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We're renovating a 1930's rendered art deco style house and want to achieve a smooth finish. It's been painted with a thick textured paint that scrapes off easily, but underneath is a mess, patches of old paint that won't come off, lots of loose render, but most of it is still stuck really...

I have two problems with dimming halogen which confuse me more the more I read. Problem 1 – Dimming 9 x GU10 bulbs I have 9 x 50w GU10 halogen spotlights in the kitchen which I want to dim (lamps are dimmable), I assumed I would need a 450w dimmer but from what I have read I need a higher...

I have two problems with dimming halogen which confuse me more the more I read. Problem 1 – Dimming 9 x GU10 bulbs I have 9 x 50w GU10 halogen spotlights in the kitchen which I want to dim (lamps are dimmable), I assumed I would need a 450w dimmer but from what I have read I need a higher...

Seen one I really like in MFI (Shrieber Aurora) but it's £4,300 just for the units (no worktops or appliances). Looking for Walnut or light blue gloss. Really like curved units.

Background Have stripped wall paper, walls are in quite good condition, but patches of emulsion underneath have lifted leaving bear patches. It’s a nice house, full of character in an ideal location, so we plan to stay here forever. I know lining paper would be easier, but I don’t like...

After wall paper removal from the whole ground floor I am left with walls that are in quite good condition – it looks like they had a few good coats of emulsion before they were ever papered so there is very little damage to the plaster, but there are quite a lot of patches where the emulsion...