Awwwwww, I'm a bit sad!! We've been visiting January's Design Interiors at the Birmingham NEC for about 7 years, watching it develop into a much more funky and innovative trade show year by year, and learned at last week's show that this is the last one before it ups sticks and moves to London's Excel... Continue Reading →
Sauteed green beans with both sun-dried & roasted cherry tomatoes
This was one of those conjured up dishes from an almost empty fridge, a thrown together side which really worked so well, I wanted to share it. We had with pan fried pork medallions, cut from a tenderloin then dipped in egg & breadcrumbs, but it can accompany almost anything, a roast chicken, fish, even... Continue Reading →
The rental market, social media and the rise of the Twenant!
Made myself smile just now by tweeting about a new tenant who has just moved in as she's our first Twenant, i.e. tenant found through Twitter. I've done viewings before after tweeting about rentals coming available but this is the first proper sign up and move in, and it shows a real shift in the... Continue Reading →
Moregeous Blog Diary: Trends at Design Interiors 2013 enduring through to 2014
I though it'd be interesting to have a look back at my photos from Design Interiors 2013 to see what caught my eye back then, before I visit tomorrow for 2014's furniture and interior design extravaganza. I visit several trade events each year to see how styles and trends evolve and develop, and to specify... Continue Reading →
How to get a pinch of Parisienne glamour – all in a landlord’s week
Being a full time landlord means life is full of surprises, and I don't mean the kind wrapped in a big bow which when opened taste / small / feel good! A tenant moved out on 31st Dec and as the new tenant couldn't be in until 18 Jan, I decided to give the one... Continue Reading →
Mr Cooper’s, Manchester – Floppy waffles & even floppier service
There's such a buzz in Manchester about food at the moment, with new restaurants popping up all over the place, all very exciting but sometimes all very hit and miss, especially if initial expectations are set too high. I don't mind when we eat out if it's in the fanciest of venues or the middle... Continue Reading →
How to bring some vintage Pin-Up glamour to your window blinds!
2014 is all about personalisation and creativity, so how about some vintage sunshine in the form of these rather beautiful printed blinds by Nottingham based company Creatively Different? The ladies you see are the Lovelies, part of a series of about 160 illustrations drawn in the 1940's by British artist David Wright as 'pin-ups' for The... Continue Reading →