They don't call me the wallpaper wizard for nothing but even I had my decorating socks blown off today when I came across this... Ceramic wallpaper. Yep, you heard me right. Ceramic wallpaper. It's a never ending adventure of pattern and texture in the Manchester HQ of Casa Ceramica. I've bought lots of gorgeousness from... Continue Reading →
Finding Your Core Style : Chatting with Lisa Dawson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDVovh89fgY&t=6s Dream gig or what?! I'd a fabulous time chatting with Insta-Queen Lisa Dawson this summer in her geeeee-orgeous Yorkshire home. This one is all about finding your core style and being true to your interior self - sometimes hard to do in a world filled with 'inspo'. I'll do a 'proper' blog post soon... Continue Reading →
Help! I’ve Got Damp In My Chimney Breast
Most people know me as an Airbnb running, telly designer, lady builder, but in a previous and far less glamorous life, I ran a damp proofing company. This back to brick start in the world of property all those years ago gave me a cracking practical apprenticeship but took away something else: any fear of... Continue Reading →
3/4 of Builders Want More LadyBuilders!
Gearing up here to take part in this weekend's Homebuilding and Renovating Show at Excel, with thousands of homeowners flooding through the doors to check out all things renovation. As part of the run up to the show, the organisers commissioned some research on one of my favourite topics - women in the building industry.... Continue Reading →
How & When Non-Rich People Should Buy Art
THE SMART RULES FOR RICH PEOPLE: Buy art for investment Buy art at auction or at cool fairs Buy art direct from collectors Sell art at a profit to buy more art Buy art 'cause you already have six cars and five holidays a year. THE SMART RULE FOR THE REST OF US: Buy art... Continue Reading →
The Cutest Cupboard Doors, Fit For A Captain
There are doors and there are doors. And, lovely readers, today I give you the latter, slam dunk, or as they proclaim above, Docker Dunk the best little cupboard doors I've seen in ages. More of our adventures in the gorgeous Kent seaside town of Whitstable coming up next week, but any restoration lover will... Continue Reading →
Team Checkatrade & Our ‘Trade Secrets’ at the Homebuilding and Renovating Show 2018
Delighted to reveal that I'll be helping to host the brand new for 2018 Checkatrade 'Trade Secrets' stage for the Homebuilding and Renovating Show this September 21st - 23rd at London's Excel. I can't wait! Current status? Zipping round the country meeting lots of home renovators for a brand new BBC2 property show and am not... Continue Reading →