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Posts by Danielle

The Accessories That Will Best Dress Your Bedroom

Although the bedroom is a place of rest, it is also the most personal and intimate place in your home. To reflect this, you should dress it to make it somewhere special, and somewhere that is yours, or you and your partners. Accessories are the best way to dress a bedroom and create a space you won’t want to leave. Below are some simple places to start. A Bookshelf Just

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Top Things to Keep in Mind When Buying Travel Insurance

If you find yourself planning an adventure, one of the first things you’ll ask yourself, after where you’re going and what flights you’re going to take, is which insurance company to go with. In this day and age travel insurance is not optional: it is absolutely necessary. Traveling changes lives and it opens the doors to a world full of miracles and beauties. But before you even pack your bags,

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Thrifty ideas to help you save money on energy consumption

If you are like the great majority of people and are wondering how you will ever afford to meet the ever-increasing costs of energy consumption, it’s good to know that there are many simple but effective ways to ‘be green’ while cutting down your energy bills. If you are in any doubt, consult the energy specialists and seek the advice of Australian Solar Quotes who can advise you on the appropriateness

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Home Renovation – Things to Keep in Mind

Renovating your home is probably one of the biggest financial commitments you’ll make, aside from buying your home in the first place. Done right, a home renovation can last you for many years and allow room to grow as your family does. When you are considering renovating your home it is very important you keep in mind both your current needs and any foreseeable needs for the future. Perhaps you

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Looking forward: Ensuring a secure financial future

Almost everyone worries about the future, especially when it comes to finances. After all, everything costs so much these days and the ‘essentials’ of life have moved on a little from just food, shelter and clothes. Most people also consider utilities and technology as indispensible parts of their lives. Knowing what you want in your future informs the decisions you make today – you can only map out a clear

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Best Ways to Save Money on Your Home

Your home is one of your biggest assets, and if you have recently moved into your home you might find yourself desperate to decorate. If you’ve been in your home a while, you might find yourself stuck with some nasty habits that involve overspending. Think about the amount of money you’ll spend over the course of your lifetime on your home, from mortgage repayments, water bills, rates, electricity and renovations

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Top Apps to Help You Budget Your Trip on the Go

At the age when everything is done online and in the minimum time required, somewhere on the way home, between work and some relaxing time with the family, we have learned to do everything on the go. From ordering the groceries to be delivered to our door, to shopping online for books and audio self-improvement guides, learning languages and jotting down important thoughts and creating comprehensive ‘To-Do’ lists, we can

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Tips for Minimising Student Loans

The cost of an education should be free, but unfortunately it’s not. In order to broaden our minds and our horizons, we have to pay something, and in a lot of cases that means getting a student loan and lumbering yourself with the rather dubious privilege of paying it back once you have graduated. Whilst the cost of paying a student loan back per month is lower than a personal

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Best Ways to Save Petrol on your Daily Commute

Petrol costs money, this is one of those nasty facts of life. It seems like every year that goes by, the price of petrol seems to go up too, which makes the simple logistics of daily life rather difficult if money is a bit tight. There are a few little tweaks you can make to your daily commute that will cut down the amount of petrol you use, and therefore

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“I’m afraid to…” – ways of ensuring a great travelling experience

Although the world is now much more open and many places are within our reach – either by plane or train, or even by boat, there are so many unknown things that still, even today, scare us. Will my travelling be alright? What is the level of crime in this place? Can I walk to my hotel at night by myself? These and more questions need to be addressed prior

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