The biggest change in handmade craft over the past 50 years, and I believe, one of the main catalysts for its resurgence, is the Internet. Craft is now a shared, collaborative experience. When I make something, I photograph the process. I then publish a photo tutorial on my blog so people can try making the [...]
A firm from Jersey is making new homes in Guernsey greener. Engineering consultancy Henderson Green has been brought on board for the Le Clouet project – a development of low energy social housing for the Guernsey Housing Association. The development consists 55 units, a mix of one and two bedroom flats in two and three [...]
Apparently knitting is the ‘new yoga’. Or is it the ‘new clubbing’, or the ‘new black’? Seriously? Give me a break. Just because a few glamorous celebrities picked up knitting needles a while back, knitting is now this fashionable phenomenon. I’ve been knitting many years and I am a decidedly un-trendy 32-year-old woman. I’d knit [...]
Some interesting and surprising figures from the local property market… £396,738 – average price of a local market house in Guernsey £226,228 – average price of a local market apartment in Guernsey 20,000 – average number of bricks needed to build a three bedroom house 887 – number of houses sold in the [...]
Tarting up your home this spring? You better make sure you get that colour scheme just right. The trouble is that every month a different expert recommends a different “must have” colour. However, this month, we really like it! According to Pantone, the world’s leading authority on colour, honeysuckle is set to be the hottest [...]
Have you ever taken a look around the islands, spotted something spectacular, whether it’s a beautiful garden, new building, an innovative new business, product or service… and thought to yourself “how did they do that?” Well we did, and we’re starting this month with the transformation of the grounds of a house in Guernsey – [...]
Guernsey Water is asking customers to take care of their pipework and oil tanks during the winter, to avoid problems with leakage or spills. With temperatures dropping throughout the UK, and snow beginning to fall in some areas, Andrew Redhead, director of water services, gave this advice: “We always advise customers to use lagging on [...]
Simon Jackson tells us about a recent transformation in Castel When it comes to our garden, it’s something we take a little bit for granted. It’s something we don’t invest much time or effort in, and it’s something we expect to, well, just be there. But then we met Simon Jackson and the team from [...]
There is one fish that most people would recognise and is often overlooked or included in the fish tank as a novelty. But in my opinion it is one of the most underrated fish you can buy today. It is Betta Spendens, the Siamese Fighting Fish. A very majestic, regal fish, it proudly displays its [...]
The Guernsey Private Residential Landlords Association has launched a new website that provides up-to-date information and advice for landlords and tenants alike. It’s a starting point for those wishing to learn more about being a landlord, various codes of good practice and for tenants wishing to know more about their tenancy agreements. The GPRLA chairman [...]
