I'm thinking that after writing all about why I fell in love with Moregeous Mansions but then showing you all those awful interior shots, I should show you her at her best, when the sun is shining on southerly facing elevations and the grass is green 🙂 She's been a beautiful house to live in... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary #1 – How I found myself falling in love with a grubby rented beauty
It was pitch black and drizzly on the night in 2001 when I found myself roped into helping a friend move from her few nights sofa-surfing with me to her newly found rent-a-room in South Manchester. Hoisting black bin bags and clutching errant shoes, we opened up a creaky gate under drooping overgrown branches and... Continue Reading →
Commissioning a fabulous, colourful reclaimed timber bar top
With design and interiors work, I occasionally prefer not deciding on big spend items straight away but waiting to see how a project evolves, especially when there isn't the luxury of a sky high budget. Options often reveal themselves as I work through ideas, as the scheme unfolds, and though this can make some... Continue Reading →
How To Create A Circus Styled InteriorÂ
Delighted to be posting some before & afters and an overview of the design thinking behind a restaurant I recently reimagined, redesigned and decorated. As you can see below, it was a complete transformation which included virtually a full rewire, completely new male & female loos, re-plumbing, joinery, full decor, upcycling, upholstery, and even dressing for around £20k all... Continue Reading →
How to add contemporary zing to an old Parker Knoll style rocking chair
I'm over the moon with my newly re-upholstered Parker Knoll style rocking chair, unearthed in a filthy second hand ship in Lancashire last year and now sitting, no, rocking pretty in The Pad. How cool does it look?! I agonised over which fabric to use, eventually plumping for this gorgeous Romo fabric inspired by glass... Continue Reading →
A Visit to Wahu, Spinningfields: Bright, fresh & godly
Much of the foodie offers going on at the moment involved gargantuan amounts of food, whether at supper clubs or at pop up events where the object is to try as much of the delights on offer as humanly and sometimes inhumanly possible. Not so at Wahu, which we called into last week, where the... Continue Reading →
Blog Reader Advice : Which Metod kitchen to choose with limestone tiles?
I received a reader enquiry which I wanted to share, it'd be interesting to get your creative / interior views too? Here's the question from Adam: We are just about to start a fairly large Metod kitchen – I’m putting down a really nice tile by Grespania called Krimiss Sinter but I can’t decide between the... Continue Reading →