I had the most brilliant Saturday at Manchester Craft Centre last weekend, learning how to work with and craft pewter with metal work expert and This Is Pewter founder Ella McIntosh. Our day started at 10am and we didn't stop playing and learning til gone 4, fuelled by Ella's bubbly enthusiasm, a delicious lunchtime pizza... Continue Reading →
Our Cotswolds weekend full of golden stone & English gardens
I've visited some gorgeous places in the British Isles but last weekend's family wedding trip to the Cotwolds opened up a whole new box of prettiness, oh my days, I was in Instagram Heaven! Well, I would have been if there was any internet connection 😉 Golden Cotswolds stone, lush green hedging, flowers absolutely everywhere,... Continue Reading →
Interior I-Spy: Artisan, Manchester
New kitchen / bar Artisan opened in Manchester this week and we popped in last night for a few cheeky cocktails & nibbles with friends and to check out the much talked about interior design scheme. I loved it. All the things we've been raving about this year brought together in a glamorous & industrial... Continue Reading →
How to make a gorgeous indoor garden planter from some old pine drawers
Now that the fab Crafty Magazine has featured our indoor planter, I can post some images for those of you who fancy a little DIY project this summer. Not everyone has a huge garden to run planting riot in so this is definitely a project for bringing the outdoors in 🙂 I found an old set... Continue Reading →
How to update a ‘Pod” glass bathroom using a luxury steam shower
Pod bathrooms were quite the thing to do in city centre apartment blocks a few years back and I can understand their appeal - easy to simply drop in and install for the developer & builder, controllable design, fewer on-site hiccups. However, everything which appears perfect always seems to have a price - in the... Continue Reading →
How to get a DIY gilding effect on black moulded furniture
Home office furniture can be clinical and a little bit boring can't it, so a great option is go down the bespoke, design it yourself route. For a recent interior design project, I needed to create something with a gentleman's club feel, very masculine yet still warm, inviting and a touch glamorous. We designed and... Continue Reading →
Moregeous Blog Diary: Clerkenwell Design Week 2013 Furniture, lighting and pattern
There were quite literally hundreds of stands, products and designers at Clerkenwell Design Week 2013 so it wasn't at all easy to choose favourites.... but we managed it! Here are the ones which stood out for me as exciting, innovative and yes, you know the script, Moregeous 🙂 All images taken at Clerkenwell, not stock... Continue Reading →
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