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I've travelled to the UK and you've made some very good observations. I'm in Canada. My late Mum drank many cups of tea throughout the day and would have been lost without her kettle. When she would visit, turning on the kettle was the first thing I did when she arrived, but it's not necessarily a thing here in Canada. Unlike both Canada and the USA, eggs in the UK are generally not refrigerated. Another reason for smaller fridges.

Enjoyed your comparison. I’m a great fan of Princess. Done a few cruises (23) and 12 of those have been with Princess Cruise Liners. Don’t think I’ll rush to book on the Sun. Sky Princess is my favourite so far, maybe you should try that too. Mx

From the USA. Most of thes are exactly right. However I purchased an electric kettle about three or four years ago. It is so handy I now cannot imagine not having one.

Thank you for the printable!!

Good review but would be helpful to touch on the food and quality

Everyone should have a kettle! I've introduced them to Spain (not really, some people had them, but it was and is not the norm) even hotels tend not to have them, so I take one with me!

I live in a town in the midwest of 20 thousand people. Probably 95% of people live in a single family home, mostly on large lots. I think America was settled with lots of timber homes because we have vast amounts of forest land so it is readily available. In my town many of the large homes from around 1900-1920 are brick. Mine was built in 1965 out of stone. Mostly the only people living in apartments are either young singles or low income. You are right, to be called a bedroom it must have a window and a closet, but any houses built after about 1970 tend to have large walk-in closets. I notice we all have laundry rooms and people in the UK seem to have a washing machine in their kitchen. My laundry room in a small house(1600 sq ft) is probably the size of a UK kitchen. American bathrooms have something called a ground-fault circuit interrupter, or GFCI, it is a fast-acting circuit breaker designed to shut off electric power in the event of a ground-fault within as little as 1/40 of a second, that is why we can have outlets even above the sink. People in cities do tend to have mail boxes on their house or a mail slot, but suburban and rural houses have mailboxes on the street and the postman drives around. The main reason we use mulch is because it gets very hot in the summer, her in Illinois it has been 95 degrees F. all week and mulch holds the moisture in. Our city grinds up all the limbs and things and we go to the city lot and get free mulch, so that is how we recycle our yard waste. My daughter lives in Florida and they all have stone around their landscaping as it is humid and they would have bugs and snakes in mulch. I never heard of the last one and I am 70 years old and have owned eight houses. I looked it up and there are 3 states out of 50 that require you to disclose it if the death has been in the past three years. All states require you to disclose material facts when asked, so that would include a death if asked. Very interesting video, I hope you don't mind me responding to your points. US is hard to generalize, it is so vast and so different. If you drove a couple hundred miles you would be in another country. I have to drive 700 miles or 1200 to visit my daughters. I could drive 2000 and not be at my aunts yet.

Your home looks lovely! Yes, U.S.A. has regional homes built for that environment.

Interesting. South African homes seem to be a combination between American and British homes. House size closer to USA and most are freestanding. Though in recent years a lot of small townhouses are being built. The following is more common: Built in cupboards, brick homes, no cupboard under stairs, no garbage disposal, letter box as opposed to door slot, master bedroom has en suite, no plugs in bathroom, washing lines to dry clothes, kettles are a staple. Air-conditioning and radiators are not common. We tend to have movable, freestanding fans and heaters that plug into the wall. Older houses are closed plan, new houses are open.

Loved this video - very interesting! I'm nosier than I thought I was😅

I live in Massachusetts, we do not have to disclose if someone died in a home BUT if asked we can not be deceitful.

I’m always curious about people’s houses. We live in Toronto, in an older part of the city, and our house is a Canadian version of a Victorian terraced house. Whenever we watch a police procedural show based in the north of England, I always feel I know what is coming around the corner, because the layout is the same as our house. Once when we were watching a Mike Leigh film my husband and I jumped at the same time when we spotted an unusual feature on a row of houses that we happen to have on our street: a narrow covered passageway between the row of houses. It is called a “ginnel” in the north of England, I believe. The streets here were built with laneways behind. There would have been outhouses at the bottom of the garden. The laneways allowed horse and cart collect the “night soil” from the outhouses. Where the outhouses once stood, most homes now have a garage. We have a mixture of UK and US features. Basements are essential here because of the cold. You need that pocket of warm air under the house or the cold would radiate through the floor. We have no built in cupboards and very little storage space. We do have a Harry Potter cupboard under the stairs. We have an electric kettle and a front load washing machine. Forced air gas heating, though heat pumps are increasingly common. In the last 20 years there has been much more air conditioning going into homes, and we have needed it!

Ann Arbor, Michigan here with cousins living in Ayr, Ardrossan, Saltcoats, and Edinburgh. Construction - there are many homes in America that are built of bricks. Especially our historical homes. I grew up in a home built in 1964 that was brick. New build homes (late 80's) are more all lumber. Brickwork is expensive. The UK also must use bricks because they struggle with damp so bad over there inside homes. Basement - probably the best thing for a home because we have tornados here and it is a cool place to go in hot weather. A bedroom is not a bedroom without a closet. You cannot even list it as a bedroom with realtor. Square footage. I would say people know this for many reasons, carpeting, flooring, taxes, realtor reasons etc. We are not obsessed with it. I think back in the 90's we built the McMansions here, but with housing prices you would be surprised most I would say are living under 2100 sq feet. Heat - we have electric, propane, natural gas. We don't have a lot of extreme heat in Michigan (although we are right now and I would literally die to go outside right now) but it is handy to have central air or a window air conditioner. Not all homes have that. My sister is getting one installed next week and her home was built in 1979. Global warming is causing the need for this. We run several fans too but it gets too extreme to survive on just that. Laundry - I remember my Mom and neighbors line drying clothes growing up. Washer/dryer units are now becoming available here. Front loaders have been popular for 20 years here, but IMHO are garbage. I am waiting for a new machine today as I type (it is 90 plus degrees outside) as the one I bought in 2017 died already!!! Letter box slot - Plenty of homes in America with them. Depends again WHEN they were built. We had a mailbox outside the front door on the porch, sometimes on a post on the road and sometimes a large area with many in a neighborhood at the entrance. We can place mail or go to the big letter box at post office, shopping malls and stick our mail in it. Electric kettle - plenty of those here. We drink hot and cold drinks all day. It is just the entitled that think they must line of at Starbucks and spend 10.00 on one! Fridge - more posh homes incorporate it into the kitchen cabinets in USA. Mulch - we don't mulch every year. that would be so expensive. But in the UK you all use pea gravel everywhere. gardens, driveways, etc. Death in Home - my Dad died in my parent's home and I have never heard of such a thing!??

This is so interesting!!!!

Your garden looks like such a peaceful retreat! Love the silver fencing too - could you share a link to them please? Axx

We’re off to this place in five weeks😎we cant wait😁

I just found your channel and really enjoyed this video. I found it to be informative and entertaining. Thank you for sharing. Just so you know your message is traveling around. I'm from Texas! 😊

I love the idea of nature-inspired decor! Thanks for the video! You do have a great accent!!

I have a lot of fun switching out shower curtains in my apartment each month. I find a lot of them at thrift stores, so it keeps my costs low.

Thank you, i enjoyed this and i do enjoy your accent. We holidayed in the highlands last year and will visit orkeny this. I have a small flat and cant do a lot of what you do, but i have a sideboard that i decorate seasonally

This is a game changer!!!

Love the light and shadow from the solar lights. Everything looks fantastic!

you don't get much better than a Barcelo hotel. This hotel is fabulous. Don't know what you expected!!

ooh listen to you ...had to watch the budget and stay in 4 star hotel😂😂😂 fxxk off some folk save all year for any holiday turned you off after 1min

Prefer Barcelo sands myself

Love this hotel. Can't wait until the autumn when we will be visiting again.

Can you day trip to Santorini or Mykonos from here?

Snob!!

I need to correct you about the room above yours, which we are staying in as I write this. The reason the balcony is shallower is because it's actually double width, being a two-room suite, and extremely spacious. Otherwise not a bad video.

So much great advice for anyone building their channel, love it!

Good perspective 😊

Good perspective 😊

Good perspective 😊

Wow. Only 6 months. Great work!!!

This video was like a breath of fresh air, Lynne. I’m seeing shape and texture in decor in a whole new way since watching your channel. You’re a great teacher!

Lovely review. I hope that this kind of travel is in our near future, with our youngest going to university next year.

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Great vid.

Thank you for this great information.

Thank for your generous tips.

Hello! I need to start a garden journal as well! Every year I keep telling myself to write things down but never get around to it haha. It would be such a help to future me 😭Fun video! Great to see your containers getting put together :)

Beautiful display, you have spurred me on to do the same 😊

I love the seasonal tableaus that you create on the console table. I wonder what limitations you would face, should you put something on the wall. Spring cleaning begins Monday. Decluttering, organizing, and decorating begins at the front porch and sweeps through the house. It always feels so good to switch things up! 💐

I have three spots in mind that could do with a spring refresh. Thanks for the inspiration. I love the use of the mirror to increase the impact of the stems. Also, cutting up the faux plant is a great trick!

Love the Wrigley Field hoodie.

Fantastic results, Lynne! I propped my iPad up so I could watch you while I got my laundry folded and changed some duvets and sheets around the house. You have inspired me to tackle the linen cupboard. I do it once a year, and you know how it goes. It looks great for a while, but then the tidy piles inevitably to go pear-shaped again. Thank you for the inspiration. I will tackle those linens and towels before your next video! 🖐️😅

Wow. Looks amazing xx

I loved this, Lynne. Well done! You did so many clever things. I’m particularly struck that you were able to wrap the armchairs and push them onto the patio. That is a bold and inspired move! And I do think you have given me a template for planning all kinds of celebrations. Thank you!

Absolutely beautiful and yes you matched your vision seamlessly! Looks like your husband and guests had a wonderful experience. Well done. 🤗

Looks lovely xx