It's been a long few winters with no proper central heating at Moregeous Mansions but now the house layout is set in stone, it's time to get the first wood burner installed and those piles of timber offcuts put to good use.... i.e. burned! There are seven fireplaces here, I kid you not, but it's... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary #68: Installing Your Own DIY Water Main
Feeing like death today from a stinking cold and it's WAY too cold in our heatless house! The Calor gas fire goes on as soon as we open our eyes, thermals are being layered already and it's only November. I'm day-dreaming of a wood burning stove and toasty winter days, at least in our second... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary #67: Taking It From The Top….
Where would you lay your head? At the very top of Moregeous Mansions sits the daddy dormer, looking out onto the new half of the house we've just re-built, i.e. from the window you can see in the picture above on the left. Our view in above is from the hallway door entrance. It's a... Continue Reading →
Video: Zoning Flooring & Glamorising Your Grout
I had great fun filming with Bath Empire recently during their shoot for two new tv ads. First of all I designed two bathroom sets for them, using their chosen suite and specifying gorgeous flooring from one of my favourite flooring companies Harvey Maria. I dressed the rooms in vibrant pistachio and coral, lots of... Continue Reading →
Our Edwardian Baths – A Scary Amount of Halloween DIY!
Regular readers will know all about our Baths and the hard work put in by Team LWB over the last (wow is it really?!) nearly three years. None of us really knew what would happen when we took over the running of this magnificent but rather dilapidated and poorly cared for building in June this year. Though... Continue Reading →
Do Up Diary #66: A Touch of Porch Stripping
Let's repaint the porch. Such an innocuous phrase. Just a Sunday afternoon job, you might think. Yep..... not here! Seven days later and I must confess that he's done all the stripping whilst I've been off working on client jobs and styling for ad campaigns and the like. One of us drew the short straw,... Continue Reading →
Trend Spot: Zoning Bathroom Flooring For a Cool 2015 Look
I've wanted to create a zoned bathroom floor for a while and as I move towards designing the interior for Moregeous Mansions, this style is high on my list of to do's. However I was thrilled to get an early chance to play with this funky design idea using these brilliant Harvey Maria vinyl tiles... Continue Reading →