In between digging up overgrown weeds in my sodden garden, editing 200 photos and watching Wimbledon yesterday, I sneaked time to have a search for some products I'd seen in magazines & snapped with my iPhone to look up later. I can't remember in which mag I'd seen this beautiful wooden seagull but the description... Continue Reading →
Falling in love with chalk paint on HBH
Whatever you're an 'expert' in, there's definitely always something new and exciting to learn, find and enjoy. During filming Half Built House, one of our clever researchers Lauren found a paint designed to be used to create an aged patina on furniture, mirror or any timber just hanging around waiting to be up cycled and... Continue Reading →
Half Built House gets a date – 8pm Tuesday 10th July!
All feels a bit surreal but it's now official, we have a date for the first episode of HBH after three months of hard work, travel and DIY challenges. Scotland was a beautiful place to work and Pitlochry stunning, welcoming and really sunny! Over the next 12 days, I'm going to blog some close ups... Continue Reading →
The Vintage Home Fair at Victoria Baths, Manchester
Just a few days at home is enough to get my batteries recharged and find some eclectic Manchester inspiration for our fourth and final TV episode of Half Built House. I saw a tweet about an event at the incredible Victoria Baths, a restoration work-in-progress of what was described as the finest municipal bathing facilities in... Continue Reading →
The gorgeous Pale & Interesting shop in Rye, Sussex
Back home in Manchester now after completing our third, fabulous Half Built House down in Eastbourne, it's time for some serious sofa time after two weeks of full-on hard work. During each property transformation we head out to film an 'inspiration day', rummaging through antiques and collectables, checking out the work of local artists and... Continue Reading →
One Half Built House down, three to go….
Sitting back in Manchester on my sofa, the last two weeks seem a bit surreal..... did we actually attempt to transform a complete wreck of a house in just fourteen working days??!!! And have it filmed?! I don't think I've ever been so nervous as I was waiting for Chris and Aime to arrive back... Continue Reading →
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