It's been all good so far this week with Projects Pizza, J and Tofu in full swing. Tofu, I hear you cry, what's that? Soon to be blogged - a bathroom refurbishment incorporating travertine, solid walnut and mosaics - once we overcome the 'issues' with collapsing ceilings, shaky joists and wobbly walls! The boys are... Continue Reading →
Loving the look of Project J's bathroom so far, the white metro tiles are on the wall (mostly!), the monochrome mosaic floor tiles are down and the double ended bath has been fitted, it already feels a million miles from the bathroom it was just a short time ago. We started painting the newly plastered... Continue Reading →
I wrote this in Dec 2010 after doing a few days filming for BBC3 and Renegade on a show called How to Live With Women. I had my wrists slapped as it was all very hush hush but I think that as the first two episodes have been shown now, with ours happening tonight, I... Continue Reading →
There actually wasn't an awful lot 'wrong' with Project J's bathroom before we started work last week, other than that the wrong paint had been used straight on top of bare plaster / board and had started to peel off in the humidity, plus the radiator needed updating. However, the clients hated their bathroom and... Continue Reading →
Unusually for a rental apartment refurbished in the 70's, Project Pizza has retained a handful of original features, namely the extravagant ceiling rose in the living room, the elaborate coving (see below) and finally the only remaining extra height original skirting boards in the building, which I really wanted to keep. It had been ripped... Continue Reading →
As an ex-customer, I was never particularly enamoured with my local RBS, always very slow plus quite rude employees, but I have to say I didn't consider protesting quite as vehemently as this weekend's new inhabitants of the residential flat above the branch in West Didsbury, Manchester. I'd also never found squatters remotely amusing before... Continue Reading →
There's always an item which you see at a trade show or exhibition which sticks in your mind and becomes the brain bookmark for the visit. For me at Interiors Birmingham 2011 it was seeing these Lee Broom for Heal's pieces on display. We've lost our Heal's store in Manchester so London readers may well... Continue Reading →
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