Vegetarianism is big business. According to statistics, 12% of UK adults now choose to follow a vegetarian or vegan diet. Numbers are highest among young people, which would seem to be in line with recent research findings predicting that within the next 25 years, a quarter of the UK population will have adopted a meat-free diet. Until recently, kitchen manufacturers have been relatively unconcerned with the type of food prepared in their kitchens, preferring to…
For some reason our home has a disproportionately large bathroom. Don’t get me wrong, I like having a bigger space but I also find that it gets filled up with random things more than any other room in the house, purely because there is space to put things! Any large box that’s been delivered gets stored there, all our bed linen lives in the cupboard there and we even have a small chest of drawers…
Living in an old (pre 1900) house means that it’s not exactly built for warmth, and I tell you what, those Victorians must have been pretty warm blooded to survive a winter with no central heating! Although I guess they had open fires in their day, sadly they’ve all been blocked up now! We’ve been thinking of ways to try an make our bedroom warmer especially, as it has two outside walls and a driveway…
I am determined to get the kitchen some semblance of ‘finished’ before the end of March, which will have seen us living in this house for a year! It’s getting there, we had the big bay window replaced just after Christmas, along with a new cooker, kitchen worktops and a a draw put in. Who designs a kitchen without at least ONE drawer, I ask you! Anyway, at the weekend we did a big kitchen…
I have always wanted a wood burner, and in an ideal world it would have a Aga as a big brother in the kitchen, and that would have an aerial wooden drying rack above it… and hey lets got the whole ‘country cottage’ hog and get a thatched roof and a veg garden too! I’ve digressed though… a wood burner would be lovely, but not viable in our home sadly! I have had friends who…
It’s a bit naff having a January birthday if I’m honest, everyone is skint, or dieting, or not drinking so meals and nights out aren’t that well received really! I am lucky really that my birthday is at the end if January rather than the beginning I suppose. I’m also pretty useless at compiling a list of presents for when people inevitably ask what i’d like as I’ve normally used up the few things I…
Great kitchen design should be about more than efficient storage, built-in appliances and gleaming worktops. It’s the heart of the home where you want to feel visually inspired to create delicious meals, have sparkling conversations or just sit quietly with a cup of tea. Art can do all that and more. Rather than keeping art out of the kitchen, be bold and create a visual feast right there in the middle of it all. From holiday…
You may not want to hear this but marble is bad news. Choosing marble for your bathroom is a risky decision and a financial commitment you may well come to repent at leisure. Of course, the natural stone surface with its classically beautiful aesthetic is an ever popular luxury material for use in the home. It’s been used by master craftsmen through the centuries to cover palace floors, ceilings and walls. Marble oozes opulence and…
