My eyebrows raised this morning (slowly obviously as it was pre 9am on a Monday) but raised nonetheless as a BBC presenter chatted animatedly about the difficulties of finding a tradesperson for those jobs around the house and mentioned words along the lines of we're always told cheapest is best. Eh? Are we? And is it?... Continue Reading →
Project Splendid – A sprint as opposed to a marathon!
On a grey Sunday when everyone else is either tucked under the duvet, scoffing a roast dinner or running the Manchester Marathon, we were sneaking through blocked off streets, avoiding the Manchester Marathon bollards to get back on site at Project Splendid. It's been full on 12hr days all week, working with a space which... Continue Reading →
Festive sparkles & filthy screed – on the same day!
You can't tell me that there's another interiors blog which would feature the glamour of Liberty's Christmas lights and a bucket of sludge in the same post because I wouldn't believe you! Sometimes even I marvel at the diversity of Team Moregeous's days 🙂 Santa's Elf & Safety wasn't compromised with Mini-M footing the ladder... Continue Reading →
Lady builder? Not a real builder then eh? #righthook
This last few weeks have seen some out of the ordinary experiences for me, appearing on This Morning for a Builder's Bum competition, filming a 'taster tape', doing some press interviews - and all have centred around the phrase "lady builder" which I use both in my social media and in 'real life'. I do... Continue Reading →
The Moregeous Builder’s Bum arrives at ITV’s This Morning
There are many scenarios and situations I've been in over the last 15yrs as a lady builder but I never for one moment imagined I'd be travelling to the ITV studios at the crack of dawn to have my rear inspected by the This Morning team. Nope, definitely never imagined that. Mr Mr snapped an... Continue Reading →
Project Payne – Planning a bedroom fit for a ‘princess’! Eat your heart out, Kate Middleton ;-)
I posted images of the huge fireplace in this rental apartment bedroom last week and below are some of the rest of the completed bedroom, along with some hideous befores. The layout of this apartment remained largely the same as pre-works as there wasn't much leeway for change, however extra room and storage space was... Continue Reading →