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    CASE STUDY: The Isle Of Wight Kitchen
    Stjohn Axbey
    • Aug 27, 2021
    • 7 min

    CASE STUDY: The Isle Of Wight Kitchen

    Being on the opposite side of the world doesn't necessarily prevent you from designing a kitchen for your client.
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    Take Off Issues - designing during the Covid-19 pandemic.
    Stjohn Axbey
    • Jul 30, 2021
    • 6 min

    Take Off Issues - designing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Garner an insight into the problems faced by yours truly and other interior designers alike during this continuing Covid-19 pandemic.
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    Is It Curtains For You?
    Stjohn Axbey
    • Oct 23, 2020
    • 6 min

    Is It Curtains For You?

    Proper drapery didn’t really appear until the 17th century and then it was reserved for the wealthy homes.
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    The Covid Whoopsie-Daisy
    Stjohn Axbey
    • Sep 24, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Covid Whoopsie-Daisy

    It could all have been straight out of a Tom Sharpe novel: Government goofs and bundles of bureaucratic blunders
    33 views0 comments
    Taking the Outside In
    Stjohn Axbey
    • Jul 19, 2020
    • 6 min

    Taking the Outside In

    So it seems to be my fate - or destiny - to have a knack for observing all that is broken or what will go wrong with a building.
    96 views0 comments
    Passion for the Past
    Stjohn Axbey
    • Jun 29, 2020
    • 6 min

    Passion for the Past

    Little did my father know that he was inadvertently preparing me for my future career.
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    A Study In Blue
    Stjohn Axbey
    • May 5, 2020
    • 4 min

    A Study In Blue

    The brief from the client was, well brief and to the point - “I want luxe, glam and drama!”
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    How do you make God laugh?
    Stjohn Axbey
    • Apr 14, 2020
    • 5 min

    How do you make God laugh?

    There's always home cooking to try out, not that I'm particularly good at it: in fact I'm rubbish at it.
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    The Bog Roll Debacle
    Stjohn Axbey
    • Mar 17, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Bog Roll Debacle

    The wealthy people got to use less irritable materials including wool - presumably after it had been detached from the sheep - lace or hemp.
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    CASE STUDY: The Artist Studio Conversion
    Stjohn Axbey
    • Feb 16, 2020
    • 6 min

    CASE STUDY: The Artist Studio Conversion

    "it was now being used as a glorified workshop and storage facility, as well as a home for a nest of some very unwelcome European Wasps"
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    We're living in the seventies and loving it!
    Stjohn Axbey
    • Jan 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    We're living in the seventies and loving it!

    Post war austerity was replaced with joie de vivre, flare and flamboyance: designers took risks - they were fearless, courageous......
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    My love for Hestia
    Stjohn Axbey
    • Dec 21, 2019
    • 5 min

    My love for Hestia

    My fascination for fireplaces just seemed to grow more peculiar ~ I even took to peering up peoples chimneys to see if I could see daylight!
    169 views0 comments
    CASE STUDY: Designing and building a new bathroom in an 1800's cottage.
    Stjohn Axbey
    • Dec 5, 2019
    • 5 min

    CASE STUDY: Designing and building a new bathroom in an 1800's cottage.

    It is often underestimated what is involved in the creation of a new bathroom and how much time they actually take to construct. In this...
    77 views0 comments

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