On those rare, beautiful, sunny Manchester Sundays, I dream of relaxing in the garden with a chilled glass of wine or going for a lovely walk by the canal, but I'm usually in B&Q, Ikea or the office. Not so today, as just two minutes from my house a friend told me about a huge... Continue Reading →
Design: Rose Cottage is on You Tube!
Ahhhh, our little cottage is famous! Granted they are the 'during' shots and not her revealed in all her completed glory but that will come soon!! Check her out here: http://youtu.be/6gMcJk59FIY?a And meanwhile, here's a sneaky peek at what she's starting to look like now...
Project Rose – painting, plus sorting the oak doors mean I get high!
Most certainly there are more exciting ways to get high on a Friday night than sniffing paint fumes and white spirit, but sadly it was the best and only thing on offer for me last night. It's now a mad rush to get the kitchen, decorating and joinery finished at Rose Cottage for Hannah to... Continue Reading →
Design – A ‘vintage’ look Gorenje fridge for Rose, fingers crossed!
It's that knackering, back-breaking but quite fabulous time of the development at Rose Cottage - everything is covered in dust, men (and I) are running round like crazy, radiators are leaking, rollers are dripping with paint, floors are drying and it's finally starting to look like a house, WHOO HOO!! The (heavy!) kitchen was lugged... Continue Reading →
Property tip – The Bath Surgeon visits Liner Luxe; steel versus acrylic
No building work ever goes without a hitch, no matter how great the builder, but sometimes things happen which really try your patience, and you just think, why me?! When we were fitting the Liner Luxe bathroom featured in Ideal Home Feb 2010, the client specified a steel bath rather than acrylic. Who'd have thought... Continue Reading →
How to create a mirrored bath panel
This is an update to a post done in Summer 09, with added photos to give a better "How to' Guide! Things changed slightly on Linen Luxe yesterday. The radiator, basin, wc and taps all arrived and are fabulous, but I'd to alter the positioning of the existing radiator which is partly hidden by the... Continue Reading →
Design: What would you expect to find in a shoe box?!
Minus 15 last night in parts of Manchester, quite ridiculous! The heating was fired up through the night, rendering us all dormice incapable of getting up at an early hour. It was only the postie knock which got us up, ok, got Mr Moregeous up, and when he came back upstairs, he tossed a black... Continue Reading →
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