What you don't want as you're packing for a much needed weekend away from renovation chaos and looking forward to hot water, bathrooms and cooking for twenty people - seriously, I do consider the latter a special treat - is a call from a tenant with a blocked loo. As a landlord you don't get... Continue Reading →
The Kitchen Pod – Too Late For Me!!
Now here's a product I wish had been available a year ago! Wandering round KBB2016, my luxury spotting eye was caught by something entirely more practical - a newly designed Kitchen Pod, aimed at the renovating & kitchen fitting market. The Pods, configured flexibly according to the clients needs, are installed in the home or... Continue Reading →
Design Inspiration: Hello Herringbone!
It'd be fair to say that the look of herringbone parquet has been somewhat out of flavour trend-wise for several decades. Not maybe at the luxury end of the interior design market, where beautiful timbers laid in this classic style will always look wonderful no matter what's on trend, but definitely at the regular residential... Continue Reading →
The Return of the Outdoor Privy?!
Ah, the outdoor privy. A property feature long forgotten by many, never known by most and only *enjoyed* by a dwindling 40,000 (the Halifax approximated in 2010) households in the UK. 40,000 plus the Prince of Wales perhaps because, would you believe, the Privy is back and it's had a bit of facelift! No longer... Continue Reading →
Roadtrip: British Ceramic Tile
It's terribly topical at the moment isn't it, all this talk of buying British. It's also easy to fire off a tweet and consider your part played, we're all guilty of that. But it takes more. It takes action and decisive behaviour and putting your money where your mouth is. We all too easily think... Continue Reading →
The Moregeous Month – March ’16
Trying something new this month, I hope you like it! I get so busy with client work, our rentals/Airbnb and the renovation here at Moregeous Mansions that it's sometimes a little difficult to find time to share the fabulous things I spot every day. Seemed like a great idea to do a round up on... Continue Reading →
How Do I: Choose Between Gas and Induction
I've always been a gas girl, cooking with instant heat up or down. Who wouldn't have been persuaded that gas was the real Deal or No Deal by adverts like this.... https://youtu.be/upml_E1Jrug But, the times they are a changin' and if the cool kitchens at KBB 2016 proved anything, it was that smooth is the... Continue Reading →