How? How did he make this decision? Did he think it would look more attractive if we could see the screw heads, quite apart from the fact that you have to turn your hand upside down to grasp the handle?! This is the reason why project managers have to visit sites regularly 😉
Property: a collapse with Ikea exhaustion
Even I, with my honed-over-years-Ikea-stamina, gave up last night and collapsed back in the waiting room in Ashton. Yet another kitchen ordered, picked, hoisted onto trolleys (Mr Moregeous's job), lugged through the tills, then dragged over to DHL (with their extortionate delivery prices). Oh, I yearn for the good old days when you didn't have... Continue Reading →
How to get Style on a Shoestring, Interiors Birmingham 2010
Interiors Birmingham 2010 was a marginally more relaxed affair for me in 2010 as there was no filming with Channel M. Instead I ambled around at my leisure, sourcing products, interviewing for a trends dissertation and meeting new contacts. In my dreams! In fact, I raced around, trying to fit in all of the above,... Continue Reading →
Poorly pine kitchen goes Moregeous on a slate, gloss white and copper palette
This poor kitchen with it's hideous pine ceiling (Why oh why do people do this? An obsession with Swedish saunas?!) and dated units was loathed by the owner and I was asked to organise the kitchen re-design. The room wasn't a bad size for a kitchen, approx 2.5m x 4m, but there were 3 doors... Continue Reading →
Bloody drawers for Project Deano don’t match!!
It was a bit of a hopeful flyer but I was convinced they'd match, the Tuscan Olive worktop and the Ikea Solar drawer fronts.... I've run all over Manchester chasing useless Parcelforce for them....waited six weeks..... and they look rubbish. Buggar buggar buggar. Back to Ikea for steel ones. And I think the lawn could... Continue Reading →
Ikea. Again. Fifth time this week.
Only for the fifth time this week do we grace the threshold of Warrington Ikea. Do really need to get more organised. It would help if we didn't get through the checkout with part of the kitchen then forget to go round to the external pick up centre to get the rest of the order,... Continue Reading →