From the first conversations and musings about doing a barn conversion, Danny and I had been set on one thing: we wanted the style to be brave, edgy and definitely distinctive. We did the obligatory endless browsing of inspiration across the web and kept being drawn...
We are finally at the stage that we are preparing to send the technical drawings out to tender to Midlands building contractors. Our architect Mark, director at Lacey and Owen Architects, has been keen to finalise as many details as possible before submitting to...
Very excited to be attending Grand Designs Live for the first time this coming Saturday, and not only because it’ll be a whole day without having to sing a nursery rhyme or change a nappy (thanks Nanna!) We have so far decided against applying for the show, but...
After much deliberation and discussion, we chose Faber to design our barn conversion project. As soon as we made the decision it felt like it was the obvious choice all along: they are experts in the industrial sort of style we are after, usually applying it to...
When we talk about our barn and share our plans with people, a lot of people ask us if we’re going to apply to Grand Designs, or another property renovation program . I think it’s a great idea but Danny, as always, is sceptical. Firstly, he’s not...
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