{"id":149762,"date":"2025-03-09T21:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sunshines-back-the-days-are-getting-longer-and-doesnt-everything-look-awful-emma-beddington\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T22:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:19:10","slug":"sunshines-back-the-days-are-getting-longer-and-doesnt-everything-look-awful-emma-beddington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/sunshines-back-the-days-are-getting-longer-and-doesnt-everything-look-awful-emma-beddington\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine\u2019s back, the days are getting longer \u2013 and doesn\u2019t everything look awful? | Emma Beddington"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s UGH week, the time when we all notice the many terrible things that have accumulated in our homes under the darkness of winter. But don\u2019t worry! You don\u2019t have to do anything silly like spring cleanI rarely have any wisdom to impart, but at this time of year I find myself itching to share one of the few snippets I have gleaned in my 50 years. So here goes.Have you found in recent days that everyone (in the northern hemisphere, anyway) seems stoked about spring \u2013 skittles and beer, carpets of crocuses, the prospect of sitting outside without having your face resurfaced by sleet \u2013 but you are not quite feeling it? Have any nascent joys of the changing seasons been crushed by a glimpse of yourself in a mirror, replaced by wondering how you got so dull and lumpy? Has your home become, seemingly overnight, a sticky nest of squalor \u2013 toothpaste dribbles on the mirror, mildewed grouting, sofa stains, dust (God, the dust)? Does nothing please you? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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