Had an excellent day with local artist & friend Amanda McCrann who creates the unique, stylish and colourful artworks you can see in the slideshow below. We created a number of settings around the Moregeous rental apartments, hallways and gardens to showcase her artwork for the Not On The High Street on-line shop - it... Continue Reading →
What do you *mean*, you haven’t…. a few must-haves in store for interior design 2012
Pardon? Your sofa is only one colour, you say. And it's one single piece of furniture? How utterly passé. What of course you do need, according to the style gurus at Interiors UK are block colour units forming a funky rainbow for the rear, as above! And, please. Don't tell me you've never prepared your... Continue Reading →
A Sunday stay at the Llety Bodfor in West Wales
The days are getting longer, the daffs are peeping through the soil and the cat'll venture out into the garden more than once a day... Spring must be on it's way! Mr M and I try to get a weekend UK break in around this time of year, somewhere we can drive to in a... Continue Reading →
A few of my Design Village favourites at Interiors UK 2012
Featuring on this post are some of the eye-catching and unusual finds in the Design Village, the Designersblock curated part of Interiors UK 2012. Each year I am constantly surprised by innovations and developments in design when I visit shows like these, not just technically, but also in their intricate beauty and unexpected cleverness. Ying-Mu's... Continue Reading →
Kidney Stroganoff and Cava Cream Leek Potatoes
Needed some comfort food today, it's cold, cold, cold out there. Most of the time the classic Russian Stroganoff dish is made with sautéed beef strips and boiled rice but we like a variation on a theme here, especially when there are things in the fridge which need eating! I'm partial to offal and it's... Continue Reading →
Designersblock at Interiors UK 2012, complete with ‘The Local’
By far and away the most inspirational area at Interiors UK 2012 was the Designersblock curated and organised 'Design Village', a wonderful blend of the exciting and the eclectic all staged in and around it's very own village pub 'The Local'. It was a magnet for trade exhibitors and visitors alike, feeling rather like the... Continue Reading →
Interiors UK 2012: Furniture goes regally purple for the Diamond Jubilee
I vividly remember the 1977 Silver Jubilee as a small child: the excitement, the street parties, making hats and decorating my favourite skirt with red, white and blue crepe paper. There's currently a hankering for past comforts and British nostalgia.... tea parties, baking and bunting are most certainly the vintage flavour of the moment. Today a new... Continue Reading →
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