The front of this Perthshire home was divided by the front door / hallway into two rooms, one which the family used as their living room and one which was destined to become a treatment room where hypnotherapy work could be done with clients. When we arrived the room was filled with furniture and had... Continue Reading →
Half Built House Perthshire – Getting started and design inspiration
On our Perthshire Half Built House, the building and design works had to get going at the same time though even thinking about things like colours, fabrics and finishes may seem premature when you're trying to address a building site! All the decisions tie up together at the end, so must be thought through as... Continue Reading →
Half Built House Perthshire – The ‘before’ shots
It was SO very hard not to tweet and share images of the homes we transformed during the filming of Half Built House... honestly for a design over-sharer like me, it nearly killed me! Finally our first show has aired and I can talk about what was done 🙂 Most of the ground floor of... Continue Reading →
It’s D-Day, or rather HBH-Day!
Well it's finally here and instead of relaxing into it, I feel like my feet haven't touched the ground. Had an amazing first experience as a guest on live TV this morning on The Wright Stuff, where Matthew Wright announce he was honoured to pop my cherry, cheeky! Then it was straight back into the... Continue Reading →
Browsing through Whippet Grey
In between digging up overgrown weeds in my sodden garden, editing 200 photos and watching Wimbledon yesterday, I sneaked time to have a search for some products I'd seen in magazines & snapped with my iPhone to look up later. I can't remember in which mag I'd seen this beautiful wooden seagull but the description... Continue Reading →
Half Built House trailer, July 2012
Whoop whoop, I've gotten hold of the new promo for #HBH and the still for the opening sequence, see above! Can't quite believe the four houses we worked so hard on will be on the telly in a week and Team HBH with all our foibles will be exposed to the world. Arghhhhh. Tough seeing... Continue Reading →
Falling in love with chalk paint on HBH
Whatever you're an 'expert' in, there's definitely always something new and exciting to learn, find and enjoy. During filming Half Built House, one of our clever researchers Lauren found a paint designed to be used to create an aged patina on furniture, mirror or any timber just hanging around waiting to be up cycled and... Continue Reading →