The Spring edition of the Celebrity Angels magazine is on the shelf in most good newsagents and Super Markets.  This issue offers real relevenat advice in the current housing climate.  Anne Maurice (house doctor) tells you how to get the best price for your home and self made millionaire (through property developing) Gary McCausland predicts the future of the housing Market.

The March edition of BBC Good Homes features an article about a couple with three young children who redesigned their Edwardian home in South London.  As well as replacing several ceilings and adding a basement they refitted three bathrooms one of which includes a waterproof TV fitted into the wall at the end of the bath! (I like their style).  They put in a Fireplace into their master bedroom which is from The Gallery Collection.  It is the Asquith in Limestone with the Crown cast Iron insert and gas fire (shown on page 65).

The March edition of BBC Good Homes has some great advice on revamping bedrooms, decluttering homes and how to to use the latest colours (blues, greens and pinks).  Also room makeovers, budgets buys and best home buys.    One of the features is the House of the Month owned and built by Sarah and Colin Knightley. Its a fantastic open plan bungalow in Devon which they built in 2006 after demolishing the original property.  Sarah has created a cosy interior at the same time as using contemporary light and neutral colours and to re-create the look in her living room (shown on page 57) you can choose the Gallery Tiger Plus Stove from £540.

The traditional Cast Iron Fireplace will never go out of fashion, and if you fancy one for your home you can get a fantastic deal on the Gallery Fireplaces Palmeston 48” Full Polished Cast Iron.

A Contemporary Fireplace complete with contemporary gas basket is also available in the Spring Offers.

Fancy grabbing yourself a Spring bargin? clear out the glutter, spring clean and redcorate with a fresh new Firebasket.  The trendy contemporary Zen basket is now on offer at your local Gallery Fireplace retailer.

Sales of retail goods rose in January, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has said, after shops cut prices to encourage consumers to keep spending.

On a like-for-like basis, retail sales rose 1.1% compared with a year earlier, the biggest increase since May 2008. “These surprisingly good figures give some reason for optimism,” said Stephen Robertson at the BRC.

The BBC New Channel reported that ‘Clothing and footwear saw the biggest rise in sales, up 6.1%,’ according to the ONS.

Obviously savvy shopper have keenly opted to make their main purchases during the Jan sale (and why not, I did).  However roll on the Spring Sales I say!

If you are still thinking about purchasing a Fireplace at a bargain price then the Gallery Spring Sale is almost upon us.  I will keep you posted.

EDF Energy has announced it was cutting tariffs by up to 12.5% for electricity customers.

The reduction will affect 2.3 million of its customers, with an average change of 8.8% from March 31.

The move follows recent price cuts from e.on, British Gas and Scottish and Southern Energy.

EDF Energy said the price cut applied to standard rate electricity customers in London, the South East, South West, Wales and Scotland.

Gallery Electric fire options include the standard inset fire options (example below)

The Electric Firebasket options (example below)

And an electric option for all the traditional arched cast iron insets and combination fireplaces (see example of a combination fireplace place)

Even more GOOD NEWS!  We have a second offering for Glass Fronted High Efficiency Gas Fires.

In October I blogged about the glass fronted high efficiency gas fire which is 87% efficient.  From the end of Feb we have more in the way of high efficiency glass fronted fires which are 89% efficient and come with beautiful cast frames (various options) and with a slide control switch (easier to switch on than the traditional manual controls).

You may have seen these frames before as they have been avaible for the past few years as part of the Gallery Convector range (fires that are 65% efficient).

If you are looking for a Fireplace bargin this Jan/Feb then Gallery have even more offerings! So visit your local Gallery Fireplaces dealer and ask about the offer on Fire Baskets, Valencia , Centric, Kensington and Swans Nest.