Fantastic to get to a bit of a milestone this week with our little West Didsbury Airbnb apartment - 100 reviews! It doesn't seem two minutes since we were wondering what Airbnb was all about and was it worth looking it. The answer was quite clearly yes 🙂 Lots of people have asked me if... Continue Reading →
When your team has spent so much time and effort laying the most beautiful slate slabs, it's the duty of a good designer to ensure the best possible finish. Natural stone and slate can look gorgeous left as nature intended them, but for certain installations a slicker look is required. The 40msq of Mandarin Stone Nero... Continue Reading →
We're known for being a friendly bunch up here in Manchester so I'm expecting HEAPS of entries for this fab competition run by local shared-ownership specialists Plumlife, which I'll be part of alongside fellow judges John Leech, David Ellison and Lisa Westerman. It's very much a community-focused campaign to find our city’s ‘nicest neighbour, so have... Continue Reading →
Is it possible to love a wall? I mean really love a wall. Not like members of the Black Watch loved their Wall, which was all about respect and duty, but love it with a little heart flutter and a lot of giddiness. That's how I feel about my new wall, built with old bricks, new ideas... Continue Reading →
This past month on the Moregeous Mansions renovation has consisted mostly of mad dashes from inside to outside dependant on *weather* there was glorious sunshine or torrential rain. Honestly, talk about not being able to plan from day to day what to do, we haven't been able to plan from hour to hour! As you... Continue Reading →
Visiting your local DIY superstores or independent garden centres are both great for picking up smaller plants, but if you've a reasonable budget and don't want to wait years for plants and trees to become more established, investing in more substantial specimens is a way to get immediate impact in newly designed gardens or bare corners.... Continue Reading →
Back in the day when kids were allowed to play out a) on their own and b) somewhere further than 5m from their own bedroom, my gang used to go off roaming the streets, having adventures and climbing trees. We'd build dens in dried up stream beds, tear around back alleys on our bikes and... Continue Reading →
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