As much as I adore the house filled with festive frivolities, it's also somehow cleansing to take down the decorations and pack away Christmas for another year. We've had a white & gold, tinsel & pompom, vintage & natural filled festive season, lots of over-sized delights, my new upcycled apple crate as a kitchen wall cabinet,... Continue Reading →
Welcoming in the New Year 2013 getting Eton Messy!
Happy New Year to all from Team Moregeous, bringing in 2013 with friends, family, food and fizz! Speciality of the night: Drunken Eton Mess..... all the usual suspects, raspberries, strawberries, meringue, whipped cream, but with the addition of our garden picked blackberries which have been flavouring some vodka for the last 3 months - delicious!!... Continue Reading →
How to do a bacon latticed turkey
I think this is the first time I've had half an hour to sit down and actually write a blog post, what with all the December client interior jobs, tenants in & out and dealing with Mr M's festive foot operation - something had to give. With what seemed like, sorry no.... with what WAS... Continue Reading →
Christmas deadlines are looming!
Well, 'somebody' doesn't really mind about Christmas decorations and whether to go retro, industrial, natural or vintage this year, he'd just be happy with the turkey plonked right about there, on the floor, with no trimmings 😉 It's deadline city at Moregeous this week, with three jobs to complete: ~ An apartment fully altered, redecorated,... Continue Reading →
How to turn damp hearth into a delectable hearth: Part 1
In his dreams!! Yup, this is how I spent lunchtime, torch shining, baseball cap off and head down a sub-floor. Hard to believe it started with the below image, our client's idea of hearth perfection..... So. How come I ended up shovelling five bags of damp earth and rubble? Our client had asked a tiler... Continue Reading →
Pan fried scallops wrapped in wafer thin pancetta
There are certain matches made in food heaven and a widely accepted starter staple is pancetta wrapped scallops. I'd only ever eaten these mouthwatering delights in restaurants but was inspired by a luscious ingredient tonight to pan fry them myself and seriously, the flavour was the best ever. I chose six fat specimens from my... Continue Reading →
How to upcycle a kitchen dresser using wallpaper
The great thing about upcycling something once is that there's no rule to say you can't upcycle it again to give it a more of-the-moment design edge. I repainted this old dark timber bookcase a couple of years ago and papered the back with copper glitter wallpaper, which I loved. Then. However, being a design... Continue Reading →
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