I get lots of enquiries for advice through the blog and here's one about worktops and the new Ikea Metod kitchen range: Hi Moregeous - about to order and fit a new Ikea kitchen in a new kitchen diner but have heard that its better to source worktops elsewhere. I see that you're based in... Continue Reading →
Five Bank Holiday Mini-Upcycling Projects
Any home type tips for the Bank Holiday, HuffPost UK & Homesense have asked me as part of our ongoing collaboration? Sit in the garden on a roasting hot May Day, with home prepared deliciousness grilling on coals and sipping a glass of something cold? Ha! Chances are in the UK, the sky will cloud... Continue Reading →
The Home Bar is Back. No, really, it is.
Forget those 70's sad shelf monstrosities containing half-finished creme de menthe and Aunty Nelly's sherry, today's home bars are sleek, colourful and highly desirable. Staying in is the new going out apparently, so what could be better than having your very own sexed up shot station to entertain friends with your flairing skills and impress... Continue Reading →
Blog Reader Advice: Ground floor extension layout & how open plan to go?
Whilst doing the HomeSense inspiration day the other week, a lady approached me to ask a question which didn't quite fit into the "which colour cushion goes with this sofa" category. She asked if I was a *proper* interior designer and began to describe her home, on which building works are due to commence. She... Continue Reading →
Finding a trade – Is cheapest REALLY the best?
My eyebrows raised this morning (slowly obviously as it was pre 9am on a Monday) but raised nonetheless as a BBC presenter chatted animatedly about the difficulties of finding a tradesperson for those jobs around the house and mentioned words along the lines of we're always told cheapest is best. Eh? Are we? And is it?... Continue Reading →
On-Trend Metallics, Gorgeous Graphic Crockery and Colour Popping Sofas on Inspiration Day
I had a great afternoon last week helping design savvy shoppers solve their interior design & home buy dilemmas, rummaging through treasures to find on trend bargains and work out what went best with what, from cushions and plates to even helping one lady redesign her extension via her mobile phone pics. Oh the joys of... Continue Reading →
Making a Candlestick Moregeous in Gold, Grey and White
Sunny afternoons at Moregeous Mansions mean the doors thrown open to the garden and perfect drying weather, nope, not for clothes but for painting projects! Some big, some small but all equally loved. Having spent all Saturday doing a chalk paint workshop at Home Is In The North, you'd think I'd be tired of upcycling... Continue Reading →
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