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Jun
Last Call for Summer Orders
Summer is such a short affair here in the UK and it seems real a shame to waste it, so although we hate to be party-poopers we thought that we’d let you know that the time is drawing near when we’ll be forced to call ‘last orders’ for summer sun – or at least, for [...]
The human being is a light-loving creature. Natural daylight keeps us mentally healthy and physically well, and yet we choose to live in little brick boxes… Where’s the sense in that? At Apropos we feel that a bright and airy home is the key to happiness, but while moving is one of the top three [...]
All in all, 2013 has been a bit of a wash-out so far hasn’t it? Snow drifts in April, rain in May and the coldest spring in 50 years; it’s not exactly been weather worth making the most of. It’s very easy to become inward-looking when the weather is awry, to batten down the hatches, [...]
1st
Jun
More Than Just A Lean-to
Have you ever noticed a friends forlorn conservatory; sitting empty and unloved for ten months out of every twelve? Well here at Apropos we encounter such horrors all too often. For us this neglect always brings to mind the question – do their owners lack the faculties of imagination? Did they make the wrong decision [...]
What could you do with a little extra sheltered garden space? If this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show has shown us anything it’s that outdoor living is very much de rigueur. From rustic roundhouses and Japanese garden rooms, to astonishingly striking viewing platforms which double as works of art, the message is clear; the great [...]
29th
May
The Glasshouse Effect
Keeping up with the Joneses has almost become a national sport for us Brits recently, but honestly, who wants to just keep up, when with an Apropos glass and aluminium structure you can go one better? Even in this time of economic strife us Brits are not averse to a bit of neighbourly one-upmanship and [...]
24th
May
Are Greenhouses still HOT?
There was once a time when greenhouses were the ultimate status symbol – if you didn’t grow your own peaches in Regency Britain, you were nobody. In recent years, however, the popularity of the most traditional of glass houses seems to have waned. Having been unfairly relegated to the remit of the Striped Lawn Brigade, [...]
