I underwent the full body Mac operation two years ago, and can honestly say I'm a better person for it, all systems go as opposed to most systems crashing on the old PC on a seemingly daily basis. Despite the latter being so crap, I still had to be torn from it limb by limb,... Continue Reading →
Life: Uggs V Wellies: The Ultimate Test
Not really having enough work to do today *grimace at the blatant lie*, i.e. in dire need of some amusement apart from Twitter after being cooped up in the home office for 48hrs, I decided to run a little test, a face-off between the celebs' favourite, the ubiquitous Ugg (snuggly, warm & fluffy) and the... Continue Reading →
Life: A proper white-out! A snow filled blog post from Manchester
I can't remember the last time it snowed like this, not for decades in Manchester I don't think.... I vaguely recall my dad clearing our avenue in Lancashire when I was little (i.e. my mother forcing him out to help the other dads, some things never change, only now it's me that forces him to... Continue Reading →
Property: Ideal Home Feb 2010 with a Moregeous designed and installed classic bathroom
Our Chanel / Jo Malone liner luxury bathroom is featured in February's Ideal Home magazine, and is looking goooooood 🙂 Appointed by the client to design and install a 1930's inspired bathroom in a six week period whilst her mum was away - came in on schedule and on budget, and stylish enough to be... Continue Reading →
Life: Upstaged in the MEN by a ferret, the shame
Highly amusing, my new found friend of last week had her very own spread in the Manchester Evening News today, upstaged by a ferret, I don't know, what's the world coming to.... she'll be renovating her cage next and asking Marcin if he's free to fit an en-suite after Christmas.
Rose Cottage by name and nature, walls go pink!
Apart from the ripping out stage, when the bare bones of a house are first revealed, another of  my favourite stages is when the plasterboard goes on. It's when spaces suddenly become rooms and you can start to see the shape of things to come 🙂 Rose Cottage is only tiny and every inch counts... Continue Reading →
Rose Cottage – specifying the Georgian style bathroom
Getting back on specifying track after yesterday's ferret finding adventures, and today's task is to order lights and the bathroom for Rose Cottage. Our furry friend made the local 5 o'clock news on Channel M which was very funny, but it was my lamp post 'found' posters and asking at a local MOT station with nosey... Continue Reading →