Little did I expect when heading down to this year's Interiors UK at the NEC that the first interiors product to catch my eye and steal my heart would be designed for a ladybird! Readers of the Moregeous blog will know of my love for these little cuties & I currently have a homemade ladybird... Continue Reading →
An industrious and industrial interiors shoot
Fabulous day with interiors photography specialist Andy Marshall at #ProjectRivet today! I love taking photographs of our projects but sometimes it's best to leave things to the experts. Life has been slowly teaching me that as competent and capable as I feel I am, I can't & shouldn't try to do EVERYTHING myself! I wanted... Continue Reading →
How to use copper spray to customise some Ikea bedside tables
Delighted with today's extremely inexpensive transformation of a couple of new Ikea side tables from the PS 2012 range into something unique and designed around the colour scheme of the bedroom they're going in. Involved were two tables, some copper Plasticote spray, Aubusson deep blue chalk paint and me with a slight hangover ~ remarkable... Continue Reading →
2013 ~ Let the property whirlwind begin!
So 2013 begins with at least one day this week when I was actually working on 7, yes 7, properties in one day! In landlord world there have been heaters to fix, showers to sort, washing machines to clear of hair grips, fuses to change, tenants to move in and out, kitchens to paint.... In... Continue Reading →
What a foot tendon repair scar looks like! Urghhh….
THIS is the reason why I've had such a full on Christmas fortnight. A certain someone didn't bother to go to the hospital last April when he fractured his ankle playing football (no, I don't know how it's possible not to realise you've a broken foot either!!) and the resultant damage meant an operation to... Continue Reading →
Bye bye to a white, gold, tinsel & pompom filled Christmas 2012
As much as I adore the house filled with festive frivolities, it's also somehow cleansing to take down the decorations and pack away Christmas for another year. We've had a white & gold, tinsel & pompom, vintage & natural filled festive season, lots of over-sized delights, my new upcycled apple crate as a kitchen wall cabinet,... Continue Reading →
Welcoming in the New Year 2013 getting Eton Messy!
Happy New Year to all from Team Moregeous, bringing in 2013 with friends, family, food and fizz! Speciality of the night: Drunken Eton Mess..... all the usual suspects, raspberries, strawberries, meringue, whipped cream, but with the addition of our garden picked blackberries which have been flavouring some vodka for the last 3 months - delicious!!... Continue Reading →