Double whammy pre-breakfast life hack discoveries feel pretty awesome, can I just say, especially when you're up at 5am, restless and wide awake. What's quiet but productive and won't disturb everyone else? Hmmmm. Maybe something to wake the household but in a fabulous way? What could be better than wafts of freshly baking, cheesy rolls... Continue Reading →
#Podcast: On The Sofa ‘Owning Your Rental’ with Topology London
Clearly a subject very close to my heart, as a landlord passionate about happy tenants and gorgeous interiors, 'owning your rental' is a hot take for renters who crave personalisation. In this episode of our On The Sofa podcast series I chat with Amy, below left, and Athina from style duo Topology London, award winning... Continue Reading →
Treasure Tingle: Making a Tiled Table from Scraps and Salvage
Renovating is expensive, we all know that. No matter how well you plan, draw up spreadsheets or keep an eye on the pennies, there are always extras and there's never quite enough left for finishing touches. Especially for the garden, the area which always seems to come in at last place on most renovation To... Continue Reading →
Inspo: Ordering My Ellie Cashman Fabric
Gawd, I've been rubbish at writing up renovation updates recently, there's simply been too much going on. I kinda think it's always better to have the full reveal as a tonic to all the dust and we're definitely getting there with finished rooms now here at Moregeous Mansions - at last! Steel yourselves, there's some... Continue Reading →
Clean 18 : Well Done Iceland, Ready Meals In Paper Packaging!
Those of you who follow us on Instagram will have seen me banging on about my most recent food obsession - Iceland's frozen seafood sauces. Damn, they are good. I mean, really good, but despite being prawn and clam packed bundles of deliciousness for the ridiculously low price of £3.50, they still have the plastic... Continue Reading →
How to Bend The Trend – Design Details In The Moregeous Dining Room
You know me, I'm all for a good trend but for anything 'on trend' to work, it has to fit with the person and the house, rather than simply be inserted as a one size fits all solution. When we started our renovation 44yrs ago, or was it 45, I forget, I decided our interior... Continue Reading →
Inspo: Black & White Interior Stripes – Will You Go Bold?
One of the eye catching stand outs at Spring Fair at the start of this year was something  smashing it's way back into interiors. It's now officially nigh on impossible to miss the boldness of black and white stripes. Although a classic, they haven't really been super hot since the 80's. It's no coincidence... Continue Reading →