As I read the Twitter comments today about the imminent return of architect Robert Jamison to YHMP tonight - "So excited Robert is back next week!!!" "Excuse the pun..I thought Robert had been benched!" "Robert is back. That is bigger than the silent witness reveal" - I wondered what would be the parts of the... Continue Reading →
Go Big or Go Home: Spraying Two Giant Chandeliers
The moment we ripped down our old, bowing and dangerous bedroom ceiling, I knew that lighting was going to be an issue adding more cost to an already expanding budget. When a vaulted ceiling is created, one of the considerations to take into account in the more imposing open space above head height is the... Continue Reading →
The Eight Steps To A Perfect Renovation
Throughout my whole time working on the first 15 episodes of the ground breaking BBC2 show "Your Home Made Perfect", I never stopped learning. Even after 24 yrs renovating properties, every day brought a situation I hadn't come across before, a new product or material, or a new way of doing something. So for our... Continue Reading →
Lockdown Lunchtime Lives
And we're off! We're two Lockdown Lunchtime Lives down already - the first cooking a Green Thai Curry live on Friday just gone (what was I thinking, talk about baptism of fire, with literal chilli) and the Saturday Specialist with the bloody marvellous Sarah Parmenter of ReLovedMcr. The latter was an absolutely storming hour of... Continue Reading →
Renovation Recipes: Green Thai Curry
Finally - and let's agree it's taken somewhat of a crisis to boot this into action - I'm getting time to share our renovation recipes. I bought the .co.uk for this five years ago, I kid you not, and had every intention of merrily blogging recipes all the way through our build. But we were... Continue Reading →
Videos: Interiors Insights – 2020 Trend Tips
What with telly work and more than a little Moregeous HQ DIY, I'd a full on 2019 but I always squeeze in time for the Real Homes gang when they want to do something fun. This usually involves me & cameraman Matt gossiping and giggling, running around at trade shows or being nosey parkers in... Continue Reading →
The Treasure Tingle Workshops: Using Sustainable Salvage To Build, Renovate & Design
Start of renovation. The supreme confidence of home renovators. Yeh, no sweat, we've got this. Totally gonna smash it on time, on budget and thoroughly detailtastic. End of renovation. Where'd those grey hairs come from? Where'd all our money go? Why's the builder scarpered without creating all that bespoke joinery that's been in our heads... Continue Reading →