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Your LIFE: YOU CAN.. SMARTEN UP YOUR FRONT OF HOUSE; SHOPPING.

Byline: BY CAROLINE COOK

1. Paint your door in a smart colour, such as this traditional blue - Exterior Gloss in Trafalgar, EUR EUR

In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro.

Notes:
The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion.
12 per 750 ml; plant pots, EUR14 each and standard bay trees, EUR14 each, all Focus (www.focusdiy.co.uk)

2. Transform railings and metal gates or fencing with a fresh lick of paint. Hammerite's Direct to Rust Smooth Metal Finish goes on even rusted metals, EUR12 for 500ml, Hammerite (0044 870 444 1111 www.hammerite.co.uk)

3. If peeling or faded window frames could do with a new lease of life, choose a long-lasting paint that is specially formulated. Sadolin Woodshield in white, from EUR19 per litre LITRE. A French measure of capacity. It is of the size of a decimetre, or one-tenth part of a cubic metre. It is equal to 61.028 cubic inches. Vide Measure.  (0044 1480 484 262, www.sadolin.co.uk)

4. Garden gates and wooden fences can be brought bang up to date with a range of contemporary wood shades such as RHS RHS Royal Horticultural Society
RHS Right Hand Side
RHS Rural Housing Service
RHS Rickards High School (Tallahassee, FL)
RHS Red Hat Society
RHS Ridgewood High School (New Jersey) 
 greys and greens. Garden Shades by Cuprinol, from EUR11 per litre (0044 870 444 1111 www.cuprinol.co.uk)

5. Now all that's left are the drainpipes & guttering. Try International Drainpipe & Gutter Paint (EUR17 for 750ml), which revives old and faded plastic or painted metal guttering. Available in black, grey, brown and white. (0044 1480 484 284 www.international-paints.co.uk)
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Title Annotation:Features
Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Jul 7, 2007
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