How to make a birdcage pendant light
One of the things I loved most during my time judging The Great Interior Design Challenge was seeing the breath taking ingenuity, and puff of smoke brilliance of the contestants ability to make something out of nothing. The fact that they only get £1000 gets often critisised and along with the timescale undoubtedly compromises the […]
So the new season of The Great Interior Design Challenge has kicked off its fourth season this week and Episode one saw the three amateur interior designers tackle bedrooms in beautiful Regency town houses in Cheltenham. I am totally loving being on the other side of the screen and find myself shouting at the telly. […]
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year you gorgeous bunch! I marked it with a fabulous house party thrown by one of my oldest friends and then we hosted a Bonfire and walk on the woods on New Years Day. A bonfire is the perfect way to see in the new year. Time to throw your old cares into […]
Colour Crush: Black weatherboard
I’ve become obsessed with Black weatherboard cladding. I started researching ideas for cladding when it came to designing our annex conversion. The existing brick structure was ugly as a toad, and really needed taking down but with a tight budget we needed to find an affordable way to make it look pretty. Cladding an existing […]
Why Christmas should be tacky
So up til now I’ve been rather bar humbug about Christmas. With a hardly decorated house, a new build on the go not to mention the puppy we’re picking up this weekend (I know I’ve been in denial about that too!), I’ve just seen Christmas as another thing to add to my insatiable do-do list. […]
