As much as I adore the house filled with festive frivolities, it's also somehow cleansing to take down the decorations and pack away Christmas for another year. We've had a white & gold, tinsel & pompom, vintage & natural filled festive season, lots of over-sized delights, my new upcycled apple crate as a kitchen wall cabinet,... Continue Reading →
Christmas deadlines are looming!
Well, 'somebody' doesn't really mind about Christmas decorations and whether to go retro, industrial, natural or vintage this year, he'd just be happy with the turkey plonked right about there, on the floor, with no trimmings 😉 It's deadline city at Moregeous this week, with three jobs to complete: ~ An apartment fully altered, redecorated,... Continue Reading →
How to turn damp hearth into a delectable hearth: Part 1
In his dreams!! Yup, this is how I spent lunchtime, torch shining, baseball cap off and head down a sub-floor. Hard to believe it started with the below image, our client's idea of hearth perfection..... So. How come I ended up shovelling five bags of damp earth and rubble? Our client had asked a tiler... Continue Reading →
Pan fried scallops wrapped in wafer thin pancetta
There are certain matches made in food heaven and a widely accepted starter staple is pancetta wrapped scallops. I'd only ever eaten these mouthwatering delights in restaurants but was inspired by a luscious ingredient tonight to pan fry them myself and seriously, the flavour was the best ever. I chose six fat specimens from my... Continue Reading →
How to upcycle a kitchen dresser using wallpaper
The great thing about upcycling something once is that there's no rule to say you can't upcycle it again to give it a more of-the-moment design edge. I repainted this old dark timber bookcase a couple of years ago and papered the back with copper glitter wallpaper, which I loved. Then. However, being a design... Continue Reading →
Why control freaks can’t get ill….
Having spent just 5 of the last 90hrs vertical and the rest either asleep or horizontally making cold bustin drug demands, I've woken today to the realisation that this whole getting ill thing really isn't for me. It isn't the feeling desperate, unwashed and depleted, nor the body bashing symptoms of a worse than average... Continue Reading →
Upholstery Project No 2: Chairs all waxed and finished
It's been the final week on my dining room chairs project and the undersides have all been protected with dust covers of light hessian. Seriously getting this upholstery bug now, have decided I want an air compressor for Christmas! So just as a recap, these chairs have been painted using Annie Sloan's Emile pale purple... Continue Reading →
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