So, this week I did that thing with my builder which makes them twitch, shake and quietly sob. I started the sentence with his name stretched out in that persuasive, slightly wheedling way, then followed it with "I saw this thing, and it doesn't look difficult at all, just looks really interesting. I've been thinking about... Continue Reading →
Proper building sites need proper toys and thanks to Hire Station over in Trafford Park we've had some big hitters at Moregeous Mansions to wreak havoc in what was once my garden / home / world. In just two weeks we've gone from a slightly battered but relatively normal home to a rubble filled tip... Continue Reading →
I smell of smoke, taste of brick dust and look like, well, you know what. Yep, it's the end of Week 1, the first week of the renovation proper at Moregeous Mansions. Lots about this week has been surreal, climbing out of a first floor window onto scaffolding 20ft up in my onesie, watching a... Continue Reading →
Well, there's no going back now. The West Wing is most definitely kaput and I'm feeling elated about it, in a weird & slightly hysterical manner. I keep looking at it and laughing, not *quite* believing it's almost all gone. First the beautiful roof slates came carefully off, stacked ready to be re-used in the... Continue Reading →
Big deliberations this week about what to do with everything from inside the house whilst works are going on. Pretty much every room is being worked on so boxing up and storing in one room is out, especially as the one room least affected will be the one we're living in. I suppose we could've... Continue Reading →
As the pot of money to do up Moregeous Mansions is already as stretched as Hilaria Baldwin's hamstrings, there's no choice but to live on site whilst works are done. Being in Manchester, Instagram friendly outdoor teepee living is not an option so we had a cunning plan.... to live in the room which needed... Continue Reading →
Just because I'm busy designing and rebuilding Moregeous Mansions doesn't mean I won't have time to share with you fab things I see, read about or am sent details of. How about this competition to design your very own tile with super tile company Bert & May? Patterned and encaustic tiling is gathering speed to... Continue Reading →
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