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Glue guns, like this Bostik Craft model, are the hottest DIY item of the year, says Christian Egerton of B&Q."They have become essential for creating decorative effects in the home. Use them for table decorations, flower arrangements and for cheering up an old table with mosaic tiles."
Greg Waters of Homebase reports the popularity of new lightweight mini paint rollers with small trays that are easy to carry around. Paint pads are also winning fans by giving brush-quality finishes in roller-style time.
Eyelet kits are the must-haves for impatient Londoners who want instant curtains. Just punch out holes for rings, or for lengths of rope or steel wire. DIY stores don't stock them, saying they are too specialist a product. But ship's chandlers do. Arthur Beale, 194 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (020 7836 9034), has six sizes, from £3.55 a kit.
Sealers are getting cleverer and easier to use. Just introduced by UniBond, No More Cracks remains permanently flexible, coping cheerfully with inevitable movement between walls and skirting, around windows and elsewhere in the home. Priced at £3.99.
