Drippy sexy cheesy #FoodPorn tweets. We've all read & managed to digest them, then enjoyed the seemingly unstoppable locomotion of mince blaze a trail around pop-ups everywhere, fuelled by testosterone tweeting and hoards of meat mad consumers. Brands almost became parodies of themselves and then did, with a competitive edge to who could produce the... Continue Reading →
Video Makeover: From Yucky Yard to Party Patio
So here it is, the finished and totally transformed back yard. My challenge was to turn the dark, dingy area into an exciting, vibrant entertaining space during the course of a sunny Spring afternoon. Did we fix it - course we did! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEgJBaEXaag The five steps taken - Inspiration, Colour, Personalisation, Practicality and Dressing Up -... Continue Reading →
Saturday 26 April – Fab event “Home Is In The North”
Delighted to be helping out at TOMORROW'S Manchester based interior design / craft event Home Is In the North at Halle St Peters in Ancoats. Alongside an exciting array of independent interior designers and boutique homeward brands, I'll be personalising an eBay find to show you just how easy it is to stamp your own unique look on... Continue Reading →
How to Make a Glam Padded Menu Board
I'm still getting together the full space interior shots for the Splendid Sausage, but I thought I'd share one of the personalised ideas I came up with to make their place different and unique. The menu changes fairly frequently with new combos and toppings, and we didn't want standard floor to ceiling metal hanging system... Continue Reading →
Respect at work? Not here, on the pitch or in the kitchen.
As an avid reader of Twitter & lover of people's 140 character opinions, I've been fascinated in the last 12hrs with the diametrically opposing positions regarding employment in the UK - who deserves respect and fair treatment and who deserves ridicule and fair game treatment. One the one hand we had Restaurant Wars last night at 8,... Continue Reading →
Planning my 5 steps to a bright, glamorous urban yard space
After the indoor interior design Splendidness of the last two weeks, it's now time for me to get outdoors and transform a dark and dingy urban yard into an impressive entertaining space as part of my HomeSense & Huff Post challenge - I'm keeping everything crossed for sunny Spring Manchester weather! I'm going to be reinventing... Continue Reading →
How to make a cool & Splendid circus ceiling
It's been an extraordinarily busy eleven days transforming the old and a little dated Jack Spratt's restaurant in Manchester into the bright, breezy Splendid Sausage Co but we managed it and they are now open for business! One of the recurring TripAdvisor gripes from previous customers concerned the poor quality of the loos and they were... Continue Reading →
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