Tag: red
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Kevin McCloud hails ‘happy ending’ as family builds red home on 66m² garage plot after tragedy
On a narrow plot once occupied by two lock-up garages, a red house now rises discreetly above the rooftops of south London. In Grand Designs’ latest revisit, Kevin McCloud returns to a site he first saw in 2021 – then a concrete slab – to see a completed house that was built as a response…
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Is Wood Veneer Furniture A Style Steal Or A Red Flag? We Dug Into The Research To Find Out
Veneer is like the boob job of the furniture industry. It can look amazingly natural and fool fairly discerning eyes, or it can stick out like a rock-hard and overly perky boob sore thumb. Not to even get started on the “this is cheating” discussion on either topic. And readers, as someone with both a…
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Is red creeping thyme a good alternative to grass?
Those of us who have all but given up on the struggle of constant lawn care may be on the lookout for a viable low-maintenance alternative. Could red creeping thyme, a native, mat-forming plant, be the very solution those plagued UK gardeners have been looking for? Before you rush outside with a shovel to dig…
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In pictures | Mace turns projects red to support care leavers charity
Mace turned some of its major projects red for a day in support of Become, the national charity for children in care and care leavers. Mace is delivering a £330m restoration of Manchester City Council Town Hall (Image: Richard Storey) The Go Red for Become campaign lit up projects across the country on 13 March.…