Oversized Headboard Ideas for 2026: Why Wider Beats Taller in a Small Bedroom – And the £429 Dunelm One That Runs 330cm
Dunelm sells a headboard that’s 330cm wide. A UK king-size mattress is 150cm. So the thing behind your pillows is
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Wednesday, November 11, 2026
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Black Friday 2026 Tech Deals: When Waiting Beats Buying, Product by Product
Two respected consumer bodies looked at the same sales event and reached opposite conclusions. Which? said 83 per cent of
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Best Digital Photo Frame for Grandparents in 2026: What £47 to £249 Buys, and the Subscription Catch Hidden in the Box
My aunt got a digital photo frame for Christmas two years ago. It sat in its box until March, because
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Kitchen Trends 2026: Blue and Green Now Outsell White Four to One, the £25 Tin That Gets You There – And the Quartz Question to Ask Your Fitter
Only 8% of British homeowners who renovated a kitchen in the past year chose white cabinets. That figure, from the
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Best Cordless Vacuum Under £250 for Mud Season 2026: The £199 Dreame That Beats a Dyson V8 – And When a Corded Stick Is the Smarter Buy
The worst fortnight of the year for floors starts about now. The dog’s dropping its summer coat, the school shoes
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The Cheapest Electric Heater to Run Doesn’t Exist: Every 2kW Heater Costs 53p an Hour From 1 October, the £284 ‘Low Energy’ Panel Included – And the £32 One to Buy Instead
Herschel sells a 500-watt portable infrared panel for £284 and says it costs “around 7 pence per hour” to run.
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Dulux Colour of the Year 2027 Is Soulful Sage, the Colour Britain Never Stopped Painting: What a Room Costs From £48, and Where It Turns Grey
Dulux Colour of the Year 2027 is Soulful Sage. Why the pick ratifies what Britain already painted, what a bedroom costs from £48 and where it turns grey.
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Living Room Lighting Ideas for After the Clocks Go Back: Why Britain Switched Off the Big Light in 2026 – And the £4 Bulb That Matters More Than the Lamp
This guide has moved to our full, updated living room lighting guide.
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The Best First Phone for Kids in 2026 Is a £20 Brick: Dumbphone Sales Are Up 24%, the School Ban Is Now Law – And the Catch That Kills Half of Them on Three
Three weeks into the statutory school phone ban, basic phone sales are up 24%. The best first phone for kids in 2026 is a £20 4G brick – and the 3G switch-off makes the cheapest ones a paperweight on Three.
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Bathroom Trends 2026: Britain Is Putting the Colour Back In, the £7,000 Refit Question and Why the All-White Bathroom Finally Lost
The all-white bathroom took twenty years to conquer Britain and eighteen months to lose it. What is really going into bathrooms in 2026, what a £7,000 refit buys, and the trends to skip.
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