Suddenly my husband and I are really struggling. He has a great painting and decorating business and always has work unlike alot of men in the same business. Its the outgoings that are a serious problem, our shopping, petrol, electricity, telephone. I am quite good with money but this is ridiculous. How can any young family cope with the way Ireland is going? Its quite scary to think about what our country will be like for our children. Even if I go back to work the childcare costs is extortionate. We dont go out, I dont go shopping like other women do, we dont smoke, etc!! Whats going on??

Me and my family are currently decorating my house and we have just ripped out the old carpet so that we can paint the floor boards. My mum went to Focus I think and brought home a colour guid for 'LAZY PAINT' by Jeff Banks. It is a multi surface paint and it says that it is suitible for wood, metal, radiators and walls but we would just like to know if it is suitable on wooden floors, thanks.

What in your opinion would be the easiest of these two to do, as I am decorating my new flat and am not that great at this sort of thing just wondering which would be easiest to do, thanks. Lol, Someones having fun with the thumbs down button again! Its not me guys I think all of your answers are great so far! So painting is looking like the better option for me.

Im decorating my bedroom and I'm painting it white and having white furniture. I need to choose a colour for the bedding border cushions ect. Im also having a feture wall. Bold colour for the accessorize. Im 14 and I was thinking of hot pink, red or turquoise. What do you think

i want to repaint my skirting boards and door frames with a fresh lick of gloss paint. Apart from making sure the old painted surfaces are clean what preparation do i need to do before applying new gloss on to old gloss paint?

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