Spring 2023 Contents

7 GARDEN ROOMS, PATIOS & HOME EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE

• Making the most of the garden all year round

• Five steps to choosing PVC cladding

• A theme park for gardeners

• Intelligent garden care - cable free

23 HERITAGE AND PERIOD PROPERTIES

• Picture perfect dream home

• Grade II listed renovation - a true labour of love

• The old Post Office - breathing new life into old buildings

31 EXTENDING AND RENOVATING YOUR HOME

• Barn conversion and extension

• Stunning aluminium front doors for instant kerb appeal

• Flooding your home with light

• Stargaze flat roof lights

• Adding colour to windows and doors

• Advanced steel framed windows

59 INTERIORS

• The Clean & Tidy Home Show - an unmissable event for homemakers

• Tap design for the kitchen and bathroom - energy efficient solutions

65 BLINDS, SHUTTERS AND AWNINGS

• 8-cluster premium pergola’s

• Holiday at home with Caribbean Blinds

• Awnings - a shading solution to transform the inside and outside of your property

74 Celebrity Feature

• Max McMurdo’s Amazing Spaces, Motors & More! Hate the thought of throwing things away purely because you don’t have the know-how or tools? Then help is at hand, in the form of TV’s top upcycling guru Max McMurdo, who has shared the spotlight with Banksy and recently starred as George Clarke’s sidekick, as the popular Channel 4 presenters collaborated to create a very personal caravan for gifted architect George to celebrate 10 years of ‘Amazing Spaces’.

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Welcome to the Spring Edition of Improve Magazine!

Spring is in the air and we’ve experienced some beautiful sunny weather of late. However, we always get fooled at this time of year and it’s often the case that we still need to keep putting the heating on now and again! With many of us concerned about energy costs, our thoughts move to spending more time outdoors, without the heating on! We have lots of ideas on how you can utilise your garden more this Spring and Summer, and indeed, all year round!

A great way to enjoy your outside space is with a garden room. Providing shelter from inclement weather while affording uninterrupted views of the garden, glass rooms are a popular way to extend a building’s interior into the garden without the requirement for planning permission.

Hate the thought of throwing things away purely because you don’t have the knowhow or tools? Then help is at hand, in the form of TV’s top upcycling guru Max McMurdo, who has shared the spotlight with Banksy and recently starred as George Clarke’s sidekick, as the popular Channel 4 presenters collaborated to create a very personal caravan for gifted architect George to celebrate 10 years of ‘Amazing Spaces’. You can read the full Celebrity Feature in this edition.

Enjoy this issue as always.

Christina