New kitchen / bar Artisan opened in Manchester this week and we popped in last night for a few cheeky cocktails & nibbles with friends and to check out the much talked about interior design scheme. I loved it. All the things we've been raving about this year brought together in a glamorous & industrial... Continue Reading →
How to make a gorgeous indoor garden planter from some old pine drawers
Now that the fab Crafty Magazine has featured our indoor planter, I can post some images for those of you who fancy a little DIY project this summer. Not everyone has a huge garden to run planting riot in so this is definitely a project for bringing the outdoors in 🙂 I found an old set... Continue Reading →
How to update a ‘Pod” glass bathroom using a luxury steam shower
Pod bathrooms were quite the thing to do in city centre apartment blocks a few years back and I can understand their appeal - easy to simply drop in and install for the developer & builder, controllable design, fewer on-site hiccups. However, everything which appears perfect always seems to have a price - in the... Continue Reading →
How to get a DIY gilding effect on black moulded furniture
Home office furniture can be clinical and a little bit boring can't it, so a great option is go down the bespoke, design it yourself route. For a recent interior design project, I needed to create something with a gentleman's club feel, very masculine yet still warm, inviting and a touch glamorous. We designed and... Continue Reading →
Sunday Style Summary: Holker Hall garden festival, crafty finds & mucky windows
Sunday's round up for last week is the usual eclectic mix of home, interiors, property and garden madness involving getting high on both paint fumes and garden scents 🙂 I visited Holker Hall near Ulverston in the Lakes yesterday for their annual garden festival, spending as usual a fortune on unusual plants!It was my kind... Continue Reading →