Decorex International 2011 was the perfect escape for anyone getting the autumn blues this past few days, as what with the champagne bar, free Mohitos and riot of bright colours on every other stand, you were guaranteed to be cheered up within minutes of entering the technicoloured halls! Here are just some of the images we... Continue Reading →
Moregeous visits Decorex 2011 – an overview & some unusual finds, part 1 of 3!
Never having visited Decorex International before, I was intrigued as to what to expect and had pretty much convinced myself it would be extremely high end, mostly unaffordable & full of posh ladies - not exactly my cup of tea! With a vintage style hen night to attend on the Saturday after my annual visit to... Continue Reading →
London Design Festival 2011 and a special love letter
I've always done 100% Design, Tent London, Designersblock and more recently the cohesive London Design Festival on my own, armed with notebook, pen, camera and more recently iPhone. On my own and without hindrance or help. And coped admirably. However this year was different, as with an excess time, a hen party, a steppy at... Continue Reading →
Moregeous Mansion gets some visitors or, How to seriously irritate your cat
Ah well. Supposed to be in London at a party for the Designersblock LDF2011 launch tonight but instead stuck in Manchester arranging all the dry rot works to take place at the water drenched tenanted flat blogged about yesterday. Blinking irritating being a landlord sometimes! On the bright side, Moregeous Mansion is getting some visitors... Continue Reading →
Oh no! A dry rot disaster in Design Festival Week
I knew it, I KNEW it would happen today - a tenant disaster! I even tweeted as much last week. Everything was going so well, notwithstanding a bad back swiftly dealt with by popping some cocodamol and shouting a lot. All the bare plaster was undercoated at Project Warwick then the ceilings painted white and... Continue Reading →
The Housepricecrash.co.uk forum put their tuppence in!
A busy week and then a fantastic day at CavFest yesterday meant I'm only just checking into the blog today and got a nice and then a bit of a nasty surprise. The nice bit was having several hundred visits to the Moregeous Mansion bird house post earlier this week. It's taken our garden by... Continue Reading →
Making a Moregeous Mansion – the best birdhouse in the West
Once upon a time there was a bit of a sorry looking birdhouse, rescued from a house renovated by Team Moregeous but not really given any of it's own TLC. Even so, our squirrels and birds loved it and the birdhouse was much used for several years, ignored by our resident pussy cat Mia whose... Continue Reading →