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 →
Finding Your Core Style : Chatting with Lisa Dawson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDVovh89fgY&t=6s Dream gig or what?! I'd a fabulous time chatting with Insta-Queen Lisa Dawson this summer in her geeeee-orgeous Yorkshire home. This one is all about finding your core style and being true to your interior self - sometimes hard to do in a world filled with 'inspo'. I'll do a 'proper' blog post soon... Continue Reading →
A Very Clever & Affordable Veg Bed, Made From Hollow Concrete Blocks
How about this for another cracking garden idea, seen on one of the Manchester Open Gardens days we visited earlier this month. We'd 'done' the Heatons and Didsbury in previous years, but not the Levenshulme / Burgage ones, hence M19's turn. Growing your own veg and herbs is a surefire way to stay sane in... Continue Reading →
Grand Designs And Diddy Budget Dream Kitchens
Up early and off to Grand Designs Live tomorrow, not only for a good old nosey round but also, very exciting, to share some self build secrets! Mr M and I have been regular visitors in the past (in that long lost life we once had pre-rent) and always enjoyed the show immensely. It was... Continue Reading →
Video: Si’s Top Tips When Designing A Small Bathroom
I've specified some very affordable pieces from Soak Bathrooms for clients over the past couple of years and have built up a great relationship with them, styling a TV ad a couple of years ago and then recently shooting a Facebook Q&A answering some (very in depth!) bathroom questions sent in via social media over... Continue Reading →
Answering Your Bathroom DIY Questions: Part 2
https://youtu.be/1vy3iApGLz0 Did you catch Part 1? Or are you too busy scoffing chocolate and enjoying all those things you've deprived yourself of for the last 40 days? Well, if you're considering a bathroom redesign anytime soon, then I hope that some of the questions sent in to our Real Homes and Soak Q&A might help.... Continue Reading →
Inspo: How To Grow a Tree Indoors!
You lot really don't need me to describe how red hot a trend greenery has been over the last couple of years, a trend which according to reports from Maison et Object 2018 shows no sign of abating. The phrase 'bringing the outdoors in' might be a bit done in the sense of simply scattering... Continue Reading →