This week has been absolutely jam packed with interior inspiration, I hardly know where to begin! Always good to start with a smile so I'm kicking off with my fab Hive vase from new US kid on the UK interiors block - WestElm, whose store opened this week in London yesterday and as we were... Continue Reading →
Getting our Game Face on at The Freemasons, Wiswell
The increasingly popular restaurant trend to mark the changing months and celebrate seasonal food, thus encouraging us shoppers to buy & cook seasonal food at home, gets top marks in my book. There's some thing very comforting about the transition into Autumn, as the nights get darker, the meals get heartier, richer flavours and warmer... Continue Reading →
A little Moregeous curation before the West Elm UK store hits our shores
After hearing all the buzz on Twitter about US interiors store west elm, due to open in London in December, I thought I'd have a little pre-visit mooch around their site to find my must-sees before the grand opening. I liked it. Lots of beautiful imagery, stylish designs, some great higher ticket items as well... Continue Reading →
How to create a contemporary stepped garden, with a warm natural feel
Granted, it's been a while coming, but the little stepped front garden we've been working on is finally finished (apart from wall tops, fencing, more planting and a gate!). I've blamed the Manchester weather for the delay but in truth it was mostly that thing called 'life' getting in the way. The garden was perfectly adequate... Continue Reading →
Moregeous Blog Diary: Grand Designs Live, Birmingham 2013
In all my years going to trade shows & exhibitions I have never been anywhere as busy as Grand Design Live Birmingham last weekend, packed to the rafters with fans of The God Who Is Kev. If those numbers are anything to go by, the UK doesn't need any national house builders, it just needs... Continue Reading →
Chunks, planks and slivers – Team Moregeous go wood huntin!
It's been a source of both pleasure and amusement to me to watch solid slabs & quirky pieces of natural timber being increasingly used by designers and featured on style must-haves, 2013's trade shows have been awash with buffed up chunks being sold for astronomical prices. Yesterday we went for lovely Autumn rummage around my... Continue Reading →
Fancy winning a competition to design your own wallpaper?!
Most of us interiors obsessives dream of designing something wonderful, don't we? Well, here's your chance! Homebase in collaboration with Graham & Brown are running a competition on their Facebook page for you to have YOUR design put into print, onto shelves and into the Homebase Grand Design's House - how cool is that? Tell... Continue Reading →