Most people know me as an Airbnb running, telly designer, lady builder, but in a previous and far less glamorous life, I ran a damp proofing company. This back to brick start in the world of property all those years ago gave me a cracking practical apprenticeship but took away something else: any fear of... Continue Reading →
3/4 of Builders Want More LadyBuilders!
Gearing up here to take part in this weekend's Homebuilding and Renovating Show at Excel, with thousands of homeowners flooding through the doors to check out all things renovation. As part of the run up to the show, the organisers commissioned some research on one of my favourite topics - women in the building industry.... Continue Reading →
How & When Non-Rich People Should Buy Art
THE SMART RULES FOR RICH PEOPLE: Buy art for investment Buy art at auction or at cool fairs Buy art direct from collectors Sell art at a profit to buy more art Buy art 'cause you already have six cars and five holidays a year. THE SMART RULE FOR THE REST OF US: Buy art... Continue Reading →
The Cutest Cupboard Doors, Fit For A Captain
There are doors and there are doors. And, lovely readers, today I give you the latter, slam dunk, or as they proclaim above, Docker Dunk the best little cupboard doors I've seen in ages. More of our adventures in the gorgeous Kent seaside town of Whitstable coming up next week, but any restoration lover will... Continue Reading →
Team Checkatrade & Our ‘Trade Secrets’ at the Homebuilding and Renovating Show 2018
Delighted to reveal that I'll be helping to host the brand new for 2018 Checkatrade 'Trade Secrets' stage for the Homebuilding and Renovating Show this September 21st - 23rd at London's Excel. I can't wait! Current status? Zipping round the country meeting lots of home renovators for a brand new BBC2 property show and am not... Continue Reading →
Sunday Supplement : The One Where We’re Actually In A Sunday Supplement
Not the best planning really, being up in the Lakes with no wi-fi and your phone going bonkers with people telling you that Rocky is famous. Of all the Sundays for our Airbnb Experience to be reviewed by the Sunday Times, it's the Sunday when we're half way up a hill. A pretty hill, granted.... Continue Reading →
Treasure Tingle: Upcycling A (Very Orange) Pine Dining Table
You know us here, we love a bargain and there's literally nowhere better to bag a bargain than your local charity shop. Are you a fan of digging through the fusty to find treasure? I can't get enough of it. Honestly, if I did 't have to work for a living, that's totally what I'd... Continue Reading →