I had a great afternoon last week helping design savvy shoppers solve their interior design & home buy dilemmas, rummaging through treasures to find on trend bargains and work out what went best with what, from cushions and plates to even helping one lady redesign her extension via her mobile phone pics. Oh the joys of... Continue Reading →
How to Make a Glam Padded Menu Board
I'm still getting together the full space interior shots for the Splendid Sausage, but I thought I'd share one of the personalised ideas I came up with to make their place different and unique. The menu changes fairly frequently with new combos and toppings, and we didn't want standard floor to ceiling metal hanging system... Continue Reading →
Planning my 5 steps to a bright, glamorous urban yard space
After the indoor interior design Splendidness of the last two weeks, it's now time for me to get outdoors and transform a dark and dingy urban yard into an impressive entertaining space as part of my HomeSense & Huff Post challenge - I'm keeping everything crossed for sunny Spring Manchester weather! I'm going to be reinventing... Continue Reading →
How to make a cool & Splendid circus ceiling
It's been an extraordinarily busy eleven days transforming the old and a little dated Jack Spratt's restaurant in Manchester into the bright, breezy Splendid Sausage Co but we managed it and they are now open for business! One of the recurring TripAdvisor gripes from previous customers concerned the poor quality of the loos and they were... Continue Reading →
Book Review: “Lost The Plot” by the Allotment Junkie
This book in 3 words: Accessible, Friendly, Practical. Step by Step books are often a little prescriptive & bossy and can feel a bit like being back at school with an overbearing biology teacher on a long Thursday afternoon, but this book, written by Manchester's Allotment Junkie - Paul - is far, far from it.... Continue Reading →
Cages, cinematography and cable at Urban Cottage Industries
It seems to be all things lighting so far this week as I source products for not only two client jobs but also my own home, our Moregeous Mansions refurb. I've enjoyed pouring over the Urban Cottage Industries site, a treasure trove of industrial and vintage style pendants, lighting, bulbs and electrical fittings in a... Continue Reading →
Passing on the Property Portfolio? Not on your Nellie!
We're at that point in the cycle of the property world when, to be blunt, many large portfolio landlords are either knackered, too old or on their last legs and are looking to pass on their long managed and barely mortgaged property mountains to younger, energetic, enthusiastic sons and daughters. Or not, as the case... Continue Reading →
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