Visiting stylish restaurants is a constant source of interiors inspiration and a way of keeping your eye on the latest trends as often the very cream of design experts are called in to help create a unique feel for new eateries. Whilst working our way around design venues at Clerkenwell Design Week, we called into... Continue Reading →
On-Trend Metallics, Gorgeous Graphic Crockery and Colour Popping Sofas on Inspiration Day
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 →
Hosting an interactive Annie Sloan demo for Home Is In The North
Never one to turn down a day with some Annie Sloan, I recently spent a lovely Saturday lunchtime hosting a chalk paint demo for the Home Is In The North Event in Manchester. Matt at Northern Letters has blogged the event HERE if you'd like to see some lovely pics of the wonderful array of designer makers who... Continue Reading →
Light Up Your Summer with Fabulous Festoons
All thoughts turn to outside lighting at this time of year, in the vain hope that we might just get a glorious summer with long, balmy evenings to sit outside sipping a glass of chilled wine and flicking olive stones at the cat. I've been specifying lighting for clients in the last few weeks and... Continue Reading →
Making a Candlestick Moregeous in Gold, Grey and White
Sunny afternoons at Moregeous Mansions mean the doors thrown open to the garden and perfect drying weather, nope, not for clothes but for painting projects! Some big, some small but all equally loved. Having spent all Saturday doing a chalk paint workshop at Home Is In The North, you'd think I'd be tired of upcycling... 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 →
Project Splendid – A sprint as opposed to a marathon!
On a grey Sunday when everyone else is either tucked under the duvet, scoffing a roast dinner or running the Manchester Marathon, we were sneaking through blocked off streets, avoiding the Manchester Marathon bollards to get back on site at Project Splendid. It's been full on 12hr days all week, working with a space which... Continue Reading →