So at least once a year I have a huge cull of all the clutter. Then I sort it into piles of things I want to keep and things I want to sell. The fun is seeing how much money I can make out of all the cast-offs.
Apparently (according to the Waste and Resources Action Programme, or Http://Www.Cunctatores.it WRAP), the clothes in the average UK wardrobe are worth around £4,000 and yet a third of the items have not been worn for at least a year.
’12 years ago, my cofounders and I started a fledgling business on a shoestring in Nottinghill, with a simple idea of making high-end design accessible to everyone. The idea became a £430m business in sales last year.
The latest version of this Chromebook is the first to receive Intel’s Evo verification, which means you’ll be getting the best possible mobile experience with this model. It’s also the first with Thunderbolt 4 support letting you connect to multiple external displays as well as giving you fast data speeds and networking.
Echo (4th gen): $50
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Amazon’s fourth-gen Echo is a CNET winner and our on the market right now. It allows you to stream music, check the weather, update your calendar, set timers and much more using only the sound of your voice. It also has a built-in motion sensor and can initiate custom routines when you wake up or get home from work, and it can be used to control any other Alexa-enabled smart devices in your house.
50-inch Omni Series Fire TV: $400
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With Amazon’s growing selection of and running its excellent Fire TV software, it was only a matter of time before it started manufacturing its own smart TVs. The Omni series is the more advanced of its two models and comes with a microphone built directly into the TV for truly hands-free voice control, and boasts 4K resolution. There are some discounts available on other sizes as well, but the 50-inch model is the best value available.
From smart speakers to tablets to security equipment and plenty more, Amazon makes some of our favorite gadgets and smart home devices on the market right now. If you’re looking to grab some for yourself, now’s the time to buy. To celebrate the birthday of Alexa, Amazon’s own virtual assistant, the online retailer is offering serious discounts on a huge selection of its own devices.
Nick continued: ‘The tides have changed in home furnishings and with competition so fierce from John Lewis and their successful every day range and also the frustration of having to wait weeks if not month for delivery the glow has come off the brand and it is losing money fast.
Most of the best two-in-ones are convertible laptops, with 360-degree hinges where the keyboard and trackpad rotate around to the back of the display. They likely come with a Windows or Chrome operating system. There are some excellent two-in-one laptops that are essentially Windows 10 or Chrome OS tablets with a detachable keyboard. They work better as tablets, but are still good in laptop mode, and we’ve included models like the Surface Pro 8 and the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 Chromebook. Both styles of two-in-one feature touchscreens and typically support pen input. Most also include a headphone jack and backlit keyboard.
He explained: ‘Made very quickly became a very innovative place to purchase your furniture and homewares, with its nimble approach to providing customers with quality items at good prices it captured the zeitgeist of living in hotel-style homes that were Instagramable and gave people boasting power.
‘Brands like Loaf.com and Sleep8 are bucking the trend and opening up more stores in destination shopping centres like Westfield in London and Bluewater as more and more people want to feel their furniture which is something Made.com hasn’t allowed its customers to do.
When Chloe Macintosh, Brent Hoberman, Julien Callède and Ning Li launched Made.com from their East London office in 2010, the co-founders had their sights set on becoming ‘Generation Rent”s go-to homeware brand.
HP Spectre x360 16
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The HP Spectre x360 16 doesn’t have “pro” in its name, but it deserves to. It’s not a business laptop, so you won’t find an Intel vPro processor or IT management features. However, its premium features, beautiful OLED display, good looks and speedy performance are just about perfect for anyone looking for a versatile laptop with an awesome work-play-and-create design.
Blink Mini Camera (2-pack): $30
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You can keep an eye on your home from anywhere with these simple indoor security cameras. The Blink Mini offers two-way communication, notifications for motion and night vision, all in a tiny package. And right now, you can get two for the price of one with this bundle deal.