Touch a thing and I’ll break ya fingers…
OK, simple question. Which do you prefer? The before… Or the after…
Real reveals
Collecting teenage bedrooms
I found myself heaving boxes out of awkward corners of the loft yesterday on an entirely different photo-finding mission when I came across something I didn’t know I had. This picture of my bedroom in my parents house, circa the early 90’s (probably). I know what you’re thinking, my knack for capturing a room’s best angle […]
How to win friends and influence a cat
Life has changed. Peace and contentment has fallen over My Friend’s House Towers. Even the cat seems better disposed towards me. Why? Because I had a stove fitted, of course. Yes, we can sit in the house without our coats on! Yes, we can spend hours debating which log is most dry and fire-ready (they […]
Shifting the furniture
Yesterday I interviewed a housekeeper with the National Trust for a newspaper (I’ll shout you when the feature is out). I asked her if there was one thing she’d learnt from looking after a large stately home that she now applied to her own house? I thought she might come up with something esoteric about […]
Up the skirt shot
OK, so as the nights draw in my thoughts are turning pretty primitive. Last year I asked readers for their advice as I dithered over getting an open fire put in. The comments were great, really helpful, bless you all, and am now getting serious about a wood burning stove instead. A lovely guy came […]