Being buried in reclaimed setts and bricks whilst renovating and restoring Moregeous Mansions is all very well, but if I'm going to create an astounding interior, I need to get me some astounding inspiration. Previous visits to the Clerkenwell Design Week have proven this is just the place for that, so I hopped on the... Continue Reading →
Road Trip: 2016 Ripley Decorative & Salvage Fair
Yet another brilliant day out yesterday at one of the Arthur Swallows Fairs, this time in Ripley, Yorkshire on a Moregeous road trip across the Pennines. Honestly, if you're doing nothing today or tomorrow and fancy adding a unique twist to your home or garden, jump in the car and get over there! I was... Continue Reading →
Road Trip : Factory Lux & Urban Cottage Industries
No-one can miss all the fabulous coloured cables and industrial style lighting rocking the coolest interiors at the moment, and now you need to know where to both buy it and buy it stylishly whilst also supporting British production. I first featured Urban Cottage Industries/ Factory Lux here, when I was sourcing for Splendid Kitchen and... Continue Reading →
The Kitchen Pod – Too Late For Me!!
Now here's a product I wish had been available a year ago! Wandering round KBB2016, my luxury spotting eye was caught by something entirely more practical - a newly designed Kitchen Pod, aimed at the renovating & kitchen fitting market. The Pods, configured flexibly according to the clients needs, are installed in the home or... Continue Reading →
Design Inspiration: Hello Herringbone!
It'd be fair to say that the look of herringbone parquet has been somewhat out of flavour trend-wise for several decades. Not maybe at the luxury end of the interior design market, where beautiful timbers laid in this classic style will always look wonderful no matter what's on trend, but definitely at the regular residential... Continue Reading →
The Moregeous Month – March ’16
Trying something new this month, I hope you like it! I get so busy with client work, our rentals/Airbnb and the renovation here at Moregeous Mansions that it's sometimes a little difficult to find time to share the fabulous things I spot every day. Seemed like a great idea to do a round up on... Continue Reading →
How Do I: Choose Between Gas and Induction
I've always been a gas girl, cooking with instant heat up or down. Who wouldn't have been persuaded that gas was the real Deal or No Deal by adverts like this.... https://youtu.be/upml_E1Jrug But, the times they are a changin' and if the cool kitchens at KBB 2016 proved anything, it was that smooth is the... Continue Reading →