Part of me wants to moan like mad about this incessant summer rain but another part of me - the part designing & installing the garden here at Moregeous Mansions - is kind of relieved not to have to keep watering all the new plants to keep them happy and get them settled in their... Continue Reading →
It dawned on me today, as I visited my fifth or six Arthur Swallows decorative salvage show, that I no longer like shops with normal floors. Instead I like grass: lush emerald in colour, damp underfoot from our British 'summer' and infinitely preferable to a hard surface. Decorative wares spread for yards and yards across... Continue Reading →
This morning I watched with interest on BBC Breakfast as the presenters discussed, alongside experts and contributors, today's property news: Home ownership is falling in major English cities. This headline comes from a report by the Resolution Foundation, stating that across the country home ownership has fallen, giving the example of Manchester where home ownership has dropped... Continue Reading →
I left RHS Tatton this year absolutely inspired by all the beautiful gardens, planting & flowers on show, but also inspired by ideas and products for sale. Some were super affordable and DIY-doable, some were way out of my budget but gave me food for thought on how I'd adapt the ideas and apply them... Continue Reading →
I had a thoroughly fabulous time at the RHS 2016 Tatton Flower Show, naughtily requisitioning a chunk of the Moregeous budget (considering the fact that we still haven't bought a kitchen) to gather lots of floral delights. I didn't visit last year as our garden was still a builders yard and not being able to buy amazing... Continue Reading →
Air bricks. Long a part of my working life, having spent a few years running a damp-proofing company, though I must confess to not really ever paying their aesthetics much attention. 9" by 3" or 9" by 6" terracotta, that's the only real decision for most houses, and has been the only style I've bought... Continue Reading →
After all the hard work of this past two months, it finally came to the day itself - the new garden area at the Edwardian Baths which our community charity runs in Withington had its launch day! Constant rain has meant slower than planned progress (when does summer actually arrive this year?!) but honestly, to... Continue Reading →
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