Travelling round the UK with work for the past six months has been fabulous in so many ways. We've seen places never visited before and stayed in some great Airbnbs and hotels, ambled past stunning Scottish lochs and eaten oysters on windy beaches. Lots of good stuff. But one thing has really irked me. Not... Continue Reading →
A Property TV Alternative: The Real Homes Show
It's ALL about the content these days isn't it? One side of my life is currently spend whizzing all over the country working on an 'actual' TV show - the new Your Home, Made Perfect for BBC2 this Spring. But something else is afoot. I've done a tonne of filming in the past couple of... Continue Reading →
New BBC2 Property Show for 2019: Your Home, Made Perfect
Whoop whoop! The brand new trailer for the show Mr M and I have been working on has gone live and I couldn't be more excited to finally see some of the green screen action everyone's been talking about! https://youtu.be/fRhAU7tpAmE We've been beavering away behind the scenes, racing up and down the motorway working with... Continue Reading →
Landlords Banning Pets? It’s The Owners Who Are The Problem!
"Labour will give renters a default right to have pets, which is the case in many countries, including Belgium and Italy." tweeted Tom Copley, London Assembly Member this week. A man who clearly knows an evil landlord when he sees one and who has never had to hoist a feline urine soaked sofa out of... Continue Reading →
Seafood Si : The Potted Lobster, Bamburgh
We're still on our travels around the UK, hunting down superb seafood restaurants near to our routes to make everything seem a little less like work. There's a trick well and truly missed here as we journey up from Kent to Lincolnshire to Scotland, this blog post could be reading "Winkles from Whitstable to Whitby"... Continue Reading →
Turning An Unused Conservatory Into A Stylish Space : Chatting With Sarah Parmenter
In the days before kitchen extensions became ten a penny, homeowners used to simply  pinch a bit of the garden and add on a garden room - a conservatory. Often these were white plastic upvc, which is now very much out of fashion with the style brigade. Many conservatories are now being ripped down and... Continue Reading →
Tiles? Coming Out Of The Kitchen And Onto A Surface Near You
Yes, they are. Just like sisters. Tiles are coming out of the kitchen and out of the bathroom too. Not old enough to recognise the reference? Let's get this out of the way first. One of the best sisterhood stomping' song ever... https://youtu.be/kUnJj9kZQTU Got it? Marvellous, let's move on. Too long confined to the splash... Continue Reading →