You know me, I'm all for a good trend but for anything 'on trend' to work, it has to fit with the person and the house, rather than simply be inserted as a one size fits all solution. When we started our renovation 44yrs ago, or was it 45, I forget, I decided our interior... Continue Reading →
There are so SO many drop dead gorgeous images of mixer showers in all shades of brass, nickel and copper that it's become almost impossible to choose the delicious one you want, but what if your humble bathroom only has an electric shower? A mixer shower requires a hot water feed direct from a combi- or condensing... Continue Reading →
Keeping on top of all the external maintenance of the original part of Moregeous Mansions, whilst still renovating internally and sorting the new build, is a challenge and many things can be 'put off' however with water leaks, that isn't a great idea. At the end of last year we restored about 12m of the... Continue Reading →
I thought it'd be interesting to do something a bit different with the exposed bricks in the hallway - after we'd worked so very hard cleaning them up! - and came up with the idea of framing the areas with a 200mm edge of plasterboard. I haven't seen this done anywhere else and am very excited... Continue Reading →
I'm extremely fond of bricks. Big ones, olds ones, fat ones, thin ones, even the huge bulbous huge-at-only-one-end ones which Brian the Brickie nearly threw at me whilst building our box wall to the workshop. Thinking back to previous renovations I remember asking our plasterer to leave a huge curved section of bare brick out... Continue Reading →
Back in January I was lost in the world of garage doors, and seriously, who knew there was so much choice?! I had to find something which would suit both the reclaimed, traditional feel of the slates and bricks used, plus work well with the contemporary deep greys, aluminium cladding and super cool bifold doors.... Continue Reading →
OMG it's freezing in here!!! Yep, we have the only house in Manchester where it's actually snowing inside. It's whipping up a storm in the windowless Daddy Dormer with an endless battle against the wind tearing off the temporary membrane. But yes, it does look pretty out there. You can tell from Builder Cat's wide... Continue Reading →
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