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HOMES & GARDENS

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Timber!

S EPTEMBER is upon us once again and the leaves are already falling in some places. Autumn has begun, the children are back at school and the nights are drawing in – a little gloomy for some but a joy for others as autumn can be a fabulous time of the year.

Seeing the trees change automatically links to the wood and the timber business at Winkleigh Timber.

With the seasonal changes many of us start doing more indoors and we naturally start thinking about updating some furniture maybe or even planning ahead for guest bedrooms and dining tables for Christmas.

It’s truly a wonderful thing that nature provides us – from the timbers grown and harvested to create all kinds of structures and then re created again to make beautiful wooden floors and furniture.

It’s like bringing a little of the outside in. Call in for a look around and see the whole process for yourself.

Handmade furniture Handmade, quality furniture is available from stock and made to customer re-

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quirement. There are no foreign imports – Winkleigh Timber welcomes you to come and see the furniture being made in the factory.

The team prides themselves on making furniture that will stand the test of time and also help to re-use timbers that are no longer required. Reclaimed timber creates some wonderfully characteristic pieces all on its own, but put with the talent and skills of Winkleigh Timbers’ carpenters – it is turned into something totally unique.

Timbers are sourced worldwide but the reclaimed mainly comes from our country – old schools, hospitals and factories that are due for demolition. Winkleigh Timber can salvage these old worn timbers and use all of their natural age and character for the furniture and flooring. Of course the timber itself is also for sale if you’re a dab hand and want to create something for yourself.

Bespoke kitchens Did you know, Winkleigh Timber also does handmade bespoke kitchens? Sit down with Russell and he will design up your dream kitchen for you – traditional,

solid timbers with modern appliances and gadgets if that’s what you’re after.

There is a waiting list though, so be sure to get your name down sooner rather than later.

Come and see the furniture being made in the factory.

Gorgeous gardens Time for a garden makeover? How about oak sleepers and slate flagstones?

Winkleigh Timber can provide you with some of the raw materials you require for your garden overhaul.

Winkleigh Timber’s oak sleepers have proved exceptionally popular so far this year and have a wide range of uses. The most popular is raised beds, but they are also highly practical and attractive as steps, border edging, water features, retaining walls and many assorted landscaping features.

Winkleigh Timber has so much to offer the home owner or house buyer – from roof slates to gorgeous wooden floors – so why not call in to take a look around the extensive indoor and outdoor showroom. Open seven days a week, browse at your leisure with no pressure, and friendly staff are on hand if you have any questions.

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We have a wide range of oak flooring from American Oak T & G (from £34.00/ m2 +vat), Pippy Oak, Reclaimed Railway Oak, Oak Parquet and our latest English Oak T & G at just £29.25/m2 +vat. All in stock, largely available to take away. Full details available on our website or better still why not call in, we’re open 7 days a week and you’re more than happy to take a few samples away to ponder over.

HANDMADE RED BRICKS

SLATE COBBLES

Authentic, terracotta bricks

Available in Natural Grey or Autumn

available from stock. At just 60p each (+vat), these bricks are ideal internally or externally for brick

Gold (pictured), our tumbled slate cobbles create a uniformed

returns, fireplaces, walling, BBQ’s

look for driveways and pathways

or whatever building project you’re

complementing the garden flowers and

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fauna. Priced at £34.00/m2 + vat.

RICH BROWN OAK FLOORBOARDS

The Rolls Royce of our flooring range, the lovely chocolate tones and grain found in the Brown Oak Flooring is absolutely wonderful.

Available in varying widths and lengths, this batch of flooring was found completely by chance in an old European Mill and my, what a find. Priced at £50.00/m2 +vat and £65.00/ m2 +vat for wider boards. Call in to view our extensive range of wood flooring - new and reclaimed boards.

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BESPOKE GRANITE ISLANDS

We provide a complete in house machining service carried out by our very experienced stonemason.

Val, our stonemason has been machining granite for some years now and has experienced many different sites and situations. Let us have your plan and we can provide a quotation.

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TIMBER & STONE ENQUIRIES: 01837 83573 FURNITURE ENQUIRIES: 01837 83832 WWW.WINKLEIGHTIMBER.CO.UK

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“Our Lundy collection is the most popular of all our ranges”

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EVONSHIRE Living is preparing for its busiest season, and its new showroom is bursting with high quality painted, pine and oak furniture for you to choose from. In preparation, the team at Devonshire Living have been adding more products to its unique ranges – many Devon-made – and will be opening seven days a week in the very near future.

But with so much choice, where do you begin?

“Our Lundy collection is the most popular of all our ranges,” explained Steve Parker. “It’s a stylish bedroom and dining furniture range, a perfect blend of paint and light oak to add that extra special touch to your room.”

With a choice of popular paint colours to choose from, a pleasing match to existing decor is easily achievable.

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Manufactured to order in the Bideford factory, it can be in your home very quickly too.

Devonshire Living also offer an ever growing collection of oak products. To pick just one, Dorset comprises a neat and practical light oak solution to your bedroom, dining and living room needs and at prices that impress customers time and time again.

Devonshire Living’s vast showroom also contains everchanging factory seconds and clearance ranges at even better prices as well as artwork, mirrors, clocks and figures to help you put the final touches to your home.

So whether you’re giving your home a makeover, getting ready to furnish your new place or adding to an existing set, visit Devonshire Living and see what you can discover.

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F you are looking to fit a new woodburner or gas fire this season then don’t miss the early bird incentives at Stove Centre in South Molton. With up to 25% discount on leading makes and lots of showroom bargains, it’s a great time to place an order and the best time to sort out quotes and dates for installation. Stove Centre has a great choice of both contemporary and traditional designs, with the latest clean burn technology, plus lots of working woodburning, gas-fired and even electric models.

All the latest stove and fires are on display from Woodwarm, Stovax, Arada, Westfire, Gazco and Dimplex to name but a few.

In the range cooker showroom, Stove Centre has the electric Everhot cooker in four different widths and colours, plus Lacanche, Ilve and Britannia electric and dual fuel ranges.

For whole house heating, on display and in stock are the highly efficient Aeroflow German electric radiators, and the Stove Centre staff will be happy to talk you through the benefits of modern electric heating.

Special offers run until October 1 and Stove Centre is open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday, with ample parking on site.

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ITH 34 years’ experience, Furnfix has got furniture fitting down to a fine art.

And over the past month, the team have renewed five of the kitchen displays in the Roundswell showroom – and customers are invited to come and take a look.

Out of the five full displays, which have been designed, manufactured and installed by the team, two are aimed at a more affordable market. Customers can choose from a range of styles and colours and still receive the quality that you would expect from Furnfix. The range of has especially developed to compete with big brands.

Furnfix also specialises in bedrooms, bathrooms, home studies, business offices and reception areas and offer a free consultation, planning and quotation service with no obligation.

All furniture is bespoke which is especially useful for fitting furniture into unusual spaces, such as a study in an eaves space or a kitchen in a tight corner.

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F you’re looking for the finishing touch to make-over your home this autumn, or a beautiful gift for a loved one, why not pop into to Daisy Park? The lifestyle store in South Molton has a huge range of big brands, including Emma Bridgewater, Cath Kidston, Pip Studio and Erstwilder.

And the team of stylish shopaholics also know a thing or two about how to make your home a haven this season.

Emma Paisey, Daisy Park owner, has some top tips about what’s in style this autumn.

“Plums, greens and blues are popular this year,” she said. “Pip Studio’s range of botanical and floral prints pick up on this and are very luxurious. They have earthy tones with botanical illustrations.

Customers can choose from a range of styles and colours and still receive the quality that you would expect

Mug by Emma Bridgewater “Cath Kidston also has a lot of plums going through the range, as well as the famous polka dots!

“Emma Bridgewater has brought out a burnt orange range, like marmalade, and the orange is really striking. It works really well with black and white and reminds me of Halloween.

That’s great for the winter months.”

And if you’re looking for more local produce, check out Daisy Park’s Saint Eval range, made in Wadebridge.

“They have a gorgeous range in greens and blues,” added Emma. “They are like buoys – big, round, glass balls for holding candles.

“People fill them with sand and have them in their bathrooms with a candle in. If you have a nautical theme in your home they’re great.”

Beautiful Home Ideas

Pip Studio in South Molton 01769 579077

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Renovate your home

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ESTORATION has always been at the heart of Heritage Cob and Lime and the team have extensive experience in working on historic properties, including grade one and grade

two* listed.

As a specialist building company, Heritage Cob and Lime uses traditional skills in its building techniques, many of which have been handed down from previous generations.

The build team is headed up by Frank Rawle, and with access to experienced heritage craftsmen, including excellent carpenters, roofers and also a specialist in ornate cornice and plaster mouldings, it undertakes all types of build work which require the use of lime mortar.

For more information, please visit www.heritagecobandlime.com or call 01237 477431.

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UTUMN is a great time for renovating your home or garden. The weather is still warm enough to be outside and there’s plenty of time left to create a beautiful environment in time for the winter months. If you’re planning a project, but don’t have room for a skip, a skip bag from SWM Recycling could be just what you need.

SWM Recycling offers this quick, cost-effective and convenient rubbish removal system which is perfect if you’re short on space.

Instead of wasting time travelling to the tip, just choose a strong and sturdy skip bag which can be filled with rubbish – just like a skip.

When it’s full, give SWM Recycling a call and the team will come and take it away for you.

Unlike a traditional skip, you don’t need to have a large area of land to store the skip bag and you don’t have to arrange for a licence, cones or reflective markings if you’re putting it in your garden.

So whether your renovation dreams are big or small, a skip bag can help you accomplish them, save you money and make your habitat a haven in time for winter.

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ECURE your garage this autumn with help from Concept Rollers Doors. The family business has 35 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience, working all over the country â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but are based right here in North Devon. As they manufacture the doors themselves they are very competitive as well as being synonymous with first-class and bespoke garage doors, reception fronts, server hatches and window security. The extensive, professional range of items all meet stringent manufacturing quality and safety standards.

Using professional working methods, Concept Rollers Doors can meet any requirement and ensures the initial enquiry through to the delivery of the door is a smooth journey.

As the team manufacture and deliver the doors, they have total control over the whole process and can keep you informed every step of the way.

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ANY Weld was established back in 2012, but director Aaron Yeo has been in this market for more than 10 years. This, along with his employees and their knowledge and expertise in this market, has been the reason the company has grown from strength to strength.

Due to the popularity of this product, ANY Weld has grown from a sole trader employing one member of staff, to a limited company which has won awards, employs 15 members of staff, and now carries out contracts all over the country.

The company now has a fifty-fifty split market with the commercial and domestic sectors, but still remains on its original routes, and offers domestic customers quality customer service on a one to one basis.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exciting times ahead for ANY Weld, with new premises on the agenda at the end of the year, various local and further afield contracts in the pipeline, and vision to continue its growth at a sensible rate.

Not only do ANY Weld offer glass balustrades, its growth in the steel sector market has grown also now it is EN1090 (CE Marking). This is a legal requirement from the government for all steel fabricators.

ANY Weld offers a design-to-installation service, no job is too big or small. It offers a free consultation over the phone for all potential new customers, where the advice of its staff is always greatly received.

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ON’T worry if your summer containers are now past their best because you can perk up your pots with autumn plantings that will give you colour and texture through the cooler months and beyond.

There are two approaches to autumn and winter pots, says Jeremy Hall, group plant buyer for Squire’s Garden Centres.

“If you are a tonal person and like things in harmony, a good way of doing that is to match the colour of the flowers to the colour of the foliage you are using. Lamium with silver foliage and a pink flower would look great with the silver foliage of cyclamen.

“If you take an, ‘I like it mixed’ approach and like rustic charm, heucheras are great at giving contrast of foliage. I’d probably use two colours of heuchera together – go for a burgundy type with a bright yellow one.

“To get some flower colour in there, I’d use autumn flowering callunas (heathers) called ‘Garden Girls’, which come in a host of colours. Their buds swell, but never open, but they last ages.”

Other combinations he recommends include Ajuga ‘Black Scallop’ – very dark almost black foliage – planted with white mini cyclamen, or with the silver foliage of calocephalus.

For a traditional autumn feeling try orange pansies and viola with Ajuga ‘Burgundy Glow‘, which has a pink through to burgundy foliage colour. Alternatively go for a tonal effect by combining ajuga with pink mini cyclamen.

“Lamium ‘Beacon Silver’ is another great subject for tonal

planting. Its silver foliage edged in green is a great foil for pinks and whites.”

Permanent plantings of acidloving plants such as azaleas will require ericaceous compost in the pot, but if you are just planting up your pots short-term to last from autumn to spring, a multi-purpose compost with added feed should suffice, he advises.

Flowering plants such as pansies and violas which bloom in autumn become dormant in the winter months, but will re-emerge and flower again in spring.

Other autumn and winter favourites, such as heathers, skimmia, ivy and other evergreens will give you at least some interest in the cooler months and if you plant some bulbs underneath them in autumn such as dwarf narcissi or muscari, they will add colour in spring.

“In our autumn barrel, we are using the miniature daffodil ‘Tete-a-tete‘, which is the most popular because it’s small growing and produces three or four flowers from a single bulb from February onwards,” Hall explains.

“Bear in mind the height of the plants in the pot versus the flowering height of the bulbs you put underneath them. You can get a pleasing effect if you put tulips in which are clearly going flower above the height of other plants. But if they are too tall it will look crazy.

“If you use a mixture of bulbs you’ll get a succession of flowers. Muscari are our second most popular, which flower just after the dwarf narcissi.”

Plant hellebores in pots in the autumn and they should give you winter interest.

“I’d recommend Helleborus

niger for pots. ‘Christmas Carol’ flowers really early, as does ‘Verboom Beauty’. They will flower just before Christmas if you’re lucky and then right through to March. They prefer a slightly shadier location, but aren’t really fussy about soil.”

Put more plants in your pots when autumn-planting than you do in summer, Hall advises.

“As the day length is shortening and light intensity is not so great, the growth rate is much smaller and, other than a filling out, you won’t get plants overflowing like you do in summer.”

Good specimens for permanent containers which will provide winter interest include Choisya ternata ‘Sundance‘, which gives a fabulous splash of golden yellow foliage colour followed by fragrant white flowers in mid-spring.

If you want berries in winter, add Skimmia japonica subsp.

‘Reevesiana’ to your display, a small, spreading female shrub with deep green leaves which produces clusters of bright red berries in winter.

Ornamental cabbages are gaining in popularity as good breeding work has helped produce more compact plants, he points out. ‘Curly Pink‘, ‘Curly White’ and ‘Curly Red’ are the most popular. They’ll last up until Christmas, although the best colour comes from them when the nights are colder and are good combined with heucheras.

Ornamental grasses such as pennisetums are also gaining popularity, their seedheads giving soft, wispy movement to containers and will come back year after year. Combine them with violas, hedera and callunas for further colour, he suggests.

Autumn and winter favourites, such as heathers, skimmia, ivy and other evergreens will give you some interest in the cooler months

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