Real reveals

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The one where Jill comes to visit

Can you believe that in all this time, last week was the first time Jill has seen my seaside pad? Yes, many paint colours were discussed. Yes, many junk shops were visited. Yes, a big breakfast was consumed in the caff. It was lovely to take her on a tour of the hipster highlights and […]

Surface View Mural

Mural off-cut rides again

Remember that beautiful Surface View mural I put up in the flat? And the door-sized off-cut I had lingering around for – oooo – a year? Well I finally did something with it. I bought an 80cm by 1m artist’s canvas from eBay for 20 quid, and attached the self-adhesive mural. No swearing this time.

Real reveal: Bathroom and bedroom

I was waiting to have hung the perfect shower curtain before unveiling the big bathroom renovation project (with tagged on bedroom paint job), but that might take me all year. And so here it is, my bathroom/bedroom/dressing room. I’m going to walk you through it as though you were  here, so we’ll start in the […]

Save our lido

What I got for my Christmas #2

Just a quick one today, as Jill and I are leaving the office early so we can get dolled up for the Wallpaper* Design Awards tonight. Fancy! Expect to see us named and shamed in the next issue after being chucked out the back door for loitering near the canapés. Last week I shared what […]

surfaceview mural

My bespoke mural – part 2

Last week I wrote about mural company Surface View inviting me to pick something from their huge image archive to have made into a mural. As described last week, the process of settling on what to have was lengthy – but fun too. Today I’m going to share what it looks like up on the […]