'Do as we say, not as we do' appears to be the mantra of Manchester City Council this morning in my office. Manchester City Council have made a strong stand on 'green' issues and according to Richard Leese's blog ( http://www.manchester.gov.uk/blog/leadersblog/post/337 ) they even have a grand title for this commitment: " 'A Certain Future'... Continue Reading →
Life: When you want to attack Sinitta with hedge trimmers and throw Gwen Stefani overboard
When you work for yourself and from home, three things are true: 1. You invariably look like sh*t unless you know someone is coming or you know have to leave the house. A little like this, in fact, although there is the added ingredient of overwhelming stress here: 2. For the work-from-homer, there is no... Continue Reading →
Design: What would you expect to find in a shoe box?!
Minus 15 last night in parts of Manchester, quite ridiculous! The heating was fired up through the night, rendering us all dormice incapable of getting up at an early hour. It was only the postie knock which got us up, ok, got Mr Moregeous up, and when he came back upstairs, he tossed a black... Continue Reading →
Business: Officially now Gigless – what to do when your Mac gets Altzheimers
I underwent the full body Mac operation two years ago, and can honestly say I'm a better person for it, all systems go as opposed to most systems crashing on the old PC on a seemingly daily basis. Despite the latter being so crap, I still had to be torn from it limb by limb,... Continue Reading →
Life: Uggs V Wellies: The Ultimate Test
Not really having enough work to do today *grimace at the blatant lie*, i.e. in dire need of some amusement apart from Twitter after being cooped up in the home office for 48hrs, I decided to run a little test, a face-off between the celebs' favourite, the ubiquitous Ugg (snuggly, warm & fluffy) and the... Continue Reading →
Life: A proper white-out! A snow filled blog post from Manchester
I can't remember the last time it snowed like this, not for decades in Manchester I don't think.... I vaguely recall my dad clearing our avenue in Lancashire when I was little (i.e. my mother forcing him out to help the other dads, some things never change, only now it's me that forces him to... Continue Reading →
Property: Ideal Home Feb 2010 with a Moregeous designed and installed classic bathroom
Our Chanel / Jo Malone liner luxury bathroom is featured in February's Ideal Home magazine, and is looking goooooood 🙂 Appointed by the client to design and install a 1930's inspired bathroom in a six week period whilst her mum was away - came in on schedule and on budget, and stylish enough to be... Continue Reading →