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Crafting a Personal Tribute: Customizing Funeral Services

March 7, 2024

In life’s final chapter, the farewell we offer our loved ones stands as a testament to the uniqueness of them and their life story. At Silkwood Funerals, they believe in the power of a personalized funeral service, one that reflects the individuality of the departed and offers a safe space to their loved ones to mourn the loss and celebrate their life.  This article explores the possibilities of customizing funeral services, helping to represent your loved one’s departure in a way that reflects them.

The Essence of Customization

Customizing a funeral service involves tailoring every aspect of the ceremony to reflect the personality, beliefs, and wishes of the deceased. From the choice of venue, music, and readings, to the selection of flowers and the format of the service, customization allows families to create a personalised experience.

Personalized Touches that Make a Difference

Venue Selection

Choosing a venue that held special significance to the deceased can be a great way to honour their memory. For example, having the ceremony at one of their favourite places such as their favourite park or beach can be a tribute to all the times they spent there and can also bring back happy memories for those attending. If you are holding the service in their favourite park, another idea to consider is having a tree planted in their honour. Holding the service at a family home can add a deeply personal touch and allows people to feel a sense of familiarity and security while being so vulnerable.

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7 Tips To Ensure You Hire The Best Removalists When Moving Home

July 26, 2023

There is one critical step you can take when planning a home move that invariably ensures that your moving day goes smoothly. Without any major mishaps, and that is hiring professional and reputable removalists. In most cases, removalists have a wealth of experience when it comes to helping people move to a new home, and if you follow their advice, your home move should be a relatively stress-free experience.

However, to get to that point, you must hire your removalists first; that is where some people get it wrong. They take actions that will not ensure they hire professional removalists, such as hiring a van and co-oping some friends and family to do it. Or they choose the first removalists they come across without researching.

That is not how you ensure you hire the best removalists for your home move. Instead, just as with hiring other professionals such as lawyers or an accountant, you want to do your due diligence and research the removalist companies in your area. Read on, and you will discover seven tips from Brilliance Removalists Perth to help you hire the best for your needs when you move home.

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The Dos And Don'ts Of Moving Home If You Have A Pet
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The Dos And Don’ts Of Moving Home If You Have A Pet

October 12, 2022

When you are planning a home move, we are sure you would have discussions with lots of people including your Removalists Melbourne, your real estate company, utility companies, and even your lawyer. However, if you have any pets, will you make a point of speaking to your vet to ask them about how you can make sure your pets’ experience of the move is not a traumatic one?

If you have a pet, or even several, we are sure you love them dearly. However, when trying to organise a home move, it can be easy to simply forget about your pet in all the arrangements you have to make. Nevertheless, it is essential that you take time to ensure their welfare will be taken care of before, during, and after the move takes place. To help you with that task, here are some “DOs” and “DON’Ts” regarding pets and moving home.

DO Get Someone To Look After Your Pet On The Move Day

Possibly the best thing you could do for your pet on the day of the move is to ask a friend or relative to look after them for the day. This removes a lot of stress both for your pet and for you.

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10 Tips For Choosing A Landscape Architect Who Will Design You The Garden Of Your Dreams
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10 Tips For Choosing A Landscape Architect Who Will Design You The Garden Of Your Dreams

October 5, 2022

If you were to survey those who are expert gardeners, asking what their top tip for ensuring a successful landscaped garden is, the vast majority of the responses will be that you ensure you do all you can to make your choice of landscape architects the right one by following a proper selection process.

No matter how high the quality of the features and garden furniture, how awesome the plants look, and how often your garden is remarked upon positively by others who see it, it will only achieve its full potential as a landscaped garden, if its design has been created by highly skilled, professional landscape architects who can also help plan for the landscape construction.

So, the question we assume that is in many people’s minds as they read this is, “How do I choose the right landscape architect?”. The answer to that question is about to be revealed as we highlight the ten best tips we have for ensuring that your choice of landscape architects for your new garden is the best it can be and that they will, hopefully, create the garden of your dreams.

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7 Top Tips For Maintaining Your Carpets After They've Been Professionally Cleaned
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7 Top Tips For Maintaining Your Carpets After They’ve Been Professionally Cleaned

May 4, 2022

One of the aspects of having their carpets cleaned for the first time by professional upholstery cleaning service that many householders may not have previously been aware of is that there is work they need to do, both before and after that carpet cleaning takes place. Before it, they may need to remove furniture from the room, vacuum the carpet, and even arrange for pets to be out of the house during the clean.

Arguably more important than what you need to do before professional carpet cleaning, is what you do afterwards. The reason for this is that those actions can help keep your carpets clean for longer and ensure they are properly maintained. There is a long list of possible actions you might take after professional carpet cleaning, but the seven actions that follow are the most important.

Ensure The Carpet Is 100% Dry

One of the worst mistakes you can make after professional carpet cleaning is to use the room and move furniture back into it, too soon. If the carpet has not fully dried, the issues created can include damage to the carpet, damage to the furniture, and colour transfer.

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10 Awesome Time Management Tips For Family Lawyers

March 30, 2022

We are sure that day to day your family lawyers business keeps you busy. Whether it be appointments with clients, representing your clients in the Family Court, creating the arguments you are going to make in court, or the basic daily tasks that your role demands, there are bound to be days where there does not seem to be enough hours to complete everything.

You are not alone, and it is fair to say that a large number of family lawyers need ways and means to manage their time more efficiently. The irony is that there are so many books, audio programs, and video courses on the subject of time management there is not a family lawyer on the planet who has enough time to study them all.

We are not going to pretend that we have a magic wand that can conjure up an extra 2 hours for you each working day. However, what we will share with you are ten simple and easily implementable tips that family lawyers, including yourself, can use to make the working day more organised and less wasteful of time.

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Top 10 Tips On How To Keep Your Rugs Clean
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Top 10 Tips On How To Keep Your Rugs Clean

July 14, 2021

When most people think about carpet cleaning they tend to consider the main carpets that are laid on floors in commercial and domestic premises. However, they often forget that rugs can require every bit as much attention given that they too are subject to foot flow, spillages, and all the other ways in which carpets get dirty and need to be cleaned.

In fact, as many rugs are put in place in order to protect the carpet underneath them, it is not surprising that they often need to be cleaned a lot more often, and to a greater degree than carpets. With this in mind here are ten tips, we compiled with carpet cleaning experts www.brilliancecarpetcleaningperth.com.au, which will help you to ensure that your rugs are kept cleaner and last for longer.

Tip #1 Know What Material Your Rug Is Made From: Just as carpets are made from different materials, so are rugs. Each material will require different cleaning methods so ensure you are aware of them and clean each individual rug accordingly.

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The Benefits Of Paying Off Your Mortgage Early
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The Benefits Of Paying Off Your Mortgage Early

June 23, 2021

Of all the financial arrangements that any individual or couple might enter into, a mortgage is the one that is going to be the largest and most significant commitment. Anyone who wishes to do some financial planning with financial advisors will always have their mortgage front and centre due to the fact that the amount owed will be the greatest, the time to pay it will be longest, and the consequences of defaulting on a mortgage are the most dramatic, given that homelessness is possible.

For most people, the assumption they make is that their mortgage is going to be an obligation that lasts for up to 30 years, and that will usually mean beyond the time when their children have grown up and left home. When you think about it, it means that for around half of a homeowners adult life they are burdened with making mortgage payments.

The simple fact is it need not be that way, at least with respect to the length of time over which you pay off your mortgage. With sensible financial planning, there are options available to you, and actions you can take which can dramatically reduce your mortgage period, and in some cases, it can bring your mortgage period below 10 years. Some of you might be asking, ‘Why would I want to reduce my mortgage period?’ and it is a very valid question. The answers to it are listed below.

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Engagement Rings: What to Look Out for in the Four Cs

July 22, 2018

When you are looking to purchase engagement rings, there is a lot to consider. After all, it’s representative of your love and dedication, so it has to be every bit the picture of perfection. Aside from the look, price, and size, four words mean equally as much, and they refer to the diamond.

Cut, clarity, carat, and colour are four Cs of which you should be aware. Here’s what you need to know.

Cut

When referring to the cut of a diamond, it’s easy to assume that it means the shape and how manufacturers cut it. However, the cut means the reflective quality and how dazzling that diamond looks in engagement rings. The best-cut diamond is one that has light beaming up from the centre of the stone, as opposed to being dull and lifeless. If a diamond “leaks” light, and has minimal sparkle, it has been poorly cut.

Clarity

Most diamond engagement rings you come across at your local jeweller’s aren’t entirely perfect – but they are to the human eye. However, the diamonds can often contain small marks known as inclusions which dot around the diamond. While they aren’t visible to you, they can affect the clarity rating of the diamond. A diamond classed as “internally flawless” with no inclusions has a rating of FL-IF, while an imperfect diamond with large inclusions is SI-3.

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9 Tips for Hiring a DJ for Your Event

June 26, 2017

Almost any event where there will be music, whether a wedding, party or even a corporate event,  needs to also have a DJ to play the music and help guide everything along.  But not all such people are created equal, so you need to put certain practices into place to ensure you get the right type for your specific event. Here are some tips to make sure you do.

  • Choose someone who is experienced and can also do MC duties.
  • Ask if they have a CD or DVD of their work so you can get some idea of their style. You need to know if they take charge, or work on the sidelines along with you. For a wedding, it’s best if they take the latter role, since the bride and groom should be the stars, not the MC.
  • Find out what they charge per hour. This is usually cheaper than a live band, so you’ll save.
  • Ask if they have back-up equipment in case anything goes wrong.

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