Rarely do Mr M and I eat out and have our Big Food appetite satiated alongside our Delicious Food one. You know what I mean foodie people, especially if you've a big bloke to feed or you own teenage boys, meals out can be spectacularly tasty but rare is the occasion you feel the need... Continue Reading →
Moregeous rant: Just what IS a landlords responsibility?!
An interesting question arose this week about what should be a landlord's responsibility. Our rental apartments are in blocks i.e., I take a cruddy old Victorian block converted badly in the 70's / 80's and redesign the interiors to make fabulous new apartments within the same spaces. I like that all our tenants are in... Continue Reading →
Tired cellar dwellers = Vini & Bal discovery
I'm all for a little help in the kitchen after a long day / week / month and January has been just that. We've FINALLY started to rip out Moregeous Mansions, after 7yrs living in an unrenovated house, it's time for Mr M & I to get a shimmy on and transform our own house... Continue Reading →
Making waxed & painted vintage shelves from old drawers for Project Polka
Using vintage, unused drawers as wall storage is a lovely way to create totally unique, personalised shelving which can also be adapted to suit the interior design scheme in a room. I've been working on Project Polka, named after the fabulous Harvey Maria spotted floor chosen for the newly designed and installed bathroom, since early... Continue Reading →
Moregeous Blog Diary: Design Interiors 2014 Highlights, trends & new finds
Awwwwww, I'm a bit sad!! We've been visiting January's Design Interiors at the Birmingham NEC for about 7 years, watching it develop into a much more funky and innovative trade show year by year, and learned at last week's show that this is the last one before it ups sticks and moves to London's Excel... Continue Reading →
Sauteed green beans with both sun-dried & roasted cherry tomatoes
This was one of those conjured up dishes from an almost empty fridge, a thrown together side which really worked so well, I wanted to share it. We had with pan fried pork medallions, cut from a tenderloin then dipped in egg & breadcrumbs, but it can accompany almost anything, a roast chicken, fish, even... Continue Reading →
Moregeous Blog Diary: Trends at Design Interiors 2013 enduring through to 2014
I though it'd be interesting to have a look back at my photos from Design Interiors 2013 to see what caught my eye back then, before I visit tomorrow for 2014's furniture and interior design extravaganza. I visit several trade events each year to see how styles and trends evolve and develop, and to specify... Continue Reading →