Oh my days, they've started! And boom, what a start 🙂 It's always been my dream to have interiors and food events, DIY and craft workshops, and various pop ups here at home, a dream which drove us at the very start of this challenging build / renovation and has kept us going all the... Continue Reading →
Inspo: Ordering My Ellie Cashman Fabric
Gawd, I've been rubbish at writing up renovation updates recently, there's simply been too much going on. I kinda think it's always better to have the full reveal as a tonic to all the dust and we're definitely getting there with finished rooms now here at Moregeous Mansions - at last! Steel yourselves, there's some... Continue Reading →
How To Upcycle An Existing Kitchen
Working on glamorous TV ads and expensive houses is fabulous (and I adore that side of my job, obv), but sometimes as a designer / builder I get asked to help out on projects whose budgets are not quite so adventurous. Can it be said that these types of projects usually aim for the Pennine... Continue Reading →
Reveal: My Indust-Lux Dining Room
Aaaaaaaaaand, relax. We can finally sit on soft seating, lean at a comfy angle, grab a plate, invite some pals over and eat dinner in comfort. In all our twelve years in this house, we've never had a great dining room. That's not to say we've never had great dinners, either as a family or... 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!) Â 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: Black & White Interior Stripes – Will You Go Bold?
One of the eye catching stand outs at Spring Fair at the start of this year was something  smashing it's way back into interiors. It's now officially nigh on impossible to miss the boldness of black and white stripes. Although a classic, they haven't really been super hot since the 80's. It's no coincidence... Continue Reading →