Spent yesterday getting on with the decorating at Project Squeeze with yours truly on wall / skirting duties and Mr M on anything above head height. It's looking so lovely but sorry, I don't want to post pics 'til it's finished and looking it's best at the end of the week! I'd a mid-afternoon visit... Continue Reading →
Property : bit of a round-up 5 July
This is the first of what I hope (time willing!) will be fairly frequent round-up of things heard, seen and done in my property world, anything from rentals, sales, finance, rumour, fact, gossip and interesting stuff seen in the press. Lots of Work This last week I have been, mostly, knackered. After four years of... Continue Reading →
Property tip – Creating recessed and lit shelving into the eaves
It's the silly season in Manchester for me and my mentals rentals, nope I was definitely right the first time, mentals right now. The sun always makes people want to move so I've had 4 lots out already with the newbies in and another 4 out and 4 in over the next two weeks. How landlords cope with... Continue Reading →
Spencer Tunick Ordinary People launch, Lowry 2010
Even with stomachs full of butterflies, we girls downed a glass of wine (for nerves) and a delightfully large Cafe Rouge pudding each (for the hell of it), before crossing over to The Lowry on the launch night for Ordinary People. Just a few weeks earlier we'd all been butt naked in the name of art... Continue Reading →
How to make a bespoke kitchen blind using a digital image
Whether or not the roller blind image in the kitchen transformation above is to your personal taste, there's no getting away from its individuality. No-one else in the world has one of these blinds because it's one of my photos, digitally printed to create a completely unique wow-factor moment. I love the idea of a... Continue Reading →
Property Eew – Ever wondered where snails hide?
Had a little clear up at one of the rental gardens and cut back a huge overgrown bush to find hidden in the undergrowth a messy Virgin Media box with the covers half hanging. I removed them to tidy it up and this is what I found, a snail love-in. 63 of them, all sleeping... Continue Reading →
Didsbury Open Gardens 2010 blog and images
Better late than never as it's been a busy old week, I'm finally getting around to posting some of my images from the Didsbury Open Gardens afternoon on 13th June. I bribed Mr M with beer and Steppy 1 with cakes to join me on a wet afternoon in South Manchester, exploring some of the... Continue Reading →
