This is a well written post on colour trends, and pretty spot on. I'm not going to copy and paste and pretend I wrote it myself, so click the link! http://mmdsf.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/color-trends-for-20092010/#comment-42
Sourcing a Shabby Chic Country Kitchen for Rose Cottage
Its time to start thinking about the interior design for the shabby chic kitchen. We've torn out the hideous seventies one and now are waiting for Listed Building approval before any structural works can be done or things like first fixing the electrics or plumbing can commence properly. The property has been ripped out back... Continue Reading →
Design your own web-site – it’s easy peasy!
It's amazing to me that having paid quite a lot of cash a couple of years ago for my web-site, I am now logging in and amending the mergetomove site without even thinking about it. When did technology get so easy??! It's great, within minutes you can think up and idea, and get an on-line... Continue Reading →
Launch of www.mergetomove.com
In a bit of a change from the landlord norm today I got together with Jonathan, a fellow property maniac who I met through Channel M. He runs a letting agency, and an agony uncle website called http://www.dearjonny.co.uk/, and has done some filming with me for Homesmine. He is very funny, great fun to work... Continue Reading →
Blinds up, bathroom finished; landlords don’t have birthdays!!
Another busy day... lovely hotel style shower room finished to replace the hideous and endlessly problematic bathroom which was there before. Below is the view to where the old cistern boxing off was: the huge copper tank which took ages to heat up and was very inefficient has been removed and replaced by a small... Continue Reading →
Tip – Washing metal blinds in the bath
Something badly wrong here...... This is by far and away the easiest way to wash Venetian blinds, a quick soak in a hot bath, but honestly, after my day today, it really should be me in there!
Cellar like B&Q, Note2Self must use stuff up
Finding myself a cellar dweller again today, a bit useless and sick of being told not to anything heavy; headed down to the depths to find some limestone coloured sealant for the newly done tenants shower room. And success, found a nearly full tube, but hardly surprising as the cellar is better stocked than my... Continue Reading →