Loire Kitchen

Loire Kitchen

The client had already visited lots of showrooms and had some ideas of what she wanted, but wasn’t sure which plans made the best use of the space. I spent some time talking through the ideas and helping the client get clear about how the family would actually...
Advent Blog – Day 23

Advent Blog – Day 23

One of my last jobs is preparing the Christmas Pudding. You might be wondering if this has any relation to a small-ish house. To Make or Buy? My mum used to spend hours preparing and steaming her pudding. It always seemed risky too as the basin had to be completely...
Advent Blog – Day 21

Advent Blog – Day 21

We Need Space for 8 People To Dine Everyone is arriving soon and the beds are up but we still have some final furniture adjustments. Our dining table is not big enough for 8 people normally. We had been married a few years before we bought our first dining table....
Advent Blog – Day 18

Advent Blog – Day 18

The food now needs to be ordered. As it’s the Friday before the last Saturday it seems like a good day to the do some last minute shopping, before the crowds.   As usual, start by Clearing Space I buy my fresh food locally and then occasionally do a supermarket...
Advent Blog – Day 15

Advent Blog – Day 15

When we got married we had the conventional gift of some china & cutlery (at the time I probably hoped I’d live in a bigger house but things don’t always work out as planned).     Making things Accessible   As these are not used on a daily basis...
Advent Blog – Day 14

Advent Blog – Day 14

  Preparing for a Seige I remember it was very different when I was young – my Mum and my Auntie used to take it in turns to host Christmas so we were two families plus Grandparents – 11 of us in total for many years. My Mum used to order a huge sack...

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