Hints & Tips

Photography Tips for Taking Better Photos When Selling Items Online
74% of adverts on Preloved include pictures, and those adverts with pictures are twice as likely to get a response! read on to find out how to take great photos and sell your items online much faster.

Tips on How to Reduce Your Food Waste at Home
Love Food Hate Waste aims to raise awareness of the need to reduce food waste and help us take action. By doing some easy practical everyday things in the home we can all waste less food, which will ultimately benefit our purses and the environment too.

Family Money Saving Tips by Money Saving Expert
The words “family” and “budgeting” might seem like a contraction in terms, but just because you’ve got a sprog or two in tow, it doesn’t mean there aren’t still plenty of MoneySaving opportunities out there to ensure you’re not confined to a life of baked bean dinners.

What is Upcycling and Why is it Important?
We all need to be more sustainable and an easy way to do this is to reduce the amount of waste we create in every day life. However, sometimes waste is inevitable and upcycling is a great way of re-using items that would usually go to landfill. We invited Preloved member and sustainable business writer Megan AcAuliffe to share her views on the importance on Upcycling.

Alison Cork | How to Enjoy the Great Outdoors With Your Kids This Summer
Home expert and TV Presenter Alison Cork, from Alison At Home, inspires you to make this summer holiday one your kids will always remember!

On Trend | How to Grow Peonies
The Peony flower has been popping up all over the blogosphere and Instagram for the past few months. Their popularity can only be explained by the pure glamour and intense colour the flower gives to your garden and home. The peony is a perennial plant, which has been known to live for 100 years! As […]

Feng Shui | Top Tips for Your Garden
The great thing about having good feng shui in your garden, is that all this good energy will flow into your home! The view from every window and door affects your relationship with the outside world, so it’s important to get it right. To get started you will need to divide the area in to […]

Feng Shui | Bagua and the Five Elements
Before you get stuck in with maximising the Feng Shui of your home, you need to understand the Bagua and the five elements that come into play. This will define your home, so you can help the flow of positive energy around it.

Upcycling Furniture ideas | Windsor Chair
Save yourself some money and make a truly unique piece of furniture for your home by upcycling with Preloved. To show YOU how simple it is to do, one of our writers thought she would have a go!

Love Food Hate Waste
Love Food Hate Waste aims to raise awareness of the need to reduce food waste and help us take action. By doing some easy practical everyday things in the home we can all waste less food, which will ultimately benefit our purses and the environment too.