It's been a long haul of a self-build but we're starting to see the light here at Moregeous Mansions and me, he & Builder Cat are utterly resolved to show you the finished fruits of our labours in 2016. Hell, you could even walk the red carpet to the housewarming!  To those of you who've followed our... Continue Reading →
Flat ceilings are all very well and good but there's something magical about an exposed roof line where the steep pitched sides meet at a high internal peak to create extra volume to the space and a feeling of light and airiness. Think barn conversion, soaring church roof interior, think..... cathedral. If we're going to be... Continue Reading →
It's finally time to down tools and start prepping for Christmas! Wait, what did you say? It's already Christmas Eve? Best get a shimmy on then eh 🙂 As ever we're still weighing up DIY lists, sorting last minute jobs and telling ourselves that next year WILL be different. We will have a kitchen. We will... Continue Reading →
I've been reading with amusement about the 'latest craze' for skincare, expensive sheet face masks which you unfold from a sealed package, wrap over your face and then when you peel them off you look like Angelina Jolie 😉 Now as you know I'm a lady builder and I'm not very high maintenance, with a... Continue Reading →
Well, that's a seriously big job ticked off for two rooms! The original plan was for builders to take up the all the floor boards of the living and dining room, hoist up the joists, re-build the internal leaves of brick work and re-secure the full timber floor, but with it being the type of back-breaking... Continue Reading →
Neither he nor I can quite believe that we're still living in building site chaos a whole year after this, but life has conspired to make our renovation go a little slower than anticipated, plus we're doing a lot more work than originally planned. How we laughed last year at sad old us not having anywhere... Continue Reading →
The best and most unusual Christmas foods for 2015
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