Castle Howard
Whilst seeking solace from the build last week, and in a brief spell between rain showers we took The Littlest One and The Small One to the playground at Castle Howard. The light was just perfect, so...
View ArticleGoodbye little fireplace
It is with a heavy heart that we are saying goodbye to the SGH fireplace. The time has come to get something a little friendlier to toddler wanderings, and so it is to go. It has given us plenty of...
View ArticleOut and about
It has been a busy month both with SGH and our home life, so apologies once again for erratic blogging! Rather than do a whole house tour post, we thought we’d upload some of our ‘out and about’ pics...
View ArticleDrum roll please… the big reveal… the SGH kitchen
A little bit of drama? Well why not. At SGH we have lived and dreamed this very personal project for 8 and a half years. Since moving into our home we’ve known that the kitchen was not right. Not just...
View ArticleOh little Macbook Pro how we missed you…
So, this time we’ve been quiet not just because we’ve been crazy busy, but because our little MacBook Pro met an unhappy end with a glass of water, possibly (although un-witnessed by anyone else) at...
View ArticleThe second SGH Nursery
So, finally The Littlest One’s nursery is complete… and here are the photos to prove it! We are so pleased with how it turned out… although this time the room feels a tiny bit bare, because we really...
View ArticleFront doors
A few weeks ago The Tall One took a trip around Europe – driving from Leeds to Venice in a 15 year-old Astra estate, in order to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association (see more here),...
View ArticleSGH renovations, the fireplace
Tonight would be a good night to have the stove fitted and working. Instead it’s sitting in it’s box in the new hearth. So this is what the SGH fireplace used to look like (This picture was taken about...
View Article4 Go to Devon
We return, refreshed from a beautiful short week in Devon, where the sun shone and the living was easy. We stayed in a very old cottage, in which The Small One and The Littlest One loved running round,...
View ArticleWhat have we been up to this month?
Well, what, exactly, have we been up to? It’s a good question! Perhaps it would be easier to say what we haven’t been up to! We have been designing and implementing schemes on 3 new builds that need a...
View ArticleThis month’s updates
WOW! Nearly December? Where has November gone to? It’s a crazy time of year in the Interiors industry, (as it is for many people) and we have been super busy. Despite the dark nights and short days, we...
View ArticleScheming
On a snowy day like today, it’s good to be working on schemes which involve the bright, happy colours of spring. Happy Thursday! SGHx
View ArticleThe SGH Garden
May is possibly our favourite month in the SGH Garden. It’s so exciting when all the flowers burst forth, and it comes to life. We have done a lot of work with the garden over the last year, and there...
View ArticleMore of the SGH garden
May has drawn to a close, and June finally brings some sun (and wind. What is with this crazy wind?). Here’s some more pics of the SGH garden, taken last month, but we are so busy that we’ve only just...
View ArticleWork in progress
We have been working on a wonderful house in North Leeds for just over six months. Some of our projects speed past, and some, like this one, take a more leisurely pace, allowing the scheme to evolve in...
View ArticleBeach Life
Last week we were lucky enough to take a day off, and visit the coast with The Small One and The Littlest One. Regular readers of this blog will know that we are big fans of Scarborough North Bay –...
View ArticleHolidays in the South of France
We can’t lie, we’ve just returned from a fantastic week in the South of France. Just down from Monpellier, a little resort, just on the beach. Perfect for small ones – water-slides, pools, fountains,...
View ArticleWhat have we been up to – August
We can’t believe September is nearly upon us! It has been a wet and humid summer, and we will be grateful for the cooler Autumn air – and hopefully some of those beautiful Autumn days where the sun...
View ArticleJanuary at SGH
It’s been a slightly more chilled start to the year, than the end to last year. Our 3 large projects are now completed bar some additional accessorising, and so we are looking at our new projects; a...
View ArticleWork in progress
We have been working on a wonderful house in North Leeds for just over six months. Some of our projects speed past, and some, like this one, take a more leisurely pace, allowing the scheme to evolve in...
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