This is, for me, by far and away the most exciting time of any development - the ripping out of all the hideous 'before' stuff and opening up the house or apartment or building back to bare brick. Once thats done, you really get a feel for a space, and therefore also the potential of... Continue Reading →
Business: My poor flat – abandoned by a grubby Jennifer Aniston
So, as you can perhaps tell from the title of this blog post, I am not best pleased with one of my tenants, no, one of my EX-tenants. And it's my own stupid fault. He worked in a local spa I go to, was desperate for somewhere to stay, cue sob story about how awful... Continue Reading →
Life: Bloody supermarkets – Sainsburys should find their own errant trolleys!
I just got the below email, sent to a whole host of police, community liaison bods, councillors and residents in our local mainly student area. Dear All, It would appear Sainsbury's have a huge problem with shopping trolleys going missing year on year, despite trying very hard to get people to leave them within... Continue Reading →
Design: A hidden gem in the city: Heaven Spa at the Manchester Hilton
Popped over the the Hilton Heaven Spa last week to put up some blinds in the blue room, plus to take some photos for them to use for press and pr. The re-dsign has been an on-going process, and is almost there now, just a few finishing touches. Beavered away on the images over... Continue Reading →
Design: Photoshopping a just ‘OK’ room photo to make it Moregeous
Trying to teach myself photoshop, I really should read the book but instructions are terminally boring, aren't they, and there's always something better to do. Took some pictures of the monochrome flat finished earlier this year, when 25 Beautiful Homes were photographing it, but they were very quick snaps and done after the lights had... Continue Reading →
A Firework Rainbow Review of London Design Festival 2009
It's bonfire night and I'm busy putting together a press feature, inspired by the rainbows of colour evident absolutely everywhere at the London Design Festival 09. This should be a really cheerful blog post, all in all, and sorely needed for this very blustery, wet and miserable November week. The guys are busy tiling in... Continue Reading →
Design: 100% Design Official post show report – with my comments in red ;-)
100% Design London 27 October 2009 100% Design London delivered one of its most successful shows to date with over 26,549 visitors (plus 2,475 public visitors) coming through the doors of Earls Court; an increase of 1.5% from last year. Celebrating its fifteenth birthday proved the show was bang on trend with a mix of contemporary interior furniture,... Continue Reading →