Well, we might as well just pack up and never invite another living person to Tweetin Corner ever again, because Aidan just nailed the award for best looking, cutest & happiest guest before the seating's even been installed! Should I even bother finishing it, or just let everyone else take turns perching on the back... Continue Reading →
Having long yearned for my own wisteria (it's *so* in the pipeline for Moregeous Mansions), there was really no debate as to whether I'd try to design in this visually beautiful tree to our new Sensory Garden down at Withington Baths. It was fate, plain and simple, to spot a huge Alba last week -... Continue Reading →
Yet another brilliant day out yesterday at one of the Arthur Swallows Fairs, this time in Ripley, Yorkshire on a Moregeous road trip across the Pennines. Honestly, if you're doing nothing today or tomorrow and fancy adding a unique twist to your home or garden, jump in the car and get over there! I was... Continue Reading →
No-one can miss all the fabulous coloured cables and industrial style lighting rocking the coolest interiors at the moment, and now you need to know where to both buy it and buy it stylishly whilst also supporting British production. I first featured Urban Cottage Industries/ Factory Lux here, when I was sourcing for Splendid Kitchen and... Continue Reading →
When we first started attacking the very overgrown 'woodland' part of the garden, shaded under the trees with rampant ivy, the occasion jewelled bluebell and 20,000 snails, I'm not sure we quite knew what direction we'd be going in and how much things would snowball. However, as Mr M dug, and the steaks cooked, and... Continue Reading →
I know, I know, we're all packing away our thermals and getting the Fake Bake onto pasty legs, but in all seriousness summertime is the best time to think about keeping your house toasty next winter. As a woman living for over 18 months in an unrenovated, unheated Edwardian house, I've become an expert on... Continue Reading →
What you don't want as you're packing for a much needed weekend away from renovation chaos and looking forward to hot water, bathrooms and cooking for twenty people - seriously, I do consider the latter a special treat - is a call from a tenant with a blocked loo. As a landlord you don't get... Continue Reading →
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