Granted, it's been a while coming, but the little stepped front garden we've been working on is finally finished (apart from wall tops, fencing, more planting and a gate!). I've blamed the Manchester weather for the delay but in truth it was mostly that thing called 'life' getting in the way. The garden was perfectly adequate... Continue Reading →
Moregeous Blog Diary: Grand Designs Live, Birmingham 2013
In all my years going to trade shows & exhibitions I have never been anywhere as busy as Grand Design Live Birmingham last weekend, packed to the rafters with fans of The God Who Is Kev. If those numbers are anything to go by, the UK doesn't need any national house builders, it just needs... Continue Reading →
Chunks, planks and slivers – Team Moregeous go wood huntin!
It's been a source of both pleasure and amusement to me to watch solid slabs & quirky pieces of natural timber being increasingly used by designers and featured on style must-haves, 2013's trade shows have been awash with buffed up chunks being sold for astronomical prices. Yesterday we went for lovely Autumn rummage around my... Continue Reading →
My passion for purple & lime continues…
Yes, yes, I know blue is supposed to be the new black and but I can't seem to help myself falling in love with purple pieces. I've got hyacinths on my oven gloves, smelly sticks in my new vase and yesterday we treated ourselves (post Yard Sale!) to a gorgeous new Designers Guild graphic grey... Continue Reading →
Fancy winning a competition to design your own wallpaper?!
Most of us interiors obsessives dream of designing something wonderful, don't we? Well, here's your chance! Homebase in collaboration with Graham & Brown are running a competition on their Facebook page for you to have YOUR design put into print, onto shelves and into the Homebase Grand Design's House - how cool is that? Tell... Continue Reading →
Moregeous Blog Diary: A fun & successful Independent Interiors Show, Manchester 2013
Big congrats to organisers Rachael & Victoria and to all the talented exhibitors at the very first Independent Interiors Show in Manchester yesterday for a very enjoyable and, according to visitors & designer-makers alike, a very successful day. It takes a lot of hard work behind the scenes to make something like this happen and I was delighted... Continue Reading →
Cool Corian and some stompin box plywood stairs
We've had such a busy afternoon clearing out the contents of an apartment which completes tomorrow, I've almost forgotten the cool stuff we did yesterday and this morning. That's the problem with being mega busy, we jump from one thing to another so fast there's barely time to register things and take it all in.... Continue Reading →