Lots of people message me asking how to access tickets for our workshops and soon, I promise soon, we'll have an updated website with easy tickets access details. We just need to finish building and filming the next episodes of Your Home Made Perfect and then I'll have some time!! In the meantime, here are... Continue Reading →
BBQ Event Images and Next Date Klaxon: 28 September!
Bearing in mind that for most of us, summer 2019 was a bit of a wash out, we absolutely struck lucky at the start of August with our first summer barbecue. Forty four fabulous guests took a chance on this new venture of ours, a collaborative outdoor eating experience with Chef Peter Naylor from Didsbury's... Continue Reading →
#Podcast: From Documentaries to Design, On The Sofa with Monique Tollgard
Earlier this year when asked if I fancied recording a series of interior design podcasts by Sofa Workshop, although I love to chat, the invitation made me a bit nervous. I'm not a trained journo with long honed skills in eliciting information out of other humans. That makes journos sound a little like SAS interrogators... Continue Reading →
Treasure Tingle: A Giant Salvaged No 3
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of hosting a session entitled "How To Make A Stylish Salvage Home" on the Cheshire Showground at the Arthur Swallows Fair. Let me tell you - no mean feat with no projector or electricity in a force 10 gale. All power to Northern grit and a tent... Continue Reading →
Seafood Si: The Salt Room, Brighton
There are no two ways about it. On a grey Wednesday lunchtime, spending fifty notes on a hot crustacean platter is pretty decadent. Maybe not if you're an on-expenses food critic or a lady who lunches, but for a couple of jobbing builders in Brighton for a work trip, it was one of those moments.... Continue Reading →
#Podcast: On The Sofa ‘Owning Your Rental’ with Topology London
Clearly a subject very close to my heart, as a landlord passionate about happy tenants and gorgeous interiors, 'owning your rental' is a hot take for renters who crave personalisation. In this episode of our On The Sofa podcast series I chat with Amy, below left, and Athina from style duo Topology London, award winning... Continue Reading →
How To: Making a Tiled Table from Scraps and Salvage
Renovating is expensive, we all know that. No matter how well you plan, draw up spreadsheets or keep an eye on the pennies, there are always extras and there's never quite enough left for finishing touches. Especially for the garden, the area which always seems to come in at last place on most renovation To... Continue Reading →