I know, I know, we're all packing away our thermals and getting the Fake Bake onto pasty legs, but in all seriousness summertime is the best time to think about keeping your house toasty next winter. As a woman living for over 18 months in an unrenovated, unheated Edwardian house, I've become an expert on... Continue Reading →
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 →
I'd to come up with a cost effective and ingenious way to advertise our Baths in January, and having driven around Manchester this week and seen lots of other banners flapping around in the stormy weather, thought I'd share this as a great tip. We'd been offered some hoardings to paint or poster, but unfortunately they... Continue Reading →
Making our homes more inviting is all about harnessing the *hygge* (clear your throat and say heurgha at the same time), or, in English, the Danish concept of sheer, unadulterated cosiness. From an interior design perspective, hygge is candlelight, natural materials, cashmere throws and cats on laps, though it can also be epitomised by a warming... Continue Reading →
This is a great combination of ingredients, fast to prepare, very little messing and only a small amount of space needed. It's a winter warmer on cold days and equally as hearty on a self build summer evening. One of the things I've found hardest during our kitchenless refurb has been the cold; preparing cold... Continue Reading →
Flat ceilings are all very well and good but there's something magical about an exposed roof line where the steep pitched sides meet at a high internal peak to create extra volume to the space and a feeling of light and airiness. Think barn conversion, soaring church roof interior, think..... cathedral. If we're going to be... Continue Reading →
Well, that's a seriously big job ticked off for two rooms! The original plan was for builders to take up the all the floor boards of the living and dining room, hoist up the joists, re-build the internal leaves of brick work and re-secure the full timber floor, but with it being the type of back-breaking... Continue Reading →
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