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Differentiating between Gin cocktails
Mrs Danvers tackles housekeeping questions
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How to prepare your house for winter
As winter approaches, experts advise that preventative measures are crucial for our houses to weather hard winters
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Ten house tips for the winter
Now is the time to put your house in ship-shape for the winter months ahead. Chartered surveyor Tom Grillo shares his ten top tips
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Choosing an interior designer
Finding the right skilled interior designer for your period property requires some dedication; in particular you need to make sure you share the same vision
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Maintenance tips for Victorian houses
There are a number of aspects to look out for when viewing or indeed owning a Victorian house
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Best cooking pans
Mrs Danvers suggests the best makes of pots and cooking pans to hunt down when shopping for a special friend's wedding present
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How to save old floorboards
Lots of care and elbow grease can help old floorboards gleam again
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Buying bellows
Mrs Danvers recommends where to find a new or antique pair of bellows
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Removing chocolate stains
Mrs Danvers tackles readers' household queries: this week's are chocolate stains on a linen suit and screen doors
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Tips on hosting parties
Mrs Danvers comes to the rescue of two readers who have parties looming and need advice on arranging transport and hiring cutlery
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Painting floorboards white
Achieving that New England feeling can be done one of two ways, our housekeeping and decorating expert explains the methods
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Treating coffee stains
Mrs Danvers recommends the best way to tackle coffee stains on rattan and wickerwork
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Stained-glass maker
Mary Miers talks to some experts at stained-glass making and restoration
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Dream house: Pargeter
Ornamental plasterwork often found on the outside of houses (and ceilings) in East Anglia is known as pargeting
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Black blotting paper
Mrs Danvers explains where to find black blotting paper and how to go about commissioning a vase
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Traditional upholsterer guide
Tips and advice on how to approach the reupholstering of a well loved piece of furniture
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Dream house: lime-mortar worker
Mary Miers meets a lime-mortar worker who is an expert in his field...
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Dream house: Decorative tiler
Susannah Glynn talks to a decorative tiler who specialises in making and restoring Victorian tiles...
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Dream house - Chimneypiece maker
Mary Miers meets a chimneypiece maker based in Scotland who makes historic copies from pine which can be adapted to suit individual specifications.
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Dream house: Ornamental Plasterer
Susannah Glynn meets an expert in ornamental plastering, who helped to restore Windsor Castle after the fire.
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Removing red wine stains
Mrs Danvers solves the problems of dog hairs in holiday cottages, red wine stains on carpets and engraving the family coat of arms on an heirloom.
