I didn't get around to downloading all my Christmas photos 'til now, so must say a belated and big thank you to lovely Didsbury based company Lollicakes for a) running a festive competition to win a family full of chocolate treats and b) for picking my sister to win them! AS you can probably tell from... Continue Reading →
John Travolta, to me it will always be 1980
I haven't quite got time to write a full Vintage Village blog tonight.... well, ok, I have, but if I do, Mr M will stop talking to me so I'm opting for spending at least some of my Sunday with him 🙂 But I just had to share this, especially given the entirely co-incidental tweet... Continue Reading →
How to tile bathrooms or kitchens using Metro or subway tiles
(Addendum: I wrote this post back in 2011 and we ALL know how popular metro / subway tiles have become since then. The hipster industrial vibe is pretty much everywhere and Pinterest is swamped with cool bars and homes which feature the look. Many cutting edge designers are moving towards patterned Moroccan syle tiles and... Continue Reading →
Project Rev – kitchen in, bathrooms started…
It seems like ages ago when we started Rev but it's really only a matter of weeks, Team Moregeous have done amazingly well under Marcin's strict guidance to get this huge six bedroomed property stripped out, re-wired, re-plumbed and plastered in such a short time. We have a good team going right now, I'm very... Continue Reading →
Project Warwick – going underground cellar dwellin’
Many moons ago, my world was full of damp proofing, timber treatments and cellar tanking which, strangely enough, I found it utterly fascinating. Spores, fungus and dark damp spaces were the order of the day and I saw some very scary looking sub-floors and below ground rooms, I distinctly remember standing in one cellar where... Continue Reading →
Sleep softly, my Moregeous Mia cat
And so the sun went down today with the temperature gauge on the car reading Minus 1, exactly how Mr M and I are feeling. Last night was just awful and though I'd planned for our own vet to visit Mia today, things didn't go according to plan. She had a terrible night and I... Continue Reading →
I think that’s college out the window. Again.
Three years ago I thought it would be a good idea, as the injury to my back had put paid to any ripping out of fireplaces and skip filling, to get some interior design qualifications. It's all very well having pulled apart tens of houses and put them back together again, but some clients like... Continue Reading →