Regular readers of the Moregeous blog will know that we've become partial to a bit of grow-your-own greenery of late, and this invention we spotted at Grand Designs this weekend is a superb idea. A modular and free-standing unit, the Vertigro is a vertical vegetable patch, herb garden or flower display with the limited space... Continue Reading →
Grand Designs Live 2011: an explosion of colour
Never having had chance to visit Grand Designs Live in Birmingham, I was very excited to find out that our TV meetings (hoping these new ventures take off!) coincided with the 9 day property extravaganza which is Kevin McCloud'sĀ Grand Designs Live LondonĀ at ExCel. I found it a great blend of interiors, sustainable design & build... Continue Reading →
Revitalising two tired old Victorian doors, stripped bare and glamorised
It's no good tarting up the gardens, planting all sorts of edible luciousness then ignoring the front doors, doing half a job, as it were. We've transformed the space that my tenants share over the last few years and it's now really well established, but was putting the doors to shame. They don't look too... Continue Reading →
Our Royal Wedding at The Albert Club, West Didsbury
What a completely fabulous, fun-filled celebration of Britishness, romance and friendship yesterday was. It's been ages since the country joined together in such a positive way and bar a few misery-guts wheeled out by the media but ignored by most of the rest of us, I think it's safe to say everyone enjoyed the day... Continue Reading →
Our Moregeous tenants get Grow Your Own
Inspired by all sorts of food revolutions and grow your own schemes, I decided to give our tenants some home grown delights this year and get motivated on a sunny bank holiday Easter Monday. The garden at the flats in West Didsbury needed a spring clean, it's in such a sheltered south facing spot that... Continue Reading →
Didsbury Dinners & how to blow a cucumber (pre-watershed)
Everyone once in a while, you see something which makes your jaw drop and your mind question whether it's really seeing what it thinks it's seeing. Sunday was one of those days when, at the launch of the Didsbury Dinners cookbook organised by the Action for Sustainable Living project in South Manchester, an audience of... Continue Reading →
Project Payne – Planning a bedroom fit for a ‘princess’! Eat your heart out, Kate Middleton ;-)
I posted images of the huge fireplace in this rental apartment bedroom last week and below are some of the rest of the completed bedroom, along with some hideous befores. The layout of this apartment remained largely the same as pre-works as there wasn't much leeway for change, however extra room and storage space was... Continue Reading →
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