You all know me by now right, there's nothing I love better than the smell of timber, a busy work bench and  stuff being made. Everything summed up in the image above really, taken up at a fantastic manufacturer company called Dresser Mouldings which we visited this month in Lancashire. They'd been recommended to me by a small... Continue Reading →
How To: Design A Small Bathroom
This week's client work involves designing a compact 1.8m x 1.8m family bathroom which needs a complete update: a new suite, taps, shower, storage, heating and tiles to make it super practical and super stylish too. So.... I started off by reminding myself of a few top tips, after all, it's no good video presenting top... Continue Reading →
Wot No Charcoal Fence Paint?! Plus, some Coral & Grey :)
It doesn't come out very often but my FrowBrow just had a moment in my fav shop looking, looking harder and looking again for something I thought, by 2016, I'd find. We designers and interior bloggers are all about the grey and have been for a couple of years now and slowly the rest of the world... Continue Reading →
Renovation Recipe: Chilli Drumsticks, Roast Veg & Garlic Baguettes
This is a great combination of ingredients, fast to prepare, very little messing and only a small amount of space needed. It's a winter warmer on cold days and equally as hearty on a self build summer evening. One of the things I've found hardest during our kitchenless refurb has been the cold; preparing cold... Continue Reading →
We Bought A Wood Burner!!
Yippee! We bought a wood burner!! After much consideration this is the one I've chosen for the office, the F 100, a gorgeous 5kW cast iron multi-fuel stove by Norwegian company Jøtul, robust and solid like my home, modern in functionality, but decorative and quite pretty too. It's not been fitted yet as we've all the... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary #72 Vaulted Ceiling Anyone?!
Flat ceilings are all very well and good but there's something magical about an exposed roof line where the steep pitched sides meet at a high internal peak to create extra volume to the space and a feeling of light and airiness. Think barn conversion, soaring church roof interior, think..... cathedral. If we're going to be... Continue Reading →
Yey, Christmas Tree. Boo, Not Here.
Neither he nor I can quite believe that we're still living in building site chaos a whole year after this, but life has conspired to make our renovation go a little slower than anticipated, plus we're doing a lot more work than originally planned. How we laughed last year at sad old us not having anywhere... Continue Reading →