fX1jziYD

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Are you confident you’ve chosen the right pole? Will it take the weight of the curtains? And are you confident it’ll black out light?

This is the technical side of something which is considered a ‘soft and fluffy’ find out more in our new episode https://t.co/v3fX1jziYD

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We both know curtains are not an afterthought. But there’s a lot to think about, pole or track, layers, weights, blackout blinds, pelmets? And then the size and positioning of all of this.

Great news our expert #TheBirchHouse tells all #DesignPodcast https://t.co/v3fX1jziYD

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Should that socket be blue?

Is that where the light should go?

& how do you avoid asking these questions in the first place? This week we talk snagging, so you can deliver your dream extension or refurb. With or without a blue socket.

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Getting your perfect home finish means checking every detail. But how do undertake snagging like a Boss?

We talk to construction expert Siobhon Niles for a guide at getting the best out of your build without falling out with your builders!

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If this isn’t your first refurb or extension, what did you learn from the last project? Were you a bit too safe?And then gone somewhere with a bold and unapologetic aesthetic and said, why wasn’t I more brave.
How to avoid this. New episode at https://t.co/v3fX1jziYD

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If you are extending or refurb’ing and have a good ceiling height, your decorator or carpenter can help you create a ceiling like this. There is nothing structural it is all light weight, fully recyclable #Orac decorative mouldings. How to guide at https://t.co/v3fX1jziYD

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Want to elevate your finish? Plain walls getting you down?  Wall-scaping is your answer.  It is the secret tip that #Architects and #InteriorDesigners use to make high end properties pop. New episode is a full how to guide on getting this look. https://t.co/sWM64zQk35

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Decided to embark on a new home project, to refurbish or extend your home? But how to convert all of that inspiration into your final choice.
Take advice from our experts #TheHomePage who give us the secrets of turning ideas into final design decisions. https://t.co/sWM64zQk35

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Going to the newly opened design shops this w/end? All part of planning your home refurb? If so have a listen to new episode on how to get the most out of the design research stage of your refurb project.

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Want to know how to turn all your design inspiration into a finished home? This week we talk to Ros & Jess from #TheHomePage and as you can hear from this outtake, we have one hell of a giggle telling our stories of creating unique inspired interiors. https://t.co/sWM64zQk35

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Do you love planning an interior project? Follow designers and producers? Get inspiration from every source?

Yep, me too. This week I talk to design experts Jess and Ros a top source of curated inspiration at #TheHomePage on their top industry tips.

Episode released tomorrow

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We have all got so excited with the research stage of a project, dreaming of the new lifestyle of love and laughter in you home.

And then, the crash to reality when you get it costed. Our Expert QS talked about this situation and how to manage it.
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Are you excited about your interior project but overwhelmed at how much it will cost? Our Expert QS gives her first hand experience on how to plan for and manage a project to bring it in on budget. Also talking @RICSnews

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#buildingCostAdvice #CostSaving

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Got loads of images saved as inspiration for home renovation project & no idea how to calculate the cost of the works? Listen to our new episode on how to calculate the cost and to bring your project in on budget.

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#QuantitySurveyor #buildingCostAdvice

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How do you do an extension or renovation without blowing the budget? Expert QS Millie Lucas tells us the industry secrets of how to specify to get the best price and then how to buy it.

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#QuantitySurveyor #buildingCostAdvice #ValueEngineering

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New Episode: Is your project budget too high? Listen to our expert Quantity Surveyor on how to make project savings on home extension and renovation projects.

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#QuantitySurveyor #buildingCostAdvice #ValueEngineering #DesignPodcast #TechnicalDesignExpert

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I’m preparation for today’s recording a new clean printed script. The last one had so many notes scribbled on it I could barely read... as listeners of the podcast will attest when I stumbled over my own words!… https://t.co/OFAliLmruB