Home & Garden Advice

Find out how you can remodel your property to include bi-fold doors, so you can enjoy more light and space in your home.

If you want to make your home ideal for family living, this guide will help you make some key changes.

Take inspiration from the Great British Bake Off and add some vintage charm to your kitchen

Make the most of unwanted household objects by turning them into pretty planters for your garden.

Sherlock Holmes has captured our imaginations since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first short story starring the detective in 1887. Since then there have been countless adaptations of the classic story including the hugely popular Sherlock series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman which first aired on the BBC in 2010. Season three finished this January so for those of you looking for a Sherlock fix we’ve put together a guide to recreating Sherlock’s iconic apartment in your own home.

At Origin, our beautiful bi-fold doors offer superb views of the garden and provide a seamless transition between the outdoors and indoors, especially in summer. Autumn and winter weather can also provide gorgeous views of the garden, from the warm reds of the changing leaves to Christmas card perfect crisp white snow, but these seasons can also bring potential problems to your home and garden.

No matter the size, shape or layout of your home, there’s one thing that it has in common with every other home out there… Potential. The problem is, all too often, we simply exist within the four walls of our homes; ‘putting up’ with furnishings and décor which are just OK, not even contemplating the fact that a quick lick of paint or some carefully chosen accessories could transform the space.

There is no better way to give your interior an instant facelift than by freshening up the walls. The obvious quick fix is to slap on a fresh coat of paint, but when you are going to the trouble of clearing the room and putting down the dust sheets, why not go that extra mile and make sure that you are making the most out of your efforts?

From the 1920s to the modern day, find out how the kitchen has evolved to become the real social centre of the home!

Our gardener in residence, Jack Shilley takes us through his top tips on gardening during the winter months and advises how to keep your indoor plants thriving.

The weather is finally on the up and what better way to prepare for the sunshine than to create a relaxed seaside feel in your home?

When designing a kitchen from scratch, or even revamping your existing space, it can be difficult to know where to start. Whilst you will want to incorporate everything that suits your individual taste and style. What may look best, doesn’t necessarily work best and so kitchen design really is an area where we need all the help that we can get.

Flooring design is becoming more important in interior design and now it's given as much attention as any other aspect of the home. Flooring can now become it's own statement piece in the home. Find out what the trends are and how you can best achieve in our ultimate guide to flooring.

Origin recently commissioned a survey among homeowners with bi-fold doors installed, asking them about the impact it has had on their day-to-day living. There were some really interesting stats to come out of it, although I would say not surprising being a bi-fold door convert myself.

In this short video, Kevin McCloud shares his top five tips for those who are undertaking a self-build project.

These days we all recognise that over-dosing on social media negatively impacts our happiness, but did you know the Instagram effect stretches to the way we view our homes too? According to a recent poll commissioned by Origin, 50% of Instagram users in London are dissatisfied with their homes after a session of Insta-interiors scrolling.

In a recent poll carried out by Origin, over 50% of those asked felt dissatisfied with their homes after looking at images of other people’s houses on Instagram, with an incredible 83% of those feeling this way more than once a month after scrolling through Instagram. But of course, it’s not everyday reality you’re seeing in those little squares.

Origin have teamed up with Walls & Floors to bring you 'Four Ways to Extend Your Living Spaces.'

The Great Gardening Gap campaign has been encouraging young people to engage with the outdoors and build their gardening knowledge, but for outdoorsy types of all ages, gardening can provide you with an amazing workout.

Bi-fold Doors offer an unprecedented view of the garden all year round. To make the most of the view, you can try our simple gardening tips and tricks to ensure the scenery out of your doors is as impressive as the doors themselves.

Summer is finally hear so there's no better time to throw open your doors and enjoy some al fresco dining out in the garden with a BBQ or a traditional picnic.

If you want a larger home but don't want the cost and stress associated with moving house then building an environmentally friendly extension on your property can be the ideal solution.

You'll now be very familiar with our Great Gardening Gap campaign, where we show young people that getting into gardening is not as difficult as it looks. If you enjoyed Jack Shilley's Great Gardening Gap video series and want more advice, then our gardening for beginners guide is just what you need.

If you're feeling overwhelmed at the state of your garden, these tips will make sprucing your garden up for summer much easier!

One of the best ways to improve the view from your home is to create a beautiful garden, something many of the people we surveyed are already doing. The results show that, on average, each UK homeowner spent 154 hours working in their garden this summer. With people spending so much time gardening, we decided to ask some of the UK’s best garden designers for their tips to create the best view possible.

With more and more of us enhancing our living spaces with bi-fold doors, it goes without saying that if your home looks shabby on the outside, it will inevitably have a negative effect on how it appears on the inside. It doesn’t have to be a huge task to make the most of your outside space in the winter, and the following tips can help maintain a bit of interest even if the sun isn’t shining.

Enjoy your patio all year round with these top tips for patio coverings.

How have windows changed through the years? To coincide with the release of the new Origin window, we take you through the history of one of the home's most important features.

If you’re looking for ways to make changes to your home or lifestyle that benefit the environment, then a great place to start is with your garden.