There's nothing like trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear and this latest Moregeous challenge will be exactly that. A top floor mini flat which was a studio, west facing over green trees (rare in central Manchester!) with a sliver of a puke coloured bathroom. How to turn this pile of... Continue Reading →
Design – Finding the perfect worktop for an Ikea Solar kitchen
It's been very busy this week in the Moregeous world of property and interiors. Marcin (my builder) is trapped in Poland as a result of the volcanic ash cloud, which has left me 'in charge' of some decisions on his sites, it must be driving him mad not to be able to get back to... Continue Reading →
Tips: Madge avoids central heating sludge with Kabbalah Water
A few weeks ago, I'd a major issue with heating suppliers Heatline over some ropey boilers, which was eventually resolved with the kind interjection of Buildbase and quite a lot of kicking off by yours truly. There are a tonne of blogs about not resorting to using cheap boilers to save a couple of hundred... Continue Reading →
Photographic Tourette’s when I see Manchester’s own AbFab Patsy
Mr Moregeous is quite used to my Photographic Tourette's, on holiday I'll suddenly shout Stop The Bloody Car! when I've spotted a fabulous view, random wildlife snap or unusual property, but it doesn't occur that often in Manchester. It happened on the way to a job the other day though, when I saw a vision of... Continue Reading →
Design – Limestone & walnut bathroom almost in at Brighton
Brighton Court is a two bed rental flat which we've been working on for 3 weeks and it has about two weeks to go. We've installed a new kitchen, which is being tiled as I write and the flat will also be fully redecorated and have new carpets, etc., once the messy work is finished.... Continue Reading →
Project Brighton: The Ikea Adel/Lidingo kitchen goes in
The rental apartment is coming on a treat, with the units up and on the walls, appliances in (almost) and a quick dash for tiling required today. FYI here is the before image and floor plan for the kitchen: It's about a hundred times lighter and brighter, with the Ikea units bridging the gap between... Continue Reading →
Design & Video: How to re-enamel a cast iron bath
One of the projects I've been working on just recently is a large semi in West Didsbury built in 1946 where the builders and owner required some design advice for the kitchen and bathroom. The owner is lucky enough to still have the original cast iron bath in situ in the bathroom, although it was... Continue Reading →
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