Today on ITV, Rose Cottage, a Grade 2 listed property which the Moregeous team redesigned, renovated, redecorated and finished in 2009/10 WON it's episode of May The Best House Win! We're very proud to have been involved in this project alongside our lovely client Hannah and all the hard work, worry, sweat and sometimes tears... Continue Reading →
Hollywood mirrors – the ultimate find?
A while ago I posted on a now defunct web-site called My Deco about Hollywood mirrors and their unashamed glamorous appeal. A supplier I knew was selling some and I got a flood of emails saying Me Me Me - lots of wanna-be and indeed should-be super-starlets out there! The supply dried up but the... Continue Reading →
Project Rev: starting to look like a house not a building site
Down at Project Rev, things are coming on a treat, with more and more bits of the old parsonage being cleaned up, painted and revealed as liveable space instead of the building site it's been for the last few months. At this stage, you start to see detail again, like the stained glass at the... Continue Reading →
Planning permission req’d for HMO’s in Manchester
I last had a major moan about HMO's back in August of last year and if you take a look, you'll know why I'm delighted to have had an email (below) this morning from Manchester City Council with the information that from October 2011, planning permission will be required before a 'normal' houses can be... Continue Reading →
Hanging with Steve Jones: a spot of advice for very.co.uk
I wouldn't presume to give advice on How to Hang if you're referring to kicking back in an LA cool type fashion, but when we're talking canvases and mirrors, something I do on a weekly basis in some property or other, that's easily within my comfort zone. The 'very' nice Joanna from http://www.very.co.uk, the new... Continue Reading →
A Habitat inspired risotto, with design circa 1996
Rarely when I look at food do I think of cushions and vice versa, but simmering this butternut squash and asparagus risotto the other night spirited me right back to 1996 and my first owned apartment. Built by Bellway, we then altered it beyond recognition with roughly plastered walls, yellow pine reclaimed flooring and terracotta tiles, a... Continue Reading →
Benito Brow Bar – like I need more pain?!
Despite the rollercoaster of the last month, life and work must still get crammed in (well, it must if you're self-employed) so things booked in for this weekend have to be done! At the start of December, god, that seems like months ago, I did some filming for a new show for BBC3 where I'd... Continue Reading →
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